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Yamini V. Virkud, MA, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor
UNC Health Provider
UNC Health providers are employed by an organization within UNC Health.
Specialties
Pediatric Allergy and Immunology
(984) 974-7337
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM 8:00 AM - 5:00 PMClosed Today Closed Today 
Accepting New Patients
Location Information
UNC Hospitals Children's Specialty Clinics in Chapel Hill at Carolina Pointe II
Handicap Accessible
6013 Farrington Road
Suite 201
Chapel Hill, NC 27517
US
Handicap AccessiblePhone:
(984) 974-7337
Fax:
(984) 974-5437
Hours
| Day of the Week | Hours |
|---|---|
| Monday | 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM |
| Tuesday | 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM |
| Wednesday | 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM |
| Thursday | 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM |
| Friday | 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM |
| Saturday | Closed |
| Sunday | Closed |
About the Provider
Specialties
- Pediatric Allergy and Immunology
Provider Details
Type: Clinician, Researcher
Gender: Female
About Yamini V. Virkud, MA, MD, MPH
My clinical practice focuses on pediatric allergies, including food allergy, eczema/atopic dermatitis, asthma, environmental allergies, hives, drug allergy and other allergic diseases. My research focuses on phenotyping patients with food allergies and understanding the mechanisms of new investigational therapies for food allergy. My areas of active investigation include (1) safety of investigational therapies and predicting which patients are...
My clinical practice focuses on pediatric allergies, including food allergy, eczema/atopic dermatitis, asthma, environmental allergies, hives, drug allergy and other allergic diseases. My research focuses on phenotyping patients with food allergies and understanding the mechanisms of new investigational therapies for food allergy. My areas of active investigation include (1) safety of investigational therapies and predicting which patients are most likely to benefit, (2) studying metabolite and ribonucleic acid (RNA) profiles of patients with food allergy and (3) investigating immunoglobulin E (IgE)-mediated and non-IgE-mediated allergic disease in collaboration with the Gastrointestinal Microbiome and Allergic Proctocolitis (GMAP) Study, a healthy infant cohort at Massachusetts General Hospital.
UNC Health Affiliations
- UNC Children's
- UNC Hospitals
Languages
- English
Medical School
- Washington University in St. Louis, 2003 - 2008
Residency
- St. Louis Children's Hospital, 2008 - 2011
- Area: Pediatrics
Fellowship
- Duke University, 2011 - 2014
- Area: Allergy and Immunology
Research Fellowship
- Duke Clinical Research Institute, 2012 - 2014
Master of Art
- Washington University in St. Louis, 2003 - 2008
- Area: Biology and Biomedical Science
Certifications
- Allergy and Immunology, Board Certified
Phenotyping patients with food allergies and understanding the mechanisms of new investigational therapies for food allergy
Pediatric food allergy, eczema/atopic dermatitis, asthma, environmental allergies, hives, drug allergy, other allergic diseases
Insurance Accepted
- Aetna Commercial Plans (Other than Aetna Whole Health)
- Aetna Whole Health (Tier 2)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage Plans (Other than Aetna Prime HMO)
- AmeriHealth Caritas North Carolina Medicaid
- BCBSNC Commercial Plans
- North Carolina State Employees Health Benefit Plan (Active employees)
- BCBSNC Blue Home with UNC Health Alliance
- BCBSNC Medicare Advantage (Other than Experience Health)
- Healthy Blue Medicaid
- Carolina Complete Health Medicaid (Centene)
- Cigna Commercial Plans (Other than Cigna Connect)
- Cigna Secure Medicare Advantage
- Contigo Health Plan (WakeMed employees only)
- Humana Medicare Advantage PPO
- Humana Medicare Private Fee-for-Service
- North Carolina State Employee Health Benefit Plan (Medicare Advantage for retirees)
- Liberty Advantage Medicare Advantage
- MedCost PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Commercial Plans
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage
- UnitedHealthcare Exchange (ACA) Plans
- UnitedHealthcare Community Plan Medicaid
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- WellCare of North Carolina Medicaid
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