Karin A. Pacheco, MD, MSPH

Special Interests

Clinical Interests 

Occupational asthma and allergies. Challenge Chamber for diagnosis of Occupational Asthma.

Dr. Pacheco specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of occupational asthma and allergic disease. She performs specific occupational allergen challenges to help diagnose occupational asthma as well as specific skin and patch testing to occupational allergens.

Research Interests

Genetic and environmental risk factors for asthma and allergy to laboratory animals in exposed research scientists and technicians.

Education

Education

1998 - 2001

University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, MSPH, Preventive Med & Biometrics, Honors Thesis

1976 - 1978

New York University, Premedical Studies

1971 - 1972

L'Académie (Paris), Junior Year Abroad

1973

Bryn Mawr College (Bryn Mawr, PA), BA, Economics & French Literature

1983

New York University School of Medicine, MD, with Honors

Residency

1998 - 2001

National Jewish Health / University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, Residency, Occupational Medicine

1983 - 1986

University of Colorado Denver, Internship and Residency, Internal Medicine

Fellowship

1990 - 1994

National Jewish Health / University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, Fellowship, Allergy and Immunology

Awards & Recognition

2014: Best Doctors in America, Best Doctors, Inc.
1991-1992: Della McShane Fellowship in Medicine (Allergy)
1990-1991: Liz Claiborne, Inc. Fellowship in Immunology NYU MD with honors in microbiology First Prize for Student Research Bertran Gesner Memorial Prize for excellence in research in immunology

Board Certification

Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Allergy and Immunology
American Conjoint Board of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics Occupational Medicine
American Board of Preventive Medicine

Professional Memberships

Fellow, American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, Environmental and Occupational Respiratory Disease Section
American Thoracic Society, Environmental/Occupational Health Section
American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Publications

Pacheco K, Maier L, Silveira L, Goelz K, Noteware K, Luna B, and C Rose. Association of CD14 alleles with chest symptoms and lung function in laboratory animal researchers. (manuscript in preparation) Pacheco K, Maier L, Silveira L, Goelz K, Noteware K, Luna B, Murphy J, Dubois R, and C Rose. Association of TLR4 alleles with symptoms and sensitization to laboratory animals. (manuscript in revision)

Pacheco K, McCammon C, Liu AH, Thorne PS, O’Neill M, Martyny J, Newman L, and Rose CS. Characterization of endotoxin and mouse allergen exposures in mouse facilities and research laboratories. Ann Occup Hyg 2006; 50 (6): 563-572. epub April 2006.

Pacheco KA, McCammon C, Liu AH, Thorne PS, O’Neill ME, Martyny J, Newman LS, Hamman RF, and Rose CS. Airborne endotoxin predicts symptoms in nonsensitized technicians and research scientists exposed to laboratory mice. Am J Resp Crit Care Med 2003; 167: 983-990.

Pacheco K, Tarkowski M, Negri J, Sterritt C, Rosenwasser L, and Borish L. The influence of diesel exhaust particles on mononuclear phagocytic cell-derived cytokines: IL-10, TGF-b and IL-1b. Clin Exp Immunol. 2001 Dec; 126(3): 374-83.

Academic Affiliations

Assistant Professor, Preventive Medicine and Allergy/Immunology, University of Colorado Denver

Teaching & Professional Positions

“Bioaerosols in Occupational Medicine,” A Problem-Based Learning Course
“History of Occupational Medicine” in Introduction to Occupational and Environmental Health