Center Overview

Brandon-Valrico Center for Allergy & Asthma Research is committed to providing a quality medical setting with an atmosphere of integrity, dedication and excellence, with the intention of meeting our patients’ allergy and asthma healthcare needs today with the future pharmaceuticals of tomorrow.

Brandon-Valrico Center for Allergy & Asthma Research was established in 2003 to provide people who suffer from asthma and allergic/immunologic diseases, with the promising treatments of tomorrow. The research center is under the umbrella of a very successful and large private practice of allergy, asthma and immunology that has been in existence since 1989, in the Tampa/Brandon/Valrico region of Florida. As such, with two offices, we offer services to all of Hillsborough County, as well as neighboring counties of Polk, Manatee, Pinellas, Pasco and Hernando counties. The center is easily accessible by car and public transportation, and the Tampa International Airport is within 50 miles of the research center. We are about 70 miles from Orlando International Airport. The principal investigator is affiliated with the University of South Florida, College of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics Allergy/Immunology section in Tampa, Florida, as well as All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg, Florida. Hospital facilities nearby include Brandon Regional Hospital, St. Joseph’s Hospital in Tampa, Florida, as well as Tampa General Hospital. The region experiences very high sustained tree pollen levels from Jan. - April each year providing clean cut seasonal allergy patients.

Our center provides good clinical practice to meet the individual needs of sponsors, quality assurance programs, and ready access to investigators, with experienced research coordinators and support staff.

Clinical Research Experience

Brandon-Valrico Center for Allergy & Asthma Research has research interests in the following:

• Allergic Rhinitis
• Asthma
• Sinusitis
• Urticaria
• Chronic Bronchitis
• Pediatrics
• RX to OTC
• Quality of life
• COPD

Sponsors with which we have worked at our center is Astra Zeneca, Covance, and Sepracor with two studies at present.

Facility Description

The research unit is incorporated at the present time within the private practice facility of over 7,000 square feet, with at this point two dedicated examination rooms for research, with twelve more available as needed. We have PFT and Rhinoscopy rooms, several IV administration rooms, emergent care facility, EKG machines, ability to perform all manner of skin testing, computerized spirometry, tympanometry, methacholine challenges. Access to all necessary business equipment, such as copiers, fax machines, DSL lines, Internet, etc.

We keep up rigorous standards for OSHA, HIPPA, and CPR standards. We have access to regional pollen counts at the University of South Florida. We have secured storage for drug and study records.

We presently have a patient database including approximately 5000 patients.

Brandon-Valrico Center for Allergy & Asthma Research uses a central IRB.

Investigator Experience

Alan B. Halsey, MD, Principal investigator/Research Director, is a 1981 graduate of the University of South Florida College of Medicine. He completed his residency in pediatrics and a fellowship in allergy and immunology, being board certified in both pediatrics since 1985, and allergy and immunology since 1987. He is voluntary clinical assistant professor at the University of South Florida College of Medicine, Department of Pediatric Allergy. Clinical protocols for HIV were developed between the years of 1989 and 1995 with Glaxo.

Craig A. Kalik, MD, graduate of the University of South Florida College of Medicine in 1988, completed his residency in pediatrics at University of South Florida College of Medicine, and fellowship in allergy, asthma and immunology at All Children’s Hospital, finishing in 1993. He is board certified in pediatrics and by the American Board of Allergy and Immunology. He also has previous experience with pediatric HIV protocols from 1994 to 1997 with Glaxo.

Patient Demographics

Our practice consults with over 2,500 new patients per year, with continuing care as indicated by 7,000 appointments per year. Approximately 3,000 asthmatic patients are included in our population, with the remainder having allergic rhinitis, stinging insect allergy, chronic dermatitis, urticaria, and other related problems. We see all age groups in our practice.

Contact Information

Todd Huber
Clinical Research Administrator
Brandon-Valrico Center for Allergy & Asthma Research, LLC
3658 Lithia Pinecrest Rd
Valrico, FL 33594
USA
Phone: 813-681-6537
Fax: 813-661-6358
EMail: thuber@piaac.com

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