Dr. Scott Commins is the William J. Yount, MD Distinguished Professor at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he is a member of the UNC Food Allergy Initiative, the Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases, and the Southeastern Center of Excellence for Vector Borne Diseases. Dr. Commins maintains an active clinical practice and research program related to the alpha-gal mammalian meat allergy syndrome, eospinophilic esophagitis, venom allergy, and the human immune response to tick bites.Dr. Commins received his M.D. & Ph.D. (Biochemistry & Molecular Biology) from the Medical University of South Carolina (Charleston, SC). Following a residency in Internal Medicine, Scott completed a fellowship in Allergy and Clinical Immunology at The University of Virginia (Charlottesville, VA). He is an author for UpToDate (Food allergy in adults; Allergy to meats), and serves as the Chief Editor for the Drug, Venom & Anaphylaxis section of Frontiers. Dr. Commins is the immediate past-president of the Southeastern Asthma, Allergy, and Immunology Society and was a member of the Congressionally-appointed Tick-Borne Disease Working Group (2018-2020) where he was co-chair of the alpha-gal syndrome and public comment subcommittee.

Gary Falcetano, PA-C, is a seasoned clinician, medical publisher, and medical communications professional. Gary has been involved in healthcare all of his adult life, first as an EMS professional, paramedic and then hospital department administrator andeducator. Returning to Physician Assistant school he graduated with high honors from the Medical College of Pennsylvania/Hahnemann University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and fulfilled a lifelong ambition to practice emergency medicine and primary care in rural and remote areas of our country. After graduation, he lived in both urban and remote areas from Northern Maine to Southern Georgia. Gary practiced in rural ERs as the sole provider and also in inner city ERs in Philadelphia and New Jersey. Gary also served as a Captain in U.S. Army Reserve, where he practiced in the ER/Urgent Care Center at Ft. Wainwright, Alaska, as the medical provider in charge.He has been in the medical publishing/education arena for over 20 years fulfilling various positions from account manager to group publisher. He is also an entrepreneur who has also founded several medical communications companies. In addition, he previously served as an intermittent federal employee for the department of Health and Human Services serving with the NJ Disaster Medical Assistance Team (NJ-1 DMAT.) Gary is currently the Scientific Affairs Manager—Allergy with the Immunodiagnostics Division of Thermo Fisher Scientific. He provides educational programs in asthma, allergy and autoimmune disorders for both primary care and specialty clinicians, directs the U.S. research efforts, and is a Certified Asthma Educator. He was elected to the National Asthma Education Certification Board (NACEB) in 2018 and served on their examination, financial, public relations, and bylaws subcommittees.