Alan Schocket, MD

Clinical Professor, Medicine-Allergy/Clinical Immunology


FacultyPhoto
Medical School
  • MD, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of Medicine (1967)
Graduate School
  • MBA, University of Colorado Denver (1988)
Undergraduate School
  • AB, Yale University (CT) (1963)
Internship
  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center/Harvard Medical School Program (1968)
Residencies
  • Boston University Medical Center Program, Internal Medicine (1969)
  • University of Colorado (University Hospital) Program, Chief Resident, Internal Medicine (1975)
Fellowships
  • University of Colorado (University Hospital) Program, Rheumatology (1978)
  • University of Colorado, Allergy and Immunology (1977)
Languages
English
Department
Medicine-Allergy/Clinical Immunology

Publications

  • Schocket AL. Chronic urticaria: pathophysiology and etiology, or the what and why. Allergy Asthma Proc. 2006 Mar-Apr;27(2):90-5. PubMed PMID: 16724623
  • Rumbyrt JS, Schocket AL. Chronic urticaria and thyroid disease. Immunol Allergy Clin North Am. 2004 May;24(2):215-23, vi. PubMed PMID: 15120148
  • Jatulis DE, Meng YY, Elashoff RM, Schocket AL, Evans RM, Hasan AG, Legorreta AP. Preventive pharmacologic therapy among asthmatics: five years after publication of guidelines. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 1998 Jul;81(1):82-8. PubMed PMID: 9690577
  • Dreyfus DH, Schocket AL, Milgrom H. Steroid-resistant chronic urticaria associated with anti-thyroid microsomal antibodies in a nine-year-old boy. J Pediatr. 1996 Apr;128(4):576-8. PubMed PMID: 8618199
  • Rumbyrt JS, Katz JL, Schocket AL. Resolution of chronic urticaria in patients with thyroid autoimmunity. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 1995 Dec;96(6 Pt 1):901-5. PubMed PMID: 8543747
  • Corren J, Schocket AL. Anaphylaxis. A preventable emergency. Postgrad Med. 1990 Apr;87(5):167-8, 171-8. PubMed PMID: 2181424
  • Mekori YA, Dobozin BS, Schocket AL, Kohler PF, Clark RA. Delayed pressure urticaria histologically resembles cutaneous late-phase reactions. Arch Dermatol. 1988 Feb;124(2):230-5. PubMed PMID: 3341804
  • Lopez LR, Schocket AL, Carr RI, Kohler PF. Lymphocytotoxic antibodies and intermediate immune complexes in hypergammaglobulinemic purpura of Waldenström. Ann Allergy. 1988 Aug;61(2):93-6. PubMed PMID: 3400906
  • Davis KC, Mekori YA, Kohler PF, Schocket AL. Possible role of diet in delayed pressure urticaria--preliminary report. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 1986 Apr;77(4):566-9. PubMed PMID: 3958383
  • Lopez LR, Davis KC, Kohler PF, Schocket AL. The hypocomplementemic urticarial-vasculitis syndrome: therapeutic response to hydroxychloroquine. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 1984 May;73(5 Pt 1):600-3. PubMed PMID: 6371104
  • Davis KC, Mekori YA, Kohler PF, Schocket AL. Late cutaneous reactions in patients with delayed pressure urticaria. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 1984 Jun;73(6):810-2. PubMed PMID: 6725792
  • Sussman GL, Petillo JJ, Zisblatt M, Vukovich RA, Neiss ES, Schocket AL. Inhibition of compound 48/80 induced mediator release following oral administration of tiaramide hydrochloride in normal subjects. Ann Allergy. 1983 Sep;51(3):367-70. PubMed PMID: 6614599
  • Davis KC, Horsburgh CR Jr, Hasiba U, Schocket AL, Kirkpatrick CH. Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome in a patient with hemophilia. Ann Intern Med. 1983 Mar;98(3):284-6. PubMed PMID: 6299152
  • Schocket AL, Huff JC, Carr RI, Norris DA. Humoral immunity in stage I mycosis fungoides: an increased incidence of lymphocytotoxic antibodies. Br J Dermatol. 1982 Sep;107(3):285-91. PubMed PMID: 6981421
  • Sussman GL, Harvey RP, Schocket AL. Delayed pressure urticaria. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 1982 Nov;70(5):337-42. PubMed PMID: 6127359
  • Sussman GL, Harvey RP, Schocket AL. Evaluation of skin test response using two techniques of measurement. Ann Allergy. 1982 Feb;48(2):75-7. PubMed PMID: 7065469
  • Harvey RP, Wegs J, Schocket AL. A controlled trial of therapy in chronic urticaria. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 1981 Oct;68(4):262-6. PubMed PMID: 6116728
  • Nathan RA, Segall N, Schocket AL. A comparison of the actions of H1 and H2 antihistamines on histamine-induced bronchoconstriction and cutaneous wheal response in asthmatic patients. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 1981 Mar;67(3):171-7. PubMed PMID: 6109741
  • Freedman MD, Schocket AL, Chapel N, Gerber JG. Anaphylaxis after intravenous methylprednisolone administration. JAMA. 1981 Feb 13;245(6):607-8. PubMed PMID: 7005481
  • Davis RS, Remigio LK, Schocket AL, Bock SA. Evaluation of a patient with both aquagenic and cholinergic urticaria. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 1981 Dec;68(6):479-83. PubMed PMID: 7310013
  • Lopez LR, Schocket AL, Stanford RE, Claman HN, Kohler PF. Gastrointestinal involvement in leukocytoclastic vasculitis and polyarteritis nodosa. J Rheumatol. 1980 Sep-Oct;7(5):677-84. PubMed PMID: 6108371
  • Schocket AL, Carr RI, Hardtke MA. A comparison of I125 Clq binding, Raji cell binding, and lymphocytotoxic activity in multiple sclerosis. Clin Immunol Immunopathol. 1980 Nov;17(3):477-81. PubMed PMID: 7428189
  • Hamstra RD, Block MH, Schocket AL. Intravenous iron dextran in clinical medicine. JAMA. 1980 May 2;243(17):1726-31. PubMed PMID: 6154155
  • Phanuphak P, Schocket AL, Arroyave CM, Kohler PF. Skin histamine in chronic urticaria. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 1980 May;65(5):371-5. PubMed PMID: 7372956
  • Phanuphak P, Kohler PF, Stanford RE, Schocket AL, Carr RI, Claman HN. Vasculitis in chronic urticaria. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 1980 Jun;65(6):436-44. PubMed PMID: 6989879
  • Kaplan RL, Schocket AL, King TE, Maulitz RM, Good JT Jr, Stanford RE, Sahn SA. A model of immune complex-mediated pleuropulmonary injury; evidence of deposition of circulating immune complexes in the lung. Am J Pathol. 1980 Jul;100(1):115-30. PubMed PMID: 6446862
  • Harvey RP, Schocket AL. The effect of H1 and H2 blockade on cutaneous histamine response in man. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 1980 Feb;65(2):136-9. PubMed PMID: 6101337
  • Schocket AL, Kohler PF. Lymphocytotoxic antibodies in systemic lupus erythematosus and clinically related diseases. Arthritis Rheum. 1979 Oct;22(10):1060-3. PubMed PMID: 39565
  • Weiner HL, Schocket AL. Lymphocytes in multiple sclerosis: correlation with CSF immunoglobulins and cold-reactive lymphocytotoxic antibodies. Neurology. 1979 Nov;29(11):1504-8. PubMed PMID: 574205
  • Maulitz RM, Pratt DS, Schocket AL. Exercise-induced anaphylactic reaction to shellfish. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 1979 Jun;63(6):433-4. PubMed PMID: 447945
  • Nathan RA, Segall N, Glover GC, Schocket AL. The effects of H1 and H2 antihistamines on histamine inhalation challenges in asthmatic patients. Am Rev Respir Dis. 1979 Dec;120(6):1251-8. PubMed PMID: 42333
  • Schocket AL, Lain D, Kohler PF, Steigerwald J. Immune complex vasculitis as a cause of ascites and pleural effusions in systemic lupus erythematosus. J Rheumatol. 1978 Spring;5(1):33-8. PubMed PMID: 147941
  • Schocket AL, Weiner HL. Lymphocytotoxic antibodies in family members of patients with multiple sclerosis. Lancet. 1978 Mar 18;1(8064):571-3. PubMed PMID: 76119
  • Weiner HL, Scribner DJ, Schocket AL, Moorhead JW. Increased proliferative response of human peripheral blood lymphocytes to anti-immunoglobulin antibodies in elderly people. Clin Immunol Immunopathol. 1978 Mar;9(3):356-62. PubMed PMID: 304791
  • Phanuphak P, Schocket A, Kohler PF. Treatment of chronic idiopathic urticaria with combined H1 and H2 blockers. Clin Allergy. 1978 Sep;8(5):429-33. PubMed PMID: 30546
  • Tilles S, Schocket A, Milgrom H. Exercise-induced anaphylaxis related to specific foods. J Pediatr. 1995 Oct;127(4):587-9. PubMed PMID: 7562280
  • Keller L, Hogan C, Schocket A. The role of metal patch testing in evaluating patients for metallic prosthetic joint failure. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2021 May;126(5):542-547.e1. PubMed PMID: 33639260
  • Maxwell Y. Li, MD, Jason Kolfenbach, MD, and Alan Schocket, MD. Not All Rashes Are Allergic: Keratoderma Blennorrhagicum-Like Rash Masquerading as Contact Dermatitis. Allergy Rhinol, 2018 Jan-Dec; 9: 2152656718811566.
  • Rhumbyrt, Jeffrey S.: Schocket, Alan l. “Chronic Idiopathic Urticaria and Thyroid Disease” in Thyroid Disorders with Cutaneous Manifestations Springer-Verlag, London. 145-156, 2008
  • Schocket AL: Ed. Clinical Management of Urticaria and Anaphylaxis. Marcel Dekker, New York, 1993.

Practice Locations

UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital (UCH)
12605 E. 16th Ave
Aurora, CO 80045
720-848-0000

UCHealth Allergy and Immunology Clinic - Anschutz Medical Campus
1635 Aurora Ct
6th floor
Aurora, CO 80045
720-848-7600

Hospital Affiliation
  • University of Colorado Hospital

Specialty Information

Specialties
  • Allergy and Immunology, Board Certification (2004)
  • Internal Medicine, Board Certification
  • Rheumatology, Board Certification
  • Allergy and Immunology, Board Certification (1978)
  • Internal Medicine, Board Certification (1976)
  • Rheumatology, Board Certification (1979)
Clinical Interests
I am interested in Urticaria, Angioedema, Anaphylaxis and Metal allergy.