AtoosaKouroshMDFAAP, FACAAI, FAAAAI, RYT, MPH(She/Her)

Allergy & Immunology • Southlake, TX

Asthma & Allergic Conditions, Pediatric Asthma & Allergic Conditions

Pediatric Allergy & Immunology Faculty

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Office
1170 Carroll Ave
Southlake, TX 76092
Phone+1 214-702-6550

Fax+1 214-894-4182

Summary

Pediatrician with Sub-specialty Certification in Allergy & Immunology and Masters in Public Health. Dr. Kourosh has a diverse clinical background and enjoys both hospital and outpatient work. She has always had a deep interest in international public health and developing world medicine and has traveled widely in Asia, Africa and the Americas since 1992, engaging in volunteer medical service both independently, and through service organizations such as Curamericas, International Medical Corps and Health for Humanity. She enjoys working in clinical pediatrics, Allergy& Immunology and public health, and is involved with multiple volunteer advocacy opportunities, with special focus on pediatric obesity, injury prevention, environmental health, and international health development and social media activation of trainees. She is also a Registered Yoga Teacher with experience in applying yoga therapy in the clinical setting and in applying principles of Integrative Holistic Health in both her clinical practice and in Holistic Health Consulting for other Healthcare Institutions. Dr. Kourosh also has special training and experience in Distaster Relief and Wilderness Medicine. She is passionate about helping trainees and health professionals activate and advocate on social media and use this valuable tool to promote health, inform the public about true science facts, and engender collaboration across disciplines. She has served in a Social Media training role with Baylor College of Medicine & Texas Children’s Hospital, Texas Pediatric Society, University of Washington Department of Global Health, and Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility. Her passions included dance, fitness and outdoor sports, healthy cooking and baking and learning new languages.

Doctor Atoosa

Ever wished you could have that luscious-looking dessert you spied at your community potluck, but had to abstain because even thinking about its ingredients mak

Holistic Pediatrics and Allergy & Immunology

When I was growing up, the calling I felt to become a physician was almost inseparable from the desire to work internationally. I've been lucky to have had many

Prenatal Breastfeeding Promotion Project

Prenatal Breastfeeding Promotion Project, North Texas. A grassroots educational intervention project training OB/GYN clinic staff to promote breastfeeding

Yoga for Healing

Yoga for Healing. Learning about Yoga as a healing modality

Holistic Pediatrics

Holistic Pediatrics. Helping bring integrative health practices into the clinical setting for the health and well being of children and their families

The Global Experience

Please join me in welcoming Dr. Atoosa Kourosh who is providing us with a guest blog this week! Dr. Kourosh is a board-certified Pediatrician Global Health Doc

Education & Training

Hypnotherapy Academy of AmericaMedical Support Clinical Hypnotherapy Certification, Board Certified - International Board of Clinical Hypnotherapy, 2022 - 2023
Baylor College of MedicineFellowship, Allergy and Immunology, 2014 - 2016
University of Texas School of Public HealthMPH, International Maternal Child Health, 1999 - 2007
University of Texas School of Public HealthMPH, 2007
Baylor College of Medicine (Houston)Residency, Pediatrics, 2000 - 2002
University of FloridaInternship, Pediatrics, 1998 - 1999
University of Florida College of Medicine JacksonvilleInternship, Transitional Year, 1998 - 1999
University of Texas Southwestern Medical SchoolClass of 1997
University of TexasBA, Middle Eastern Studies, Magna Cum Laude, 1991 - 1993
University of Texas at AustinBA, Middle Eastern Studies, 1993
Johns Hopkins UniversityBA, Near Eastern Studies, 1989 - 1991

Certifications & Licensure

AR State Medical License 2020 - 2026
UT State Medical License 2005 - 2026
WA State Medical License 2004 - 2026
TX State Medical License 1999 - 2025
OR State Medical License 2004 - 2006
American Board of Allergy and Immunology Allergy & Immunology
American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics
International Board of Hypnotherapy Board Certified Medical Support Clinical Hypnotherapist
National Board of Public Health ExaminersBoard Certified in Public Health
Patient Health Advocate BoardBoard Certified Patient Health Advocate

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Mary Greene-Noble Special Achievement Award for Child Health and Advocacy Texas Pediatric Society, 2015
AAP Chapter Award for Outstanding Service and Mentoring 2015
Mary Greene Noble Award for Child Health Advocacy Texas Pediatric Society, 2015
Educational Scholarship Innovations - School Food Allergy Baylor College of Medicine, 2015
MacNamara Award for Outstanding Contributions to Pediatric Health & Safety Baylor College of Medicine, 2015
American Academy of Family Physicians Teaching Award University of Utah, 2006
Martin Luther King Scholar Award for Community Service & Academic Achievement UT Southwestern, 1996
Honors in Psychiatry 1996
Honors in Pediatrics 1995
Scholarship, Academic Achievement Southwestern Medical Foundation, 1993
Outstanding Cultural Programming UT Austin UT Student Union Board
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Integrative therapeutics for ocular surface disorders.
Atoosa Kourosh, Anil Nanda, Dipa K Sheth, Fariba Eshraghi Parmer
Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology. 2024-10-01
61 citations
Fecal microbiome signatures are different in food-allergic children compared to siblings and healthy children.
Atoosa Kourosh, Ruth Ann Luna, Miriam Balderas, Christina L. Nance, Aikaterini Anagnostou
Pediatric Allergy and Immunology. 2018-08-01
Eye on religion: the Bahá'í Faith.
Atoosa Kourosh, Emitis Hosoda
Southern Medical Journal. 2007-04-01

Journal Articles

Fecal microbiome signatures are different in food-allergic children compared to siblings and healthy children
Kourosh, Luna, Davis., Pediatric Allergy& Immunology, 1/1/2018
Efficacy of an accelerated hepatitis B vaccination program during pregnancy
Sheffield, Moss, Tang, Kourosh, Obstetrics & Gynecology, 1/1/2011
Eye on religion: the Bah�'í Faith
Kourosh, A., & Hosoda, E., Southern medical journal, 1/1/2007
Transportation barriers to accessing health care for urban children
Yang, S., Zarr, R. L., Kass-Hout, T. A., Kourosh, A., Kelly, N. R., Journal of Health Care for the Poor & Underserved, 1/1/2006
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Books/Book Chapters

Satan's Stones
Moniru RavanipourUniversity of Texas Press1996

Abstracts/Posters

Fecal Microbiome Differs in Food Allergic Children Compared to Siblings and Healthy Children
Kourosh A, AAAAI Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, 1/1/2018
NFkB2 Mutation in a Child with Combined Immunodeficiency, Alopecia Universalis and Autoinflammatory Mucocutaneous Granulomas
Kourosh A, Clinical Immunology Summer School, Miami, 1/1/2016
An Interdisciplinary Approach to Perioperative Anaphylaxis: A Tertiary Pediatric Center Experience
Kourosh A, AAAAI Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA, 1/1/2016
An infant with fever, pyoderma gangrenosum, osteitis, synovitis and oral ulcers: Immunology and Rheumatology Collaboration in a Novel Autoinflammatory Phenotype
Kourosh A, CIS, Boston, MA, 1/1/2016
Anaphylaxis Recognition and Action: Needs Assessment-Quality Improvement Empowers Tertiary Care Allergy Clinic Team
Kourosh A, ACAAI Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 1/1/2016
When Post-Operative Orofacial Angioedema is NOT IgE or Complement Mediated
Kourosh A, ACAAI Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 1/1/2016
Sweet�s Syndrome as a Harbinger of Immunodeficiency
Kourosh A, Shearer Symposium, Houston, 1/1/2015
Anaphylaxis Crisis Resource Management in the Clinic Setting
Kourosh A, Baylor College of Medicine Fellows College Quality Improvement Featured Projects, 1/1/2015
School Staff Food Allergy (FA) Education Increases Epinephrine Coverage and Recognition of Allergic Reactions
Kourosh A, AAAAI Annual Meeting, Houston, Texas, 1/1/2015
Implementing Standard Food Allergy Protocols in a Tertiary Care Allergy Clinic
Kourosh A, ACAAI, 1/1/2015
Feasibility of a Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Online Educational Intervention to Train School Personnel in Houston Independent School District (HISD)
Kourosh A, Baylor College of Medicine Showcase of Educational Scholarship Innovations, Houston, Texas, 1/1/2015
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Other

Hepatitis B vaccination of high risk pregnant women: A clinical trial at Parkland Memorial Hospital (2007).
Kourosh, A, ETD collection for Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center