William W. Busse BS, MD

William W. Busse is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin and University of Wisconsin Medical School. Following an internship at Cincinnati General Hospital, he completed a residency in Internal Medicine and fellowship in Allergy and Immunology at the University of Wisconsin under the mentorship of Dr. Charles E. Reed. Dr. Busse has been on the faculty at the University of Wisconsin Medical School since 1974.

He has served as head of the Allergy and Clinical Immunology Division (1978-2004), George R. and Elaine Love Professor and Chair of Medicine (2005-2009), and is presently Professor of Medicine, Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. He is a diplomat of the American Board of Internal Medicine and American Board of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.

Dr. Busse's research interests have focused on the mechanism of asthma with particular interests in eosinophilic inflammation and rhinovirus-induced asthma for which he has had long-standing NIH support. He is also the Principal Investigator on an NIH-NIAID Inner City Asthma Consortium, which is funded to study immune-based therapy for asthma in inner-city children.