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Clifford Bassett, MD
Clifford Bassett, MD, an allergist/immunologist, is medical director of Allergy and Asthma Care of New York. He is also an assistant clinical professor of medicine affiliated with The Long Island College Hospital in Brooklyn and is on the faculty of the NYU School of Medicine.
Bassett is a diplomate of the American Board of Allergy and Immunology and is a fellow of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (AAAAI). He is a member of the AAAAI Public Education committee and National Allergy Bureau and chairman for the PR Committee of the AAAAI. Bassett serves on the medical advisory board of the Allergy and Asthma Foundation of America. He is also on the executive committee of the NY Allergy & Asthma Society of Greater New York. He was appointed as a police surgeon and peace officer in New York State.
As an investigator in clinical trials, Bassett has published papers in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Annals of Allergy, Pediatrics, and Chest. He has co-authored a chapter in a leading textbook on food allergy.
He is an expert on seasonal/indoor allergies, mold allergies, asthma and air quality/urban air pollution issues, "World Trade Center cough" and health problems, pet allergies, asthma treatments, insect & tick bite prevention, smallpox vaccine risk factors, anthrax, SARS, and food allergy prevention and food labeling issues.
He has contributed to articles in the New York Daily News, New York Newsday, Time, New York Post, Baby Talk, Prevention, Bottom Line Health Newsletter, JAMA, Women’s World, Self, and USA Today. He has frequently contributed to various Internet-based medical information web sites and has been interviewed on local and national radio and television programs as an allergy and respiratory specialist, including NBC’s The Today Show, CBS’ The Early Show and CBS Evening News, World News Tonight, CNBC, Good Day New York, NBC Nightly News, MSNBC, Telemundo, and Bloomberg Radio Network.
