Daniel F. Soteres is on the clinical faculty of the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Denver, and has been in private practice at Asthma and Allergy Associates and Research Center in Colorado Springs and Pueblo since 2005. But his journey into the medical profession took a divergent path. After earning a bachelor’s degree in architecture from Washington University in St. Louis, he played semi-professional soccer for three years. During that time, he was diagnosed with exercise-induced asthma. Following successful treatment and control of his allergies, not only did his game improve, but the experience motivated him to pursue a medical career in allergy, asthma and immunology.
Dr. Soteres received his medical degree in 1998 from Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans. He simultaneously earned a master of public health degree, completed a four-year combined residency in internal medicine and pediatrics, served as chief resident in internal medicine, and completed his fellowship in allergy and immunology.
Research, which he maintains in private practice, has always been a prime interest, especially in the fields of allergy and asthma. Dr. Soteres has been a primary research investigator and has a strong interest in the relationship between sports performance, allergies and asthma in adults and children. His most recent research has involved Hereditary Angioedema. He is on advisory boards of several national pharmaceutical companies.
As an involved member of the Colorado Springs community, he founded MOSAIC (Mothers of Severely Allergic Infants and Children), a support group for parents of children with severe food allergy, as well as organized a journal club for allergy doctors in Southern Colorado for four years. In maintaining his continuing commitment to education, he is on the physician advisory board for District 20, has been a volunteer physician in the Junior League’s annual free physical exams for children, and consistently volunteers to present programs for student nurses.
Patients with pet allergies will be glad to know that he will try to help them keep their pets. “There are environmental control measures, medications, and allergy shots that may help them deal with in-home allergens,” he says.
Dr. Soteres’ philosophy is simple. “I try to consider the whole patient when treating allergy issues.”
