Meet Our Food
Allergy Team

Dr. Zahida “Rani” Maskatia is board certified in pediatric and adult allergy/immunology. She graduated with the highest distinction from Miami University, and then went on to complete her medical degree at the University of Michigan Medical School. She completed an internal medicine residency and then a dual fellowship in pediatric and adult allergy/immunology and rheumatology at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. During her time at Baylor, she completed research in the fields of food allergy and asthma and published in several peer-reviewed journals. She then joined the faculty of Baylor College of Medicine before moving to the Bay Area with her husband and two young children. Throughout her training and career, she has worked with many children and adults with food allergies, and has gained a unique appreciation for the difficulties they encounter. Dr. Maskatia is committed to changing the lives of food-allergic people by using evidence-based treatments to allow them to eat foods that were previously harmful, and to help free them from the constant worry of their food allergies.

With more than a decade of experience, Dr. June Zhang is a board-certified allergist and immunologist. She has been recognized as the one of the Bay Area’s Top Allergists published in the San Francisco Magazine 2015-2020. She is passionate about helping patients with food allergies as she herself had a severe food allergic reaction early in her life, which was the main reason she pursued this career. Dr. Zhang strives to understand the root cause of the illness, focusing on personalized care and improvement of patients’ long term health. Dr. Zhang graduated with honors with a Bachelor of Science in cell and molecular biology from the University of Washington in Seattle. She received her medical doctorate from the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee and completed her pediatrics residency at Children’s Hospital Oakland and her allergy and immunology fellowship at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Dr. Zhang served as adjunct faculty at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. Dr. Zhang speaks Mandarin Chinese fluently. She and her husband enjoy photography and traveling.

While completing her master’s degree in nursing at UCSF, Allison began her career as a school nurse. Struck by the prevalence of asthma and food allergy in her school district, she pursued a specialty clinical rotation in the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital’s Pediatric Asthma and Allergy Clinic, where she gained experience diagnosing and treating conditions related to atopy. Prior to joining Latitude Food Allergy Care, Allison worked at an asthma and allergy clinic in San Francisco and Marin, where she worked closely with patients to accurately diagnose and manage conditions such as allergic rhinitis, food allergy, asthma, and eczema. Allison loves working with children and their families to develop individualized plans that allow them to manage their chronic conditions so that they can enjoy full, active, and fun childhood experiences. She is excited to focus on food allergy and offer evidenced-based therapies to families living with food allergies.

With more than 20 years experience in medicine, Tina L. R. Dominguez is recognized as an expert in food allergy treatment and is adored by her patients. Since 2011, she has devoted her career to food allergy research and food allergy care. As one of the founding clinicians of the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy & Asthma Research at Stanford University, she has actively contributed to the massive progress in food allergy research. As a clinical manager at Stanford, Tina worked closely with patients undergoing oral immunotherapy (OIT), trained allergists on OIT protocols, participated in clinical trial design, and conducted several OIT clinical trials. She continues to work closely with and serve as an advisor to the program at Stanford. In addition, over the last four years, Tina has taken her experience from the research setting to private practice as the Director of an OIT program at a large private allergy practice. As a consultant for Aimmune Therapeutics, she has been very instrumental in developing training protocols, patient and clinical staff education materials, for physicians around the country who are offering Palforzia — the first FDA-approved OIT treatment — to their patients. Tina has provided care for thousands of food allergy patients of all ages through every step from diagnosis to treatment. 

As a Bay Area native, Tina attended Stanford School of Medicine Primary Care Associates Program for her Physician Assistant Certification. She also received a Master’s of Medical Science from St. Francis University. She is a member of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology (AAAAI), the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI), the American Academy of Physician Assistants in Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (APAAAI), and the California Society of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology (CSAAI). 

Tina enjoys cooking, reading, and travel adventures. She and her husband also enjoy chasing around their young daughter.

For more than eight years, Julie Bitler built the community engagement, trial recruitment, and family support programs at the Sean N. Parker Center for Allergy and Asthma Research at Stanford University. After navigating a phase I clinical trial for food allergies with her own daughter, Julie was dedicated to helping countless other families go through the clinical trial experience and ultimately find paths to success.

Today, as a co-founder of Latitude, she is committed to creating access to diagnosis, treatment, and support for all families with food allergies. As the lead Patient Care Coordinator, she is available to families and helps guide them through their personal food allergy journeys.

Julie has a bachelor’s degree from St. Mary’s College.