Jonathan Allen Hemler, MD
Pediatric Allergy and Immunology
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Bio & Overview
Jonathan Hemler, MD, is a pediatric allergist who diagnoses and treats food allergies in children. A UVA Health Children's faculty member since 2019, he is the division director of Pediatric Allergy, Immunology, & Rheumatology.
Dr. Hemler is an active researcher and has been involved in food immunotherapy clinical trials and other studies investigating the causes and treatment of food allergy in children. He has published several articles in peer-reviewed journals on anaphylaxis, a life-threatening allergic reaction, and unique triggers in red meat (alpha-gal) allergy and the genetics of food allergy.
Originally from Kingsport, Tennessee, Hemler spent part of his youth in Saudi Arabia before attending the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg. He received his medical degree from UVA and completed his residency training in pediatrics at Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, D.C. Hemler then pursued a fellowship in allergy/immunology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, where he became a faculty member and was voted the Best Faculty Teacher by the Vanderbilt allergy/immunology fellows.
In his free time, Hemler enjoys playing golf, cheering on the Tennessee Titans, playing guitar, volunteering at his church and spending time with his wife, Kelly, and their dog, Penny.
Academic Information
- Department
- Pediatrics
- Academic Role
- Associate Professor
- Division
- Pediatric Immunology/Rheumatology
- Gender
- Male
- Languages
- English
- Age Groups Seen
- Infants (0-2)
Children (2-12)
Adolescents (12-21)
- Primary Education
- University of Virginia School of Medicine
- Residency
- Children's National Medical Center
- Fellowships
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
- Certification
- American Board of Allergy and Immunology (Allergy and Immunology), American Board of Pediatrics (Pediatrics)
Highlights
Pediatric Allergist and Immunologist Jonathan Hemler, MD
My name is Jonathan Hemler and I am a pediatric allergist and immunologist. I see all kinds of different allergic patients in the clinic, but I mostly focus my practice on food allergies; specifically mediated-type food allergies. I've always wanted to help people, to make their lives better, to engage in research. I love science and basic science. And so that's really what drew me into medicine. One of my big interests is research in food allergy and developing more of these types of medications to give patients options so that they can go on to have better quality of life and potentially a cure. What you can expect in the pediatric allergy clinic is a team-based approach where you see not only myself or another attending doctor, but trainees, residents, fellows, nurses and respiratory therapists. I love my job working with kids every day. I get to high five. I get to see them laugh. I get to play with them. It's really very particularly rewarding, especially when I get to see them over time and really get to see their lives improve. Whether that be with getting their asthma treatment better, with finally being able to diagnose what's going on with their food allergies, getting their allergic symptoms better. It really is very rewarding and I really enjoy the long-term relationships I get to develop with my patients and families.
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