About Chicago Family Asthma & Allergy · Chicago
Chicago Family Asthma & Allergy is a private practice in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood offering expert allergy, asthma, and immunology care for children and adults. Founded in 2009 by Dr. Aaron Donnell and Dr. Kelly Newhall, the practice emphasizes compassion and accessibility. The physicians are board-certified and affiliated with major Chicago hospitals including Lurie’s Children’s Hospital and Advocate Illinois Masonic Hospital. Services include skin testing, pulmonary function testing, and allergy immunotherapy (shots), with special interest in food allergies, eczema, hives, and insect sting allergies. The practice also offers televisits for established patients and provides school/camp forms and pollen/mold count updates.
Chicago Family Asthma & Allergy provides comprehensive allergy, asthma, and immunology care for both children and adults in Chicago. Established in 2009 by Dr. Aaron Donnell and Dr. Kelly Newhall, the practice is staffed by board-certified specialists who are affiliated with major Chicago hospitals. Services include allergy testing, immunotherapy, food allergy treatments (including sublingual and oral immunotherapy and Xolair), and management of conditions like eczema, hives, and insect sting allergies. The practice offers telehealth visits for established patients and provides educational resources, school forms, and pollen/mold count updates. It is located at 2551 N Clark St, Suite 100, Chicago, IL 60614, and operates with flexible hours, including early closures on holidays. The practice does not identify as Catholic-owned or faith-based in any way.
- In business
- since 2009
- Owner
- Dr. Aaron Donnell and Dr. Kelly Newhall
- Serves
- Chicago, IL (and out-of-state patients with specific televisit policies)
About Us
Chicago Family Asthma & Allergy is located in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago and was created in 2009 through the vision of Dr. Aaron Donnell and Dr. Kelly Newhall. Our goal is to provide expert allergy, asthma, and immunology care with compassion and accessibility. Depending on your evaluation needs, the office has the ability to perform skin testing, pulmonary function testing (with some limitations during the COVID-19 pandemic), and allergy immunotherapy ('allergy shots'). As board-certified allergy specialists, the physicians find particular interest in the evaluation of food allergy, asthma, nasal allergies, eye allergies, atopic dermatitis ('eczema'), hives, insect sting allergy, and more. Our practitioners are on staff at Lurie's Children's Hospital of Chicago and Advocate Illinois Masonic Hospital. Children of all ages and adults are welcome for evaluation.
Our Specialists
Dr. Donnell is a native of Nashville, TN and first experienced Chicago when he earned his Bachelor's Degree in Biology at Wheaton College. He completed medical school at the University of Tennessee College of Medicine and completed his residency in Pediatrics at Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters in Norfolk, VA. After serving an additional year as Pediatrics Chief Resident, he came to Chicago for fellowship in Allergy/Immunology at Children's Memorial Hospital and Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Dr. Donnell started working in private practice in Chicago in 2005 before co-creating CFAA with Dr. Newhall in 2009. He lives in Chicago with his family, and his four energetic children have nourished a special level of patience and a sense of humor in life. Dr. Donnell is board-certified in Pediatrics and Allergy/Immunology. Dr. Kelly Newhall lived in many different areas of the United States and is proud to have called Chicago home since 2000. She earned a Bachelor's Degree in Medical Social Science from Pomona College in Los Angeles, and she then obtained her Medical Degree from Washington University in St. Louis. Dr. Newhall completed her first two years of residency at St. Christopher's Hospital for Children in Philadelphia and finished her Pediatrics training at the University of Chicago Children's Hospital. She completed fellowship in Allergy/Immunology at C
Services
We provide sublingual and oral food immunotherapy for desensitization, and Xolair (omalizumab) was just approved for food allergy patients. We also offer food challenges for authorized appointments. Our services include skin testing, pulmonary function testing (with some limitations during the COVID-19 pandemic), and allergy immunotherapy ('allergy shots'). We treat a wide range of conditions including food allergies, asthma, nasal allergies, eye allergies, atopic dermatitis ('eczema'), hives, insect sting allergy, and more. We also offer televisits for established patients in Illinois, school/camp forms, and pollen/mold count updates.