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 William W. Storms, M.D.

   
CURRICULUM VITAE

WILLIAM W. STORMS, M.D.

   

PERSONAL INFORMATION

 

Date of Birth:                     May 18, 1942

Place of Birth:                   Racine, Wisconsin

Spouse:                                Bette

 

Office:                                   The William Storms Allergy Clinic

                                                1625 Medical Center Point, Suite 190

                                                Colorado Springs, CO 80907

                                                (719) 955-6000  Fax: (719) 955-9595

 

 

PRESENT ACADEMIC RANK & OTHER POSITIONS

 

Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of Colorado Health Sciences   Center, Denver, CO

 

Practicing Allergist, Asthma & Allergy Associates, P.C., Colorado Springs, CO

 

Director of the Research Center at the William Storms Allergy Clinic, Colorado Springs, CO

 

Member of Sports Medicine Committee of the U.S. Olympic Committee 1997 to present

 

IRB member, United States Olympic Committee, 1997 to present

 

National Asthma Education and Prevention Program Coordinating Committee, (NHLBI Asthma Guidelines) 1998 to present

 

Co-Chair, Professional and Patient/Public Education Subcommittee of the NAEPP 1998 to present

 

Vice-Chair, Task Force On Allergic Disorders: Promoting Best Practice 1998 to present

 

 

EDUCATION

 

University:                         Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

                                                Bachelor of Arts degree, 1964

 

Medical School:                University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, WI

                                                Doctor of Medicine  degree, 1968

 

Internship:                         San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, CA, 1968-69

 

Residency:                         Internal Medicine Residency; University of Wisconsin Hospital

                                                Madison, WI, 1969-70, 1972-73

 

Fellowship:                        Allergy and Immunology University of Wisconsin Hospital,

                                                Madison, WI 1973-75

 

Private Practice:              Asthma & Allergy Associates, P.C., Colorado Springs, CO,

                                                1975 to present

 

BOARD CERTIFICATION

 

American Board of Internal Medicine, 1974

 

American Board of Allergy and Immunology, 1975

 

Recertification: American Board of Allergy and Immunology, 1987

 

 

MEDICAL LICENSURE  Colorado #16815

 

 

SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS

 

Fellow, American College of Physicians

 

Fellow, American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

 

Fellow, American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

 

Fellow, American College of Chest Physicians

 

Western Society of Allergy and Immunology

 

American Thoracic Society

 

Trudeau Society

 

Colorado Allergy Society

 

American Association for the Advancement of Science

 

European Respiratory Society

 

Colorado Medical Society

 

European Academy of Allergology and Clinical Immunology

 

 

MEMBERSHIP ON COMMITTEES; OFFICES HELD

 

Board of Regents Member, American College of Allergy and Immunology, 1990 to 1993

 

President, Colorado Allergy Society, 1990-92

 

President, Western Society of Allergy and Immunology, 1987-88

 

Chairman, Public Relations Committee, American College of Allergy and Immunology, 1988

 

Chairman, Bylaws Committee, Penrose Hospital, Colorado Springs, 1985 to 1988

 

Chairman, American Academy of Allergy and Immunology Sports Medicine Committee, 1994-97

 

Steering Committee, American College of Chest Physicians Section on Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 1986-91

 

El Paso County Medical Society Delegate to the Colorado Medical Society, 1989 to 1996

 

Advisory Board Member of Strategic Institute, a CME provider, Vienna, Virginia, 1996 to present

 

Member of The Steering Committee of the Aspen Allergy Conference 1997 to present

 

 

MEDICAL JOURNAL EDITORIAL BOARDS

 

Associate Editor of Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 2003 to present

 

Member of Editorial Board for Asthma Magazine, 1999 to present

 

Member of Editorial Board for Journal of Asthma, 1992 to present

 

Member of Editorial Board for American Journal of Medicine and Sports, 2001 to 2004

 

Member of Editorial Board for Pediatric Rounds Newsletter, 1996 to 2000

 

Member of Editorial Board for Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, 1993 to 1998

 

Reviewer for ADIS International, Medical Journals, Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, Annals of Internal Medicine, Chest

 

 

OTHER ACTIVITIES, ORGANIZATIONS, & AWARDS

 

Distinguished Fellow of the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.  Presented atthe awards convocation November 6, 1998 in Philadelphia, PA.

 

Bela Schick invited Lectureship, American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology, Annual Meeting, San Francisco, November 1994

 

President, Cheyenne Mountain Zoological Park, 1991-92

 

Board of Trustees Member, 1987 to 1995

 

Vestry member, Chapel of Our Saviour Episcopal Church, Colorado Springs, 1978-81

 

Listed in "The Best Doctors in America" 1996 to present

 

Who's Who in Health and Medicine, 1989 to present

 

Student Volunteer, Project Hope, Colombia, South America, Summer 1967

 

Vice President, Broadmoor Ski Racing Academy, Inc., 1979-82

 

Volunteer Physician, Colorado Champ Camp (for children with asthma), 1985-95

 

Certificate of Appreciation from the Department of Medicine, University of Colorado School of Medicine for outstanding contributions to the Department of Medicine, 2000

 

Career Achievement Award for Excellence in Teaching Clinical Research and Medical Literature Contributions in Allergy and Clinical Immunology from the Department of Medicine of the University of Colorado School of Medicine 2004

 

Named one of the "Best Doctors in America" 1999 to present

 

Named "Americas Top Doctors" 2000 to present

 

 

PRESENTATIONS AT NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS

 

1.            "Late Adverse Reactions to Alternaria."  Presented at the American Academy of Allergy Meeting, February, 1974

 

2.            "Sch 1000 - An Anticholinergic Bronchodilator."  Presented at the American College of Chest Physicians Meeting, November, 1974

 

3.            "Procaterol Metered-Dose Inhaler in the Treatment of Asthma."  Presented at the 41st Annual Congress of the American College of Allergists, February, 1985

 

4.            "Albuterol Inhalant Solution for Asthma."  Presented at the 41st Annual Congress of the American College of Allergists, February, 1985

 

5.            "Ipratropium in the Treatment of Bronchial Asthma."  Presented at the 41st Annual Congress of the American College of Allergists, Poster Session, February, 1985

 

6.            "Azelastine in the Treatment of Asthma."  Presented at the Academy of Allergy and Immunology, Poster Session, March, 1985

 

7.            "Albuterol Inhalant Solution."  Presented at the American College of Allergists meeting at the Schering symposium on New Horizons in Allergy, January 16, 1986

 

8.            "Safety and Efficacy of Azelastine in Perennial Allergic Rhinitis."  Presented at the American College of Allergists meeting, February, 1987

 

9.            "Long-term Treatment of Asthma with Procaterol Metered-Dose Inhaler:  A Two and One-Half Year Open-Label Study."  Presented at the American College of Chest Physicians 53rd Annual Scientific Assembly, Poster Session, October 29, 1987

 

10.         "Variability of Tree Pollination over 5 Years."  Presented at the American College of Allergy and Immunology, November 15, 1987

 

11.          "SCH 434 (loratadine 5 mg plus pseudoephedrine 120 mg) Versus Components in the Treatment of Seasonal Allergic Rhinitis."  Presented at the Forty-fourth Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Allergy and Immunology, March, 1988

 

12.          "Once-A-Day Triamcinolone Acetonide (TA) Nasal Aerosol is Effective for Perennial Allergic Rhinitis."  Presented at the Forty Fifth Annual Convention of the American College of Allergy and Immunology, November, 1988

 

13.          "Ipratropium Bromide (Atrovent); Clinical Usage in Asthma."  Presented at a symposium at the 46th Annual Meeting of the American College of Allergy and Immunology, November, 1989

 

14.          "Update on New Advances in the Therapy of Allergic Rhinitis."  Presented at a symposium at the American College of Allergy and Immunology Meeting, November, 1990

 

15.          "Allergic Rhinitis" Washington University Symposium on Allergic Disease, St. Louis, November 1990

 

16.          "A Once-A-Day Nasal Steroid (Nasacort - triamcinolone acetonide) is Effective Therapy for Perennial Allergic Rhinitis."  Presented at the Ninth Annual Aspen Allergy Conference, July 23-27, 1991, Aspen, Colorado

 

17.         "New Therapeutic Approaches to Allergic Rhinitis," American Academy of Allergy and Immunology, March 1992; Orlando, Florida

 

18.          "Lipoxygenase and Leukotriene Inhibitors." Presented at the 1992 American College of Allergy and Immunology Symposium entitled "A New Age In the Therapy of Allergic Diseases," November 18, 1992.

 

19.          "Sch 1000 - An Anticholinergic Bronchodilator."  Presented at the Symposium on the Parasympathetic Pathway in Obstructive Lung Disease, Killarney, Ireland, 1974

 

20.         "Azelastine in Bronchial Asthma."  Presented at the Azelastine Symposium at the International College of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Washington, D.C., October 1985

 

21.          "Ipratropium in the Treatment of Asthma."  Presented at the Symposium on Cholinergic Pathways in Lung Disease, Toronto, July 1986

 

22.         "Bronchodilator Properties of Azelastine."  Azelastine Workshop - American Lung Association Meeting, New Orleans, May 1987

 

23.         "Azelastine: U.S. Experience in Seasonal and Perennial Rhinitis."  Presented at the XIVth Congress of the European Academy of Allergology and Clinical Immunology, Berlin (West), September 1989

 

24.         "Effect of Repeat Action Albuterol Sulfate (Proventil Repetabs) in Nocturnal Asthma," presented at the XIV International Congress of Allergology and Clinical Immunology, Kyoto, Japan, October 1991

 

25.         "The Effect of Repeat Action Albuterol Sulfate Tablets (Proventil Repetabs) in the Treatment of Nocturnal Asthma," presented at the Fifth International Conference on Chronobiology, Amelia Island, Florida, July 16, 1992

 

26.         "Rationale for the Use of Antihistamines in Allergic Rhinitis, " International Symposium of Infection and Allergy of the Nose, Seoul, Korea, October 8-11, 1993

 

27.         "Fluticasone Nasal Spray: Comparator Studies in Allergic Rhinitis," European Academy of Allergy and Immunology, Stockholm, Sweden, June 1994

 

28.         Moderator and Discussant, Interesting Case Symposium, American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, November 1994

 

29.         Co-Chairman of the Olympic Exercise Asthma Symposium, Colorado Springs, CO, December 2-4, 1994.

 

30.         "Diagnosis and Treatment of Asthma."  Lecture at the American Academy of Family Physicians.  Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, September 1995.

 

31.          "Exercise Asthma in Athletes." Presented at the Eastern Allergy Conference, April 18, 1995.

 

32.         "Long-term budesonide therapy in severe asthma:  A 2 1/2 year open label study." Poster presentation, Aspen Allergy Conference, July 1995.

 

30.         "Asthma Quality of Life Surveys in an Office Setting," ACAAI Managed Care Conference, Washington DC, April 12, 1996.

 

31.          Chairman, United States Olympic Committee Conference on Asthma for Physicians, Coaches and    Athletic Trainers, November 1996, U.S. Olympic Training Center, Colorado Springs, CO.

 

32.         Moderator and speaker, ACAAI Annual Meeting Saturday Morning Conference, San Diego, CA.

 

33.         Speaker, AAAAI Sunday Evening Symposium on the Treatment of Asthma, March 1998, Washington DC.

 

34.         Luncheon moderator "Treatment of Rhinitis and Its Effects on the Lower Airway", Sunday symposium at the AAAAI meeting, Washington DC, March 1998.

 

35.         Speaker on Exercise-Induced Asthma at the 1st Sports Medicine Conference of the Arab World, Kuwait University, Kuwait City, Kuwait, March 1998.

 

36.         Speaker at the International Congress of Pediatric Allergy & Immunology, Cordoba, Argentina, May 24-27, 1998 ("Safety and efficacy of montelukast in children: a review of clinical data"; "Improving control of asthma in the moderately severe asthmatic".

 

37.         "The Profile of the Ideal Nasal Steroid" at the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology Meeting, Brussels, Belgium, July 1999.

 

38.         "Exercise Induced Asthma", presented at Cornell Medical College Allergy Teaching Day, New York, NY, October 1999.

 

39.         "Asthma and Rhinitis", presented at the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, November 1999.

 

40.         "Exercise-Induced Asthma", presented at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Meeting, San Diego, CA, March 2000.

 

41.          "Treatment of  Vasomotor Rhinitis: Summary of Physicians Survey and Double-Blind Study of Azelastine in Vasomotor Rhinitis", presented at the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Lisbon, Portugal, July 2000.

 

42.         "Treatment of Allergic Rhinitis in Children", presented at the Weekend of the Nose Meeting, Prague, January 2001.

 

43.         Invited Lecturer, "Treatment of Exercise Asthma", National Association of Athletic Trainers Annual Meeting, July 2001.

 

44.         "Therapeutic Options for Nonallergic Rhinitis", European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Berlin, Germany, May 2001.

 

45.         "What are the New Third Generation Antihistamines and What Do They Do", presented at Nose 2000, International Congress of Rhinology, Washington DC, September 2000.

 

46.         "Criteria for the Ideal Nasal Steroid", presented at the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Meeting, Seattle, WA, November 2000.

 

47.         "Relationship Between Allergic Rhinitis and Asthma", American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Symposium, March 18, 2001.

 

48.         "The Relationship of Allergic and Non-allergic Rhinitis", Allergic Rhinitis Symposium at the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, May 11, 2001.

 

49.         "Methods of Controlling Rhinitis", Allergic Rhinitis Symposium; American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology meeting, November 19, 2001.

 

50.         "Treatment of Allergic Rhinitis and Comorbid Conditions", Lecture at the Primed South Meeting, Florida, February 21, 2002.

 

51.          "Economic and Clinical Impact of Allergic Rhinitis", AAAAI Meeting, Allergic Rhinitis Symposium, March 3, 2002.

 

52.         "Diagnosis and Treatment of Exercise-induced Asthma", AAAAI Meeting, March 4, 2002.

 

53.         "The Link Between Allergic Rhinitis and Asthma", Primed West Meeting, Long Beach, California, April 5, 2002.

 

54.         "Treatment of Allergic Rhinitis with Specific Reference to Non-sedating Antihistamines ", Lectures in Taiwan, April 19 - 21, 2002.

 

55.         "The Role of Leukotriene Antigonists in the Treatment of Asthma", Tokyo, Japan, August 31, 2002.

 

56.         "The Allergic March: The Progression of Allergy From Infancy to Adulthood", American College of Allergy and Immunology Meeting, San Antonio, TX, November 14, 2002.

 

57.         "The Use of Intranasal steroids in the Treatment of Allergic Rhinitis", Rhinitis Symposium, ACAAI Meeting, San Antonio, TX, November 17, 2002.

 

58.         "Clinical Trials: Are These Our Patients?", American Academy of Allergy and Immunology, Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, March 2003.

 

59.         "Allergies and Asthma in Athletes", US Olympic Committee Conference on the Athens Olympic Games 2004; Effects of Heat and Humidity, Colorado Springs, CO, September 2003.

 

60.         "Exercise-Induced Asthma in Athletes", USA Cycling Coaches Conference, Colorado Springs, CO, Jan 29, 2004.

 

 

CLINICAL TRIALS PERFORMED AT THE RESEARCH CENTER

 

Ipratropium bromide inhaler for the treatment of asthma - various studies, 1975-1990

Flunisolide inhaler for the treatment of asthma - 1977

Tazifyline tablets in rhinitis - 1987

Albuterol inhalant solution for asthma - 1984

Ketotifen syrup for children in asthma - 1984-1987

Procaterol inhaler for asthma - various studies - 1984-1990

Alupent inhaler for children with asthma - 1985-1989

Triamcinolone nasal spray for the treatment of rhinitis - various studies, 1986-1991

Loratadine and loratadine decongestant tablet studies for the treatment of rhinitis - 1986 to 1995

Tazifyline tablets in rhinitis - 1987

Enprofylline tablets for asthma - 1987

Proventil Repetabs for asthma - 1987-1989, 1992

Budesonide inhaler for asthma and rhinitis - 1987, 1991-1995

Efficacy of azelastine in perennial allergic rhinitis - 1988

Intal MDI for asthma - 1988

MK 571 capsules for asthma - 1989

Accolate inhaler and tablet for asthma - 1989-1995

Auranofin capsules for steroid dependent asthmatics - 1989-1990

Nedocromil inhalant solution for children with asthma - 1990

Salmeterol inhaler for asthma - 1990-1995, 1997

SCH 37370 tablet for rhinitis - 1990-91

Azelastine nasal spray for rhinitis - 1990

Vancenase-AQ vs. Nasalcrom in allergic rhinitis (pediatric) - 1990

Triamcinolone nasal spray (Nasacort) in allergic rhinitis (pediatric)      - 1990

Pemirolast - 1991

Oral ebastine for allergic rhinitis - 1991-1998

Formeterol in Asthma - 1992

MK-0591 for asthma - 1992-1993

Vanceril DS - 1992-1993

Zileuton in Asthma - 1992, 1994, 1997

Fluticasone in Asthma and Rhinitis Adult and Pediatric - 1992-1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001

Albuterol Turbuhaler - 1993

CP-80633 Tablet for Asthma - 1993

RP-73401 in Asthma - 1993

Uniphyl vs Beclovent - 1993

Non-CFC Salbutamol - 1993

MK-0476 in adults & pediatrics for asthma - 1993-1999

Mometasone in Asthma and Rhinitis - 1993-1994, 1997-1998, 1999

rhu-IL-IR in Asthma - 1993-1994

rhu-IL-4R in Asthma - 1999, 2000, 2001

Ceftibuten in Sinusitis - 1993-1994

Azelastine in Asthma - 1993-1995

Cetirizine in Allergic Rhinitis - 1994, 1997-1998, 2000, 2001

HOE 140 in Asthma - 1994

Nasacort Prophylaxis in Allergic Rhinitis - 1994

PDA-641 Capsules in Asthma - 1994-1996

Terfenadine and Metabolite in Rhinitis - 1994

Non-CFC Beclomethasone - 1994-1995, 1997-1998

Patient Compliance with Bronchodilator Therapy in Asthma - 1994

Atrovent in Allergic Rhinitis - 1994-1995

Effects of Vancenase on Growth - 1994

M94-216 in adult asthma - 1995

Non-CFC Azmacort in adults with asthma - 1995

Accolate in pediatric patients with asthma - 1995-1998

Accolate in adults with asthma - 1995-1998

SB205312 in adults with allergic rhinitis - 1995

SB205312 in adults with asthma - 1995

SR 27417A in adults with asthma - 1995-1996

AA 2414 in adults with asthma - 1995

Budesonide nebulizing solution - 1995-1996

Atrovent nasal spray in adults with rhinitis - 1995

Fluticasone in sinusitis - 1996-present

BAYx7195 in adults with asthma - 1996

Double-strength beclomethasone nasal spray in adults with asthma and rhinitis - 1996

RPR 106541T in adults with asthma - 1996

D7193 in adults with asthma - 1996

RG50294 in adults with rhinitis - 1996

Non-CFC Intal in exercise-induced asthma - 1997

Fexofenadine in adults and pediatrics in rhinitis - 1994-1995, 1997, 2000, 2001

Fexofenadine in adult urticaria - 1996-1997

SB 207499 in adult COPD - 1997

Serevent in adult COPD - 1997-1998, 2000, 2001

Raxar in adult sinusitis - 1997-1998

Tiotropium in adult asthma - 1997

Norestemizole in allergic rhinitis - 1997

Zanamavir in influenza - 1998, 1999, 2000

Seratrodast in adult COPD - 1997

Seratrodast in adult asthma - 1996

MK-0966 in adults with osteoarthritis - 1997-1999, 2000, 2001

MK-0663 in adults with osteoarthritis - 1998 to present

Salmeterol/fluticasone in COPD - 1998-1999

Azelastine in vasomotor rhinitis - 1999

HMR 3647A in adult sinusitis - 1998-1999

Astra AR-C68397AA in COPD - 1998-1999, 2000-2001

Fluticasone versus zafirlukast in asthma - 1998-1999

Salmeterol/fluticasone in adult asthma - 1998-1999, 2000, 2001

Merck L-808,065 in adult asthma - 1998-1999

Desloratadine in adult rhinitis and asthma - 1999, 2000

Montelukast in adults with rhinitis and asthma - 1999, 2000

Effects of nasal fluticasone on growth - 1999-2000, 2001

Effects of Accolate on growth - 1999

Effects of Azmacort on growth - 1999

Lansoprazole in adults with asthma and GERD - 1999, 2000

Triamcinolone effects on growth - 1999-2000

Montelukast in exercise-induced asthma in adults and pediatrics - 1999-2000, 2001

Accolate in pediatric exercise-induced asthma - 1999-2000

Effect of Rhinocort on growth - 1999-2001

Albuterol metered dose solution in adult asthma 1999-2000

Montelukast vs beclomethasone on growth - 2000, 2001

Bay 19-8004 in adults with asthma - 2000

Tequin in adult sinusitis - 2000

Merck L-753099 in COPD - 2000

IV montelukast in acute asthma - 2000

Serevent in adult exercise-induced asthma - 2000-2001

Ciclesonide in adult and pediatric asthma - 2001

Anapatrilat in adult hypertension - 2001

Salamol Easi-Breathe device in adult asthma - 2001

SB207499 in COPD - 2001

Loteprednol exabonate nasal spray in adults with rhinitis - 2001

Levalbuterol nebulized in acute asthma - 2001

Advil Multi-Symptom Allergy Sinus in adult rhinitis - 2001

Budesonide aqueous nasal spray (Rhinocort Aqua) in children with PAR - 2000-2001

Oral montelukast sodium vs. inhaled fluticasone propionate in patients with mild persistent asthma - 2000-2002

Montelukast w/placebo & inhaled beclomethasone in pediatric patients w/mild asthma - 2000-02

Roflumilast in patients with asthma - 2001

PLT 3514 dietary supplement in asthmatic children ages 12 -17 years - 2001

Clinical effects of montelukast in patients with PAR - 2001-2002

Formoterol fumarate delivered by multi-dose dry powder inhaler - 2001-2002

Tecastemizole in subjects with SAR and concomitant asthma - 2001-2002

PLT 3514 dietary supplement in asthmatic children ages 6-11 years - 2001

Fexofenadine in subjects with PAR - 2002

IN537217 nasal spray in subjects with PAR - 2002

Tecastemizole in subjects with SAR - 2002

T.I.M.E. migraine study, Zomig - 2002

Symbicort vs. its mono-products in children (>6 ye