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Kirk Sperber, MD

General Allergy and Immunology
Languages
English
Gender
Male
Primary Location
Scarsdale Medical Group
600 Mamaroneck Avenue, Suite 200
Harrison, New York 10528
Directions
Phone
(914) 723-8100

About

Dr. Kirk Sperber is an allergist and immunologist specializing in food allergy, food desensitization, allergic rhinitis, refractory asthma, eczema, hives, contact dermatitis, drug allergy, and immunodeficiency. He has decades of experience treating patients from infancy to adults in academic, community, and private practice settings.

After concluding his medical studies and a residency in internal medicine at Rutgers, where he was chief resident, he completed a clinical and research fellowship in Allergy and Immunology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, where he was part of the food allergy and immunodeficiency groups. Dr. Sperber was the Revson Fellow for Biomedical Research and the recipient of the Irma T. Hirschl Career Development Award, and was chief of the Allergy Clinic and the assistant director of the Clinical Immunology Laboratory. He has treated inner-city asthmatics in Spanish Harlem and is bilingual. He went on to get a master’s degree in Public Health from Columbia University.

Dr. Sperber has published over 100 peer-reviewed publications in scientific journals and was an associate editor of the Journal of Immunology. He is board certified and re-certified in internal medicine, allergy and immunology, clinical and laboratory immunology and public health. He has master’s degrees in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology from New York Medical College, Clinical Research from the Icahn School of Medicine, and medical ethics from Fordham.

He is a past president of the New York Allergy and Asthma Society and is a fellow of the American College of Physicians and the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology. He is currently an Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine at New York Medical College in the Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology. Dedicated to teaching, Dr. Sperber was part of the faculty for medical residents and Allergy and Immunology fellows at Mount Sinai Hospital. He has taught immunology, internal medicine, and medical ethics and has been a member of medical student, graduate student, resident, and fellowship selection committees at the Ichan School of Medicine and New York Medical College. He served on the board of trustees at Fordham Preparatory School in the Bronx from 2017-2023, where he advised on STEM programming and COVID protocols. He also enjoys judging science competitions on behalf of The Ursuline School in New Rochelle.

Dr. Sperber’s clinical interests include immunodeficiency, food allergies, allergic rhinitis, asthma, eczema, drug allergies, urticaria, contact dermatitis, eosinophilic disorders and autoimmunity.

Credentials

Education & Training

Medical Education
Rutgers Medical School at Piscataway
Internship
St Michaels Medical Center - Newark
Residency
St. Michael's Medical Center
Fellowship
Mount Sinai Hosp Med Cen

Board Certification

  • American Board of Allergy & Immunology/Clinical &
  • American Board of Allergy and Immunology
  • American Board of Pathology/Medical Microbiology

Expertise

Specialties

  • General Allergy and Immunology
  • Food Allergies
  • Drug Allergies
  • Asthma
  • Chronic Rhinosinusitis

Accepted Insurance

Before any scheduled appointment, please verify with your insurer whether your provider participates in your health plan to avoid any confusion about your coverage.
  • 1199SEIU Benefit Funds by Aetna
  • Aetna
  • Affinity by Molina Healthcare
  • Anthem BCBS
  • Anthem BCBS Healthplus
  • Centerlight
  • Centivo
  • Cigna

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