Dr. Diane E. Schuller was born in Brooklyn, New York.  She was educated at the Bronx High School of Science and received her A.B. degree cum laude from Bryn Mawr College.  She graduated with her M.D. degree from the State University of New York, Downstate Medical Center.  She obtained her pediatric residency training at the Roosevelt Hospital, Columbia University and did her allergy/immunology fellowship at the prestigious R.A. Cooke Institute, Roosevelt Hospital, Columbia University.  She is certified by the American Board of Pediatrics and the American Board of Allergy and Immunology.

            Dr. Schuller is currently a Professor of Pediatrics and Director of the Allergy and Immunology section at Penn State Children’s Hospital, Milton S. Hershey Medical College.  She is a national speaker and has received many awards for her roles in teaching, clinical expertise and leadership.  She was the first woman to become President of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology and was honored by Barbara Bush for this achievement.  She was also the first woman to become President of the American Association of Certified Allergists.

            Dr. Schuller has received the Distinguished Fellow award from the American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology.  She was honored with the Distinguished Service award as well as for her continuing role on the Joint Task Force for Practice Parameters, a 10 member nationally selected group, which writes practice parameters for the specialty of allergy and immunology.  She has served on the Editorial Boards of many prestigious specialty journals.  Dr. Schuller has also been committed to serving the public.  For 22 years, she has been camp physician and medical director for Camp Breathe Easy, an American Lung Association children’s asthma camp and has served on the ALA state, regional and local boards.  She is also on the Board of Directors of Allergy and Asthma Network, Mother’s of Asthmatics, a national lay group dedicated to helping children with asthma. 

            Dr. Schuller has been honored by the State University of New York’s Medical Alumni Association for her many contributions to medicine.  She notes “what an honor and blessing it has been to be in a profession where we continually have such wonderful opportunities to affect people’s lives and make them better.”  These strong beliefs and an everlasting testament to her efforts were reflected in a poignant poem published in tribute to her in the Annals of Allergy 1996.