CSU & Allergist
Recorded On: 06/12/2026
- Understand the physical, social and emotional impact of patients who experience acute and chronic spontaneous urticaria.
- Describe the pathomechanisms underlying chronic spontaneous urticaria as a foundation for the selection of proper treatments
- Review the role and indication of allergy testing and differentiate from other allergic conditions
- Review antihistamine optimization, use of immunomodulatory and immunosuppressive treatments and how to safety initiate and monitor patients on these therapies
Mark Eliason, MD
Vice Chair of Clinical Operations
University of Utah, Department of Dermatology
Mark Eliason, MD is a Professor of Dermatology at the University of Utah. He has been in practice for over 15 years. He is a general dermatologist with a clinical interest in complex medical dermatology and works in both the outpatient and inpatient dermatology setting. He completed two-year fellowship studying familial melanoma. He has a specific interest in inflammatory diseases of the skin. He had published and presented both regionally and nationally on the management of chronic spontaneous urticaria. He currently serves as the Vice-Chair of Clinical Operations in his department and oversees quality and patient safety. He is active in the education mentoring students and residents in clinical education. He also shares regular lectures with the APC's in his department, and gives the yearly dermatology course in dermatology at the University of Utah NP program.
Mili Shum, MD
Allergist/Immunologist
University of Utah
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Adjunct Professor of Pediatrics
Allergy and Immunology
Department of Dermatology
