 Peter
M. G. Deane, M.D.
Dr. Deane was born and raised in northern New Jersey. He
graduated summa cum laude with honors from the University of Pennsylvania College
of Arts and Sciences in 1983, B.A. Biology, minor in American History, and was
selected for ΘΒΚ. He still recalls Philadelphia fondly and
visits when he can.
Before medical school he worked in medical market research. In 1985 he entered
the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry and has been in
Rochester ever since. He received the Benjamin Rush Award in Psychiatry and graduated
M. D. with Honors in 1989. His residency in categorical internal medicine was
at Strong Memorial Hospital; combined fellowship training in allergy/immunology
and rheumatology was through the U. of R. Medical School Clinical Immunology,
Allergy and Rheumatology Unit and associated teaching hospitals. In 1993-1994
he was the Lupus Foundation of America Genesee Valley Chapter Fellow. For his
research during fellowship he won the American College of Rheumatology (ACR)
Western Region Fellow/Trainee Award in 1995. He finished training that year,
and then began to practice as an employee of a local health system. He joined
Allergy, Asthma, Immunology of Rochester, P. C., in 1998.
He received his medical license in 1990. His specialty board certifications
are in Internal Medicine in 1992, Allergy and Immunology in 1995 (recertified
2005), Rheumatology in 1996 (recertified 2006), and Clinical Densitometry (which
is bone and tissue density scan [DXA] analysis) in 2003. He achieved Fellowship
status in the ACR (FACR) in 1997 and in the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma
and Immunology (FAAAAI) in 1998. In 2000 he was selected as a Lifetime Member
of Strathmore’s Who’s Who. In 2006 he received the American
Medical Association Physician’s Recognition Award with Commendation for
Continuing Medical Education 2006-2009. He is also a member of the American College
of Physician Executives and the International Society for Clinical Densitometry.
At the U. of R. Medical School in 1992 he was named Instructor in Medicine
and Emergency Medicine and in 2001 Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine and
Pediatrics. In this role, he lectures students regularly at the Medical School,
and teaches residents in medicine and in pediatrics and fellows in allergy/immunology
and in rheumatology. He has been an attending physician at the Pediatric Rheumatology
Clinic at Strong Children’s Hospital.
In 2006 Dr. Deane was privileged to travel with People to People to the People’s Republic of China to study rheumatology care there, including the role of traditional Chinese medicine.
Dr. Deane sees adults and children over five years of age for allergies and asthma. He sees adults for rheumatologic problems.
He has written a number of abstracts, papers and book chapters on a variety of allergy and rheumatology topics (for example, on cedar pollen sensitivity in Allergy and Asthma Proceedings here). For the upcoming Textbook of Adolescent Medicine he wrote the chapter on “Environmental Allergies”. With Robert H. Schwartz, M. D., he is co-author of a book for general readership: Coping with Allergies (Rosen Publishing, 1999), available here. He regularly reviews articles for Pediatrics and The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.
For Blue Cross/Blue Shield of the Rochester Area he has been a member of the PARTNERS Asthma Program, to improve asthma care in the Rochester area. In the Rochester Independent Practice Association, he is a member of the Allergy Advisory Committee, to design and implement quality measures used to assess allergy practice in our area.
Among his interests is research in both allergic and rheumatic diseases, and he is one of AAIR’s principle investigators for clinical trials for asthma, hay fever, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis and lupus, among other ailments.
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