EDUCATION AND TRAINING

• University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha NE, 1974 BS
• University of Missouri, Kansas City, MO, 1977 MS
• University of Nebraska College of Medicine, Omaha, NE, 1982 MD
• Pediatric Internship/Residency, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, 1982-1985
• Allergy/Immunology Fellowship (Adult & Pediatric), National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD1985-1988

BOARD CERTIFICATION

• Nebraska State Medical Board #21408
• Iowa State Medical Board #33598
• National Board of Medical Examiners #25745 7/1/83
• Medical Licensing Board of Indiana #1036672 4/21/88
• Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure #27828 7/9/91
• American Board of Pediatrics #35810 6/21/87
• American Board of Allergy & Immunology #2842 10/5/87
• American Board of Pediatrics, American Board of Allergy & Immunology and American Board of Internal Medicine Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology #0125 10/1/90

AWARDS AND OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Regents Scholarship, University of Nebraska 1970
• Brookmeyer Scholarship for Research, 1981
• Honors Program, University of Nebraska College of Medicine, 1981
• Goldberger AMA-EFR Scholarship for Nutrition Alpha Omega Alpha, 1982
• Past President, Nebraska Academy of Allergy

APPOINTMENTS

• Teaching Assistant, University of Missouri, Kansas City, MO, 1974-1977
• Research Assistant, Biochemistry, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH
• Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
• Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, NE
• Adjunct Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE

NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

• Fellow, American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology.
• Member, Joint Council of Allergy and Immunology.
• Member, Nebraska Medical Association.
• President Elect, Nebraska Allergy Society.

SPECIAL INTERESTS

• Eumophilic Esophagitis

PUBLICATIONS

• Kettelhut, M.D., B. V., R. H. Kobayashi, M.D., and C. Pigelow, M.D. "Uolk Sac Carcinoma of the Anterior Mediastinum." Nebraska Medical Journal 68.7 (1983): 199-202. Print.
• Kobayashi, M.D., R. H., B. V. Kettelhut, M.D., and A. L. Kobayashi, M.D. "Galactose Inhibition of Neonatal Neutrophil Function." Pediatric Infect Dis. 2.6 (1983): 442-45. Print.
• Kettelhut, M.D., B. V., R. H. Kobayashi, M.D., and A. L. Kobayashi, M.D. "Pharmacologic Management of Asthma in Infants and Young Children." Nebraska Medical Journal 71 (1986): 295-300. Print.
• Kettelhut, M.D., B. V., and D. D. Metcalfe, M.D. "Provocation Tests in the Diagnosis of Suspected Adverse Reaction to Food Additives, Proceedings of the XII International Congress of Allergy and Clinical Immunology." Ed. C. E. Reed. Immun J Allergy Clin Immunology July (1986): 475-80. Print.
• Kettelhut, M.D., B. V., and D. D. Metcalf, M.D. "Plasma Histamine in the Evaluation of Pediatric Mastocytosis." J. Pediatr III (1987): 419-21. Print.
• Kettelhut, M.D., B. V., and D. D. Metcalf, M.D. "An Overview of the Controversy Concerning Questionable Manifestation of Food Allergy." Ann Allergy 3rd ser. 59.5 (1987): 146-49. Print.
• Kettelhut, M.D., B. V., and D. D. Metcalf, M.D. Food Allergy in Adults, Current Therapy in Allergy. Ed. L. M. Lichtenstein and Fauci. Philadelphia: B.C. Decker, 1987. Print.
• Kettelhut, M.D., B. V., and D. D. Metcalf, M.D. "Quantitation and Characterization of Urinary Glycosaminoglycans in Normal Subjects and Patients with Mastocytosis." Clin Chem Acta 171.29 (1988). Print.
• Kettelhut, M.D., B. V., C. Berkebile, M.D., D. Bradley, M.D., and D. D. Metcalf, M.D. "A Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Trial of Ketotifen Versus Hydroxyzine in the treatment of Pediatric Mastocytosis." J Allergy Clin 83 (1989): 866-70. Print.
• Kettelhut, M.D., B. V., R. I. Parker, M.D., W. D. Travis, M.D., and D. D. Metcalf, M.D. "Hematopathology of the Bone Marrow in Pediatrics Cutaneous Mastocytosis: A Study of Seventeen Patients." Amer J Clin (1989). Print.
• Kettelhut, M.D., B. V., and D. D. Metcalf, M.D. "Mastocytosis." Journal of Investigative Dermatology 96.3 (1991): 115S-18S. Print.
• Kettelhut, M.D., B. V., and D. D. Metcalf, M.D. Food Allergy in Adults. In: Current Therapy in Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology. Ed. L. M. Lichtenstein and A. S. Fauci. Philadelphia: B.C. Decker, 1991. Print.
• Farrell, M.D., M. D., and B. V. Kettelhut, M.D. Manual of Allergy and Immunology. Ed. G. J. Lawler, T. J. Fisher, and D. D. Adelman. 3rd ed. New York: Little, Brown and Company, 1995. Print.
• Kettelhut, M.D., B. V. Food Hypersensitivity and Adverse Reactions. Ed. M. Frieri. New York: Marcel Dekker, 1999. Print.
• Kettelhut, M.D., B. V. "Pediatric Mastocytosis." Canadian Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 4.2 (1999): 54-59. Print.
• Kettelhit, M.D., B. V., and D. D. Metcalf, M.D. Adverse Reaction to Foods Allergy: Principle and Practice. Ed. E. Middleton Jr., C. E. Reed, and E. F. Ellis. Vol. III. St. Louis: The C.V. Mosby Company. Print.