Mariana Castells
Spanish-American allergist
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Mariana Castells is a Spanish-American allergist who focuses on mast cell diseases, including mastocytosis, mast cell activation syndrome and hereditary alpha tryptasimia. Mastocytosis is a rare disease with limited treatment options.[1] Castells works at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Massachusetts in the Department of Allergy, Rheumatology, and Immunology and at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute.[1][2][3] She is also a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School.[4][5]
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Mariana Castells | |
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Maria Concepcion Castells | |
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| Alma mater | Autonomous University of Barcelona |
| Known for | mastocytosis, drug desensitization |
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| Fields | allergy and immunology |
| Institutions | Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital |
Education
Castells attended medical school at Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain and was a resident at University of Kansas Medical Center.[4] She also has a PhD.[6][7]
Career
Castells is a leader in the mastocytosis treatment and research field, and directs both the Mastocytosis Center of Excellence and the Drug Hypersensitivity and Desensitization Center at Brigham and Women's Hospital.[8][7][9][10] She is also part of the medical advisory board for The Mastocytosis Society.[11][12] Castells leads clinical trials related to both mast cell disease and drug desensitization.[13][14][15] In her desensitization research, she works to reduce allergic reactions to chemotherapy and other kinds of drugs.[3][16][17][18]
Castells is often quoted as an expert in media articles about seasonal environmental allergies.[1][19][20][21][22]