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ourhis1nIn the fall of 1947, Dr. Alexander McCausland was given strong counsel by his mentor in Allergy medicine at the University of Virginia, Dr. Oscar Swineford, to open the first allergy practice in the western half of Virginia. Thus, in January, 1948, sharing office space with his dermatologist friend, Dr. John Kaufman, Dr. McCausland began a practice which would become the allergy home to tens of thousands of allergy sufferers not only in western Virginia but also in surrounding counties of North Carolina, Tennessee and West Virginia. In 1985, he was joined by Dr. Dane McBride. The two of them practiced in the Professional Arts Building in Downtown Roanoke until 1994, then moved to a larger facility on the corner of Third and Walnut, where, in 1997, they were joined by a third associate, Dr. Luis Matos. In the year 2000, they moved into a newly-constructed and larger facility on the corner of Franklin Road and Woods Avenue. Shortly thereafter, they welcomed Dr. Saju Eapen, making four Board Certified specialists in Allergy and Clinical Immunology in the practice, the largest private allergy practice west of Richmond.
In September, 2005, after a remarkable 70 years in the field of medicine, Dr. McCausland withdrew from active practice, at the age of 93. Thirty years earlier, he had encouraged a young Roanoke pediatrician, Dr. Robert Miles, to pursue allergy specialty training, and to start an allergy practice in Lynchburg, which he did. In October, 2007, Dr. Miles retired and passed this practice on to Dr. McCausland’s Roanoke partners, forming the “Asthma and Allergy Centers of Roanoke and Lynchburg”.
With that development, two outstanding Nurse Practitioners joined the practice. Ms. Pamela Price practices with the doctors in Roanoke, and Ms. Larissa Norman practices with them in Lynchburg. Just recently, Dr. Thomas Fame, formerly of Lewis Gale Physicians, joined the practice at the newly-formed "Asthma and Allergy Center of Salem."
They are grateful for the many wonderful staff members over the years who have built their admirable reputation of warm and personalized service to patients.
