Our Doctors

Dr. Paul Ehrlich, MD, is a pediatric and adult allergist, board certified in allergy and pediatrics who practices in New York City. He is Past President of the New York Allergy & Asthma Society and is Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at New York University School of Medicine where he obtained his MD degree.

Dr. Ehrlich received his AB degree from Columbia University and did his postgraduate training at Bellevue Hospital at NYU in pediatrics and Walter Reed Army Medical Center in allergy and immunology. He is a fellow in The American Academy of Pediatrics, The American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology and The American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology.

He is co-author of many scientific articles a well as the very popular Asthma Allergies Children: A Parent’s Guide and website with the same name.

He has been chosen by New York Magazine as the top practicing pediatric allergist in Manhattan every year over the last twelve years. He is on staff at NYU, Beth Israel Medical Center and New York Eye & Ear Infirmary.

Dr. Michael G. Teitel, MD is a board certified allergist who has been in private practice in New York since 1978, specializing in the treatment of allergies and asthma in both adults and children. He earned his AB degree from Columbia University and his MD degree from the New York University School of Medicine. Residency training in Pediatrics at Bellevue Hospital / NYU Medical Center was followed by a fellowship in Allergy, Asthma and clinical Immunology at the R. A. Cooke Institute of Allergy at the St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital in New York City.

Dr. Teitel is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at the New York University School of Medicine. He has served as the Director of Allergy Services at the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary for the past 30 years and is an attending staff physician at Tisch Hospital/NYU Medical Center and Beth Israel Medical Center.

Purvi Parikh, MD, FACAAI, FACP is an allergist and immunologist at Allergy and Asthma Associates of Murray Hill. She is currently on faculty as Clinical Assistant Professor in both departments of Medicine and Pediatrics at New York University School of Medicine. Dr. Parikh has published articles in allergy, asthma, and immunodeficiency syndromes in various peer reviewed journals and textbooks.

She is a champion and spokesperson for the United Nation Foundation’s vaccine initiative Shot@life and has traveled on their behalf to Zambia.

She is also a national spokesperson for the Allergy and Asthma Network which is the leading patient advocacy group for patients and their families who suffer from life threatening allergic and immunologic conditions. She frequently makes appearance as a medical expert on their behalf to NBC, FOX, CNN, Wallstreet Journal, CNBC and CBS. She also regularly contributes to numerous print magazines and other publications.

She has been passionate about health policy since she was a medical student and sits on committees for American Medical Association and Board of directors of the advocacy council of the American college of allergy asthma and Immunology. She travels to Washington, D.C. multiple times per year to influence policy, testify before the government, and advocate for her patients.

During the pandemic, in addition to taking care of patients, she is an investigator/researcher in three (Pfizer, Astra zeneca, and Sanofi) of the Covid-19 vaccine trials at NYU Langone Health’s vaccine center. She also is part of the NIH - Momivax trial which studies vaccine safety in pregnant and breastfeeding moms and their babies. She is also now involved in covid long haul research. Since the early days of the pandemic, Dr Parikh has volunteered her time on a daily basis to tirelessly fight misinformation at the grassroots level through community organizations, in the local and national media, social media, and alongside government officials such as the surgeon general, Dr. Vivek Murty, Immunologist Dr. Anthony Fauci, and the US department of health and human services.

She was the youngest president of the New York Allergy and Asthma Society in 2018. She was recently named in Emory University's 40 under 40 class. She recently received the most distinguished young physician award from the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin for 2020-2021 due to her work in vaccine research and on the front lines of the global pandemic. She also received the Dr. I A Modi award in the young physician category for achieving excellence in Medicine in February of 2021 by Global Association of Physicians of Indian Origin.

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