The American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology was formed by the merger of the
American Association for the Study of Allergy and the Association for the Study of Asthma
and Allied Conditions. A group of West Coast and Midwest physicians formed the American
Association for the Study of Allergy in 1923 and the group became known as the Western
Society. In 1924, New York physicians interested in allergy met and formed the Society for
the Study of Asthma and Allied Conditions; this group became known as the Eastern Society.
When the Western and Eastern Societies merged in December 1943, the new association was
named the American Academy of Allergy. The executive office was established in Milwaukee in
1948. In 1982, the name was changed to the American Academy of Allergy and Immunology and in
1995 to the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.
