Dr. Carla Ward joined the Institute for Asthma and Allergy in June of 2014. She is board certified in allergy and immunology. A native of the Washington DC and Montgomery County community, she is from Gaithersburg, MD and completed her undergraduate and medical studies at the University of Maryland.

Dr. Ward completed her Internal Medicine residency at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts. During this time, as a Clinical Fellow in Internal Medicine at the Harvard Medical School, she developed an interest in the field of Allergy and Immunology.

She completed her fellowship in Allergy and Immunology at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. Prior to joining the Institute for Asthma and Allergy, Dr. Ward was in an allergy private practice in Tampa, Florida for eight years. She has published research in academic journals and has presented research at national allergy meetings. Dr. Ward is a Fellow of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology and of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology.