Lulu Tsao, MD

HS Asst Clinical Professor

Dr. Lulu Tsao is an allergist/immunologist who sees patients in the UCSF Parnassus adult allergy/immunology and drug allergy clinics. She has special interests in equitable access to allergy/immunology care, quality improvement, and use of telehealth in allergy.

Education
01/2022 - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training, UCSF
Fellowship, 06/2021 - Allergy & Immunology, UCSF
Fellowship, 06/2021 - , VA Quality Scholars (VAQS)
Residency, 06/2019 - Internal Medicine, UCSF
MD, 05/2016 - , Harvard Medical School
BA, 05/2012 - Chemical & Physical Biology, Harvard University
Publications

  1. Tsao LR, Wen S, Lamar RC, Irani RA, Otani IM. Promoting Prenatal Penicillin Allergy Evaluations: A Multi-Year Process Improvement Study. Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology 2024. PMID: 38521341


  2. Monahan R, Alfaro E, Ho H, Otani IM, Tsao LR. Hereditary Alpha Tryptasemia Presenting as Recurrent Chemotherapy Hypersensitivity Reactions. Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology 2023. PMID: 38151098


  3. Otani IM, Tsao LR, Tang M. COVID-19 Vaccine Administration in Patients with Reported Reactions to Polyethylene Glycol- and Polysorbate-Containing Therapeutics. 2022. PMID: 35288274


  4. Otani IM, Lehman HK, Jongco AM, Tsao LR, Azar A, Tarrant T, Engel E, Walter JE, Truong TQ, Khan DA, Ballow M, Cunningham-Rundles C, Lu H, Kwan M, Barmettler S. Practical Guidance for the Diagnosis and Management of Secondary Hypogammaglobulinemia: A Work Group Report of the AAAAI Primary Immunodeficiency and Altered Immune Response Committees. 2022. PMID: 35176351


  5. Anstey KM, Tsao L, Otani IM. Drug Allergy Delabeling Programs: Recent Strategies and Targeted Populations. 2022. PMID: 35031956


  6. Tsao LR, Otani IM. One-Bag Desensitization Protocols in the Management of Chemotherapy Hypersensitivity. 2021. PMID: 34749948


  7. Tsao LR, Young FD, Otani IM, Castells MC. Hypersensitivity Reactions to Platinum Agents and Taxanes. Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology 2021. PMID: 34338975


  8. Tsao LR, Villanueva SA, Pines DA, Pham MN, Choo EM, Tang MC, Otani IM. Impact of Rapid Transition to Telemedicine-Based Delivery on Allergy/Immunology Care During COVID-19. The journal of allergy and clinical immunology. In practice 2021. PMID: 33894393


  9. L. Tsao, R. Irani, G. Rosenbluth, L. Choi, I. Otani. A055 EXPANDING PENICILLIN ALLERGY EVALUATION FOR PRENATAL PATIENTS. Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology A055 EXPANDING PENICILLIN ALLERGY EVALUATION FOR PRENATAL PATIENTS. Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology 2020. PMID:


  10. Lulu Tsao, Riley Bove, Tanya Krishnakumar, Iris Otani. Hypogammaglobulinemia in Patients with Neuromyelitis Optica (NMO) Hypogammaglobulinemia in Patients with Neuromyelitis Optica (NMO) 2020. PMID:


  11. Tsao L, Slater SE, Doyle KP, Cuong DD, Khanh QT, Maurer R, Minh Thy DN, Quoc Thinh DH, Tuan TD, Van Dung D, Khue LN, Krakauer EL. Palliative Care-Related Knowledge, Attitudes, and Self-Assessment Among Physicians in Vietnam. Volume 58 of Issue 6. Journal of pain and symptom management 2019. PMID: 31425821


  12. Lulu Tsao, Iris Otani, Riley Bove. Hypogammaglobulinemia in Multiple Sclerosis Patients Receiving Disease-Modifying Immunomodulatory Agents. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology Hypogammaglobulinemia in Multiple Sclerosis Patients Receiving Disease-Modifying Immunomodulatory Agents. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 2019. PMID: