
Our team of food allergy specialists at New England Food Allergy Treatment Center is committed to provide excellent, evidence based, and compassionate care for patients.
We have been serving patients in our food allergy treatment centers throughout Connecticut, Massachusetts, New England, the East Coast and those traveling from outside the United States looking for effective food allergy desensitization programs.
If you have any questions for our team of board certified physicians or professional office staff, you can check out our frequently asked questions, or feel free to contact us.
Dr. Vallen is a magna cum laude graduate of Gettysburg College where she was elected Phi Beta Kappa. She earned her medical degree from the Medical College of Pennsylvania, now Drexel Medical School.
Dr. Jeffrey M. Factor is clinical professor of pediatrics at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine. He is the Division Head, Allergy and Immunology, at Connecticut Children’s Medical Center and Director of its Food Allergy Clinic.
Dr. Factor is board certified in allergy and clinical immunology, and was recertified in 2001. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology and the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology. He has written articles on food allergies, asthma, and skin testing and is active in patient education and advocacy groups. He has served on the Executive Council of the New England Society of Allergy (President 2001-2002), is a member of the Connecticut Allergy and Immunology Society, and the Connecticut Chapter of the American Thoracic Society. Dr. Factor has volunteered his time at the American Lung Association’s Camp Treasure Chest summer camp for asthmatic children in Connecticut. He helped establish a hospital asthma management program at Middlesex Hospital in Middletown, Connecticut and lectures frequently about allergic conditions, in particular, asthma and food allergies. Dr. Factor has been recognized in the Best Doctors in America, Hartford Magazine’s “Top Doctors” and Connecticut Magazine’s “Top Physicians” and “Top Docs for Women.”Dr. Factor lives in Avon, Connecticut with his wife Susan and their three daughters.
Dr. Jason Lee is a Clinical Instructor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine. Dr. Lee is board certified in internal medicine as well as allergy and clinical immunology.
Board Certified Family Nurse Practitioner, American Nurses Credentialing Center. She graduated magna cum laude with her Master of Science in Nursing Sacred Heart University and her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Western Connecticut State University. Morgan has been part of the NEFATC team since 2013.
In loving memory of Dr. Mendelson.
1940-2019
His love and dedication to NEFATC will never be forgotten.