Luis Felipe Ensina

Prof. Luis F. C. Ensina, MD, PhD, is a board-certified allergologist, that received his medical degree from the Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, in Sorocaba, Brazil. At the Hospital do Servidor Público Estadual de São Paulo, where he was a medical resident, and allergy/immunology fellow, he was introduced to clinical research as a sub-investigator. He received his Masters degree from the University of São Paulo and his PhD from the Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP). In 2012 he joined the Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, at the Federal University of São Paulo, and is currently the coordinator of the urticaria, angioedema, drug allergy and mast cell diseases outpatient clinic. 

Prof. Ensina is also the head of a private clinical research center and allergy clinic (Alergoalpha/CPAlpha), which is a Center of Excellence and Reference in Urticaria (UCARE), Angioedema (ACARE) and Atopic Dermatitis (ADCARE). At CPAlpha, he has supervised and participated in more than 20 phase III and IV clinical trials in asthma, rhinitis, urticaria and atopic dermatitis. 

He is an active member of the Brazilian Association of Allergy and Immunology (ASBAI), American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology (AAAAI), European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI), Latin-american Society of Allergy and Immunology (SLAAI) and founder/former president of the Brazilian Urticaria Network (RUBRA). Prof. Ensina has contributed to more than 100 publications in peer-reviewed journals and more than 15 books and book chapters.