A new food allergy clinic has opened its doors on Northern Boulevard in Great Neck, giving Nassau County and Queens families another option for specialist-led diagnosis and treatment. The clinic, run by Latitude Food Allergy Care, is staffed by two allergists who spent years practicing at NYU Langone Health before striking out to lead the new Long Island location.
The Great Neck clinic marks Latitude's fourth location in the New York area, according to a PR Newswire announcement from the company, joining existing Latitude clinics in Manhattan, Brooklyn and White Plains. It is located at 935 Northern Blvd., Suite 303-B, and the announcement says it serves families across Nassau County and Queens, with appointments available now. Latitude says it is in-network with select PPO and EPO plans in New York.
Leading the new clinic are Dr. Amanda Schneider and Dr. Erin Banta, both board-certified allergists who previously practiced at NYU Langone Health, per the announcement. Schneider is described as a board-certified allergist, immunologist and pediatrician who spent the last decade at NYU Langone Health, where she helped lead oral immunotherapy treatment in Manhattan. She earned her medical degree from New York Medical College, completed her pediatric residency at NYU School of Medicine, and finished her allergy and immunology fellowship at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. The announcement notes she has served as a co-investigator on more than a dozen allergy and immunology studies and has published research on biologic treatments and early egg introduction.
A Second Allergist With Local Roots
Banta brings more than 15 years of experience in the New York City region, the announcement states, and previously practiced at NYU Langone Long Island, where she cared for patients and trained future allergists. She earned her medical degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine and completed her internal medicine residency and allergy and immunology fellowship at Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center. Banta also serves as vice president of the Long Island Allergy and Asthma Society, according to the same release.
Schneider said she had seen how much changes when a family gets “a clear diagnosis and a real plan,” per the announcement. Latitude co-founder and CEO Kimberley Yates said the company was built to be a welcoming place for families affected by food allergies, adding that demand for this kind of care keeps growing across New York, according to Latitude's own characterization in the release.
What The Clinic Treats And Offers
The Great Neck clinic treats patients of all ages, from infants to adults, and offers a range of services including skin testing, in-office blood draws, oral food challenges, and early food introduction for infants, per the announcement. It also provides oral immunotherapy for single or multiple allergens as well as Xolair, an injectable biologic that can be used on its own or alongside oral immunotherapy. Latitude's network reports that 94 percent of patients who start oral immunotherapy complete treatment and can safely eat foods they previously avoided, with a 98 percent completion rate among children under 4, according to the company.
Latitude describes itself as a network of food allergy clinics it calls the nation's leading provider of this kind of specialist-led care, built around board-certified allergists, dedicated care professionals, treatment protocols and individualized plans. The company says it accepts most PPO insurance plans and many HMO plans across California and New York. Families interested in scheduling can reach the Great Neck office by email or phone at (516) 268-6427.
Part Of A Broader Expansion Pattern
The Great Neck opening follows a similar pattern Latitude has used elsewhere. In February 2025, the company announced it had opened a third New York-area clinic in Westchester County, led by Dr. Zoya Treyster, who the announcement said brought over 15 years of dedicated allergy and immunology clinical experience. In that release, Latitude estimated more than 16,000 people in the Westchester regional area were navigating food allergies.
Latitude has also been expanding on the West Coast. The Los Angeles Business Journal reported that the Redwood City-based company formally opened a clinic in Westwood through a new affiliation with Children's Hospital Los Angeles, describing it as the first of three clinics Latitude planned to open in Los Angeles County, with additional locations slated for Sherman Oaks and Pasadena. Whether that same pace of growth continues on Long Island remains to be seen, but for now, Nassau County and Queens families have a new, specialist-led clinic to turn to just off Northern Boulevard.
