John M. James, MD is an allergy and immunology specialist in private practice at the Colorado Allergy and Asthma Center in Fort Collins, Colorado. Before joining the staff in 1997, Dr. James was on the faculty of the medical school at the University of Arkansas in Little Rock in the Division of Allergy and Immunology. He is the co-author of Food Allergy.

Dr. James is on the Board of Directors of the American Board of Allergy and Immunology, where he serves as chair of the Maintenance of Certification Committee. In addition, he is an active committee member of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, and a member of the medical advisory board for the Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network. Dr. James also participates on a national committee of the American Academy of Pediatrics that plans and organizes allergy, immunology and pulmonary programs for their annual meeting.

Dr. James received his MD degree from the University of Tennessee in Memphis and completed a pediatric residency at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. He fulfilled an allergy and immunology fellowship at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. Dr. James is board certified by the American Board of Allergy and Immunology as well as the American Board of Pediatrics.

Possessing special expertise in asthma, food allergy hypersensitivity, and nasal allergy rhinitis, Dr. James is active in allergy and immunology issues in his community. He is the medical director of the Parents of Asthmatic and Allergic Children support group for asthmatic and allergic children in Northern Colorado. In addition, Dr. James serves on the Poudre School District Food Allergy Task Force in Fort Collins, Colorado.