Dr. John J. Costa A life-long resident of the South Shore, Dr. John J. Costa graduated from Harvard College and the Mount Sinai Medical School in New York City. He completed a residency in Internal Medicine at the Boston University Medical Center and sub-specialty training in Allergy/Immunology at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. He is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and the American Board of Allergy and Immunology. He actively participates in the Maintenance of Certification program of the ABAI and has twice recertified his Allergy/Immunology boards. Dr. Costa is a Fellow of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology. Dr. Costa is also the Medical Director of the Allergy and Clinical Immunology Practice of the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, MA and an Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He has been an invited lecturer at local, regional and national meetings and educational courses, and a consultant to the biotechnical industry. He has published peer-reviewed original scientific research articles on the molecular/cellular biology of the allergic inflammatory response, as well as invited reviews. He has a broad clinical interest in all aspects of common allergic disorders. His detailed curriculum vitae can be found here: (costa_cv.pdf | 68.8kb).

Dr. Rock Ripple

Dr. Ripple received his undergraduate degrees from the University of Washington in Seattle as well as the University of California, Davis. He completed medical school at the University of California, Los Angeles. After finishing residency in Internal medicine at the Faulkner Hospital in Boston, he completed a fellowship in Allergy and Clinical Immunology at the Massachusetts General Hospital. He is a member of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology and a Fellow of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology. He is board certified/recertified by the American Board of Allergy and Immunology.

Dr. Monica Ghoshhajra

Dr. Ghoshhajra graduated magna cum laude from the University of Akron in Ohio, and earned her medical degree from the Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine. She is board certified in Internal Medicine, having trained at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. She underwent sub-specialty training in Allergy and Clinical Immunology at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. She maintains board certification by the American Board of Allergy and Immunology, and is a member of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology and the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology. Dr. Ghoshhajra is also an Associate Physician of the Allergy and Clinical Immunology Practice of the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, MA and a part-time Clinical Instructor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School.