About: Delia Chiaramonte

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http://www.insightmedicalconsultants.com

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Delia Chiaramonte, M.D. is a Board Certified family physician who specializes in empowering patients to make informed medical decisions. She is the founder of Insight Medical Consultants, a patient advocacy company, and is the Director of Education for the University of Maryland's Department of Complementary and Integrative Medicine. She has particular interest in food allergy because her school-age daughter has life threatening allergies to peanuts, tree nuts, sesame and apples. She has honed her self-advocacy skills by negotiating with teachers, school administrators, camp counselors, doctors, relatives and other parents in order to keep her daughter safe. She has a unique perspective as the parent of an allergic child AND a physician who teaches and publishes on the topic of food allergy. For more information on Dr. Chiaramonte visit www.insightmedicalconsultants.com.

Posts by Delia Chiaramonte:

Keeping Kids With Food Allergies Safe At Birthday Parties

Parties are supposed to be fun. But for kids with food allergies they can be anxiety-producing, dangerous and complicated to navigate.

Handling Thanksgiving With Food Allergies

This article was written by Dr. Delia Chiaramonte. She shares great tips and insights about preparing for Thanksgiving and how you can help keep your children with food allergies safe through the entire holiday.
Thanksgiving is challenging for food allergic families.  The focus on eating and the influx of relatives and guests unfamiliar with the risk ..more

Handling Halloween With Food Allergies

Food is everywhere.  Parents of kids with food allergies face school birthday parties, teachers who reward good behavior with treats, and movie-goers eating Goobers in the next seat.  For allergic children, especially those with nut allergies, milk allergies or gluten allergies, choosing safe candy is particularly difficult.  Halloween is the ultimate challenge.
As soon as your ..more