Jose Calderon, MD

Jose G. Calderon, MD
Chief, Section of Allergy & Immunology

Dr. Calderon is a pediatric allergist & immunologist and serves as chief of the Nicklaus Children's Pediatric Specialists 9NCPS) Section of Allergy & Immunology at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital. He earned his medical degree from Universidad Industrial de Santander Escuela de Medicina in Bucaramanga, Colombia. Dr. Calderon then completed a residency in pediatrics at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York, followed by a fellowship in allergy and clinical immunology at the Yale School of Medicine/Yale-New Haven Hospital in Connecticut. His clinical interests include, food allergies, atopic dermatitis, allergic rhinitis, allergic conjunctivitis, asthma, urticaria and angioedema, drug allergies, insect allergies, anaphylaxis, hereditary angioedema, mastocytosis and immunodeficiency.

 Dr. Calderon is board certified in allergy and clinical immunology. He is a member of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI). He has participated in community service initiatives including Connecticut’s statewide Asthma Task Force and as an advisor to the City of New Haven’s School Asthma Initiative for the Department of Health. Dr. Calderon also served as a member of Yale-New Haven Hospital’s Pediatric Asthma Committee and as an assistant clinical professor of pediatrics at the Yale School of Medicine. His work has been published in peer-reviewed journals and he has presented at medical conferences.

Dr. Calderon is employed by Nicklaus Children’s Pediatric Specialists (NCPS), the multispecialty medical group practice of Nicklaus Children’s Health System. He is bilingual in English and Spanish.