Kirk Waibel, MD

Dr. Kirk Waibel is Board Certified in Allergy & Immunology and joins the Aspire Allergy & Sinus team after serving 22 years in the United States Army, most recently as the Chief of the Allergy Service at Brooke Army Medical Center and the Allergy Consultant to the Army Surgeon General. He earned his undergraduate degree in Biochemistry from Trinity University and went on to receive his Doctorate of Medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio, TX. Dr. Waibel completed his Pediatric residency with the Madigan Army Medical Center in Tacoma, WA and completed his Allergy fellowship at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. 

While stationed at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany from 2013-2018, Dr. Waibel served as the Chief of Allergy as well as the Medical Director for telemedicine for Regional Health Command Europe reaching over 200,000 military beneficiaries across three continents.

Having  published over 40 peer reviewed articles over the years, Dr. Waibel continues to push the boundaries of the allergy specialty with the goal of advancing patient care. He is very excited for the future advances in allergy treatment as new options are developed and become available. Dr. Waibel also is the only San Antonio allergist who is trained and administering the ExACT Immunoplasty℠ procedure, and one of the few offering OIT in San Antonio. 

Having started his career as a Board Certified Pediatrician, Dr. Waibel has served as an Assistant Professor in Pediatrics at the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences in Bethesda, MD, was on the American Academy of Pediatrics’ Pediatrics Review and Education Program (PREP) Editorial Board, and has been a Past President of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology’s Military Allergy and Immunology Assembly.