{"id":1152297,"date":"2026-06-24T19:19:42","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T19:19:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dankbros.net\/dr-philip-askenase-md\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T19:19:42","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T19:19:42","slug":"dr-philip-askenase-md","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dankbros.net\/fr\/dr-philip-askenase-md\/","title":{"rendered":"Philip W. Askenase, MD \u2014 Medical Reviewer | DankBros"},"content":{"rendered":"<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\n    \"@context\": \"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\n    \"@type\": \"Person\",\n    \"name\": \"Philip W. 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Askenase, MD<\/h1>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-769544669 {\n  font-size: 1.6rem;\n  line-height: 1.2;\n  text-align: center;\n  color: rgb(255,255,255);\n}\n#text-769544669 > * {\n  color: rgb(255,255,255);\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #text-769544669 {\n    font-size: 2.2rem;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"text-4020046138\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n\n<p>Professor of Internal Medicine &middot; Yale School of Medicine<br \/>Section of Rheumatology, Allergy and Clinical Immunology<\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-4020046138 {\n  font-size: 1.1rem;\n  text-align: center;\n  color: rgba(255,255,255,0.85);\n}\n#text-4020046138 > * {\n  color: rgba(255,255,255,0.85);\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_1125991290 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n  padding-bottom: 30px;\n  background-color: rgb(27,77,46);\n}\n#section_1125991290 .ux-shape-divider--top svg {\n  height: 150px;\n  --divider-top-width: 100%;\n}\n#section_1125991290 .ux-shape-divider--bottom svg {\n  height: 150px;\n  --divider-width: 100%;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #section_1125991290 {\n    padding-top: 50px;\n    padding-bottom: 50px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_595714237\">\n\t\t<div class=\"bg section-bg fill bg-fill bg-loaded bg-loaded\" >\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"row row-full-width align-center\"  id=\"row-2070576494\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-724132030\" class=\"col medium-8 small-12 large-8\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"text-2070146102\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n\n<h2>About Dr. Philip W. Askenase<\/h2>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-2070146102 {\n  font-size: 1.5rem;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"text-647928161\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n\n<p>Dr. Philip W. Askenase is a distinguished physician-scientist and Professor of Internal Medicine at the Yale School of Medicine, where he leads research in the Section of Rheumatology, Allergy and Clinical Immunology. He was elected to the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI) in 1978 &#8212; one of the most prestigious medical societies in North America.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Askenase&#8217;s research focuses on immunological mechanisms including extracellular vesicles (EVs), allergic responses, and the biological pathways underlying immune modulation. His peer-reviewed work spans decades of clinical investigation and basic science research published in leading international journals.<\/p>\n<p>In the context of cannabis and health, Dr. Askenase brings deep expertise in immune pharmacology, helping to contextualize the safety profile of cannabis consumption, the biological basis of endocannabinoid signaling, and the evidence-based guidance that responsible dispensaries like DankBros should communicate to adult consumers.<\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-647928161 {\n  font-size: 1rem;\n  line-height: 1.8;\n  color: #374151;\n}\n#text-647928161 > * {\n  color: #374151;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"gap-1719861796\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-1719861796 {\n  padding-top: 20px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"text-1861556854\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n\n<h2>Role at DankBros<\/h2>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-1861556854 {\n  font-size: 1.3rem;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"text-2161462633\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n\n<p>Dr. Askenase serves as an independent medical reviewer for DankBros educational content. He reviewed and approved the DankBros cannabis ordering guides, FAQ content, and responsible-use guidelines in <strong>February 2026<\/strong>. His review ensures that all health-adjacent content on dankbros.net is accurate, evidence-based, and consistent with current Canadian federal regulations and scientific understanding of cannabis.<\/p>\n<p>DankBros is committed to responsible cannabis education. All informational content is reviewed by qualified professionals to ensure accuracy and compliance with Canadian law (Cannabis Act, 2018).<\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-2161462633 {\n  font-size: 1rem;\n  line-height: 1.8;\n  color: #374151;\n}\n#text-2161462633 > * {\n  color: #374151;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_595714237 {\n  padding-top: 32px;\n  padding-bottom: 32px;\n}\n#section_595714237 .ux-shape-divider--top svg {\n  height: 150px;\n  --divider-top-width: 100%;\n}\n#section_595714237 .ux-shape-divider--bottom svg {\n  height: 150px;\n  --divider-width: 100%;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #section_595714237 {\n    padding-top: 50px;\n    padding-bottom: 50px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_77551160\">\n\t\t<div class=\"bg section-bg fill bg-fill bg-loaded bg-loaded\" >\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"row row-full-width align-center\"  id=\"row-405835030\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1437943507\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-center\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"text-1874392868\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n\n<h2>Credentials &amp; Publications<\/h2>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-1874392868 {\n  font-size: 1.5rem;\n  text-align: center;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\t<div id=\"gap-1748064300\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-1748064300 {\n  padding-top: 20px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n<div class=\"row row-large row-full-width align-center\"  id=\"row-2144387607\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-535652630\" class=\"col medium-4 small-12 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-center\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"text-484620816\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n\n<h3>Academic Affiliation<\/h3>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-484620816 {\n  font-size: 1rem;\n  text-align: center;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"text-2587266777\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n\n<p>Yale School of Medicine<br \/>Department of Internal Medicine<br \/>Section of Rheumatology, Allergy<br \/>and Clinical Immunology<br \/>New Haven, Connecticut<\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-2587266777 {\n  font-size: 0.9rem;\n  text-align: center;\n  color: #374151;\n}\n#text-2587266777 > * {\n  color: #374151;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-461346229\" class=\"col medium-4 small-12 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-center\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"text-1680567176\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n\n<h3>Professional Memberships<\/h3>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-1680567176 {\n  font-size: 1rem;\n  text-align: center;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"text-3298238917\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n\n<p>American Society for Clinical<br \/>Investigation (ASCI) &mdash; Elected 1978<br \/><br \/>International Society for Extracellular<br \/>Vesicles (ISEV)<\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-3298238917 {\n  font-size: 0.9rem;\n  text-align: center;\n  color: #374151;\n}\n#text-3298238917 > * {\n  color: #374151;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1034533178\" class=\"col medium-4 small-12 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-center\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"text-3067502334\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n\n<h3>Areas of Expertise<\/h3>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-3067502334 {\n  font-size: 1rem;\n  text-align: center;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"text-341603326\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n\n<p>Allergy &amp; Immunology<br \/>Extracellular Vesicles<br \/>Rheumatology<br \/>Cannabis Pharmacology<br \/>Clinical Investigation<\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-341603326 {\n  font-size: 0.9rem;\n  text-align: center;\n  color: #374151;\n}\n#text-341603326 > * {\n  color: #374151;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_77551160 {\n  padding-top: 28px;\n  padding-bottom: 28px;\n  background-color: rgb(250,248,243);\n}\n#section_77551160 .ux-shape-divider--top svg {\n  height: 150px;\n  --divider-top-width: 100%;\n}\n#section_77551160 .ux-shape-divider--bottom svg {\n  height: 150px;\n  --divider-width: 100%;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #section_77551160 {\n    padding-top: 40px;\n    padding-bottom: 40px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_1335733080\">\n\t\t<div class=\"bg section-bg fill bg-fill bg-loaded bg-loaded\" >\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"row row-full-width align-center\"  id=\"row-898862629\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-383357721\" class=\"col medium-8 small-12 large-8\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"text-1203627233\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n\n<h2>Selected Publication<\/h2>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-1203627233 {\n  font-size: 1.3rem;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"text-2799061567\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n\n<p><strong>Extracellular Vesicle (EV) Targeted Cells Release Secondary Effector EVs: Indication of How To Account for Histocompatibility and Disease Specificity of EV Treatments<\/strong><br \/><em>Journal of Extracellular Vesicles<\/em>, 2025 May 25;14(5):e70076<br \/>DOI: <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/jev2.70076\" style=\"color:#C9820B;font-weight:bold;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">10.1002\/jev2.70076<\/a> &middot; PMCID: <a href=\"https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC12104073\/\" style=\"color:#C9820B;font-weight:bold;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PMC12104073<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-2799061567 {\n  font-size: 0.95rem;\n  line-height: 1.7;\n  color: #374151;\n}\n#text-2799061567 > * {\n  color: #374151;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"gap-179270357\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-179270357 {\n  padding-top: 20px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"text-2383840409\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n\n<h2>External Profiles<\/h2>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-2383840409 {\n  font-size: 1.3rem;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"text-195486835\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/data.the-asci.org\/controllers\/asci\/DirectoryController.php?action=profile&amp;entryId=43652\" style=\"color:#1B4D2E;font-weight:bold;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI) Profile<\/a><br \/>Member since 1978. Yale School of Medicine, Allergy &amp; Immunology.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/?term=Askenase+PW%5BAuthor%5D\" style=\"color:#1B4D2E;font-weight:bold;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PubMed Publication List (Askenase PW)<\/a><br \/>Full list of peer-reviewed publications indexed on PubMed \/ NCBI.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC12104073\/\" style=\"color:#1B4D2E;font-weight:bold;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PMC Full Text: J Extracell Vesicles 2025<\/a><br \/>Open-access peer-reviewed article, PMID 40415199.<\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-195486835 {\n  font-size: 0.95rem;\n  line-height: 1.8;\n  color: #374151;\n}\n#text-195486835 > * {\n  color: #374151;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_1335733080 {\n  padding-top: 28px;\n  padding-bottom: 28px;\n}\n#section_1335733080 .ux-shape-divider--top svg {\n  height: 150px;\n  --divider-top-width: 100%;\n}\n#section_1335733080 .ux-shape-divider--bottom svg {\n  height: 150px;\n  --divider-width: 100%;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #section_1335733080 {\n    padding-top: 40px;\n    padding-bottom: 40px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_288495247\">\n\t\t<div class=\"bg section-bg fill bg-fill bg-loaded bg-loaded\" >\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"row align-center\"  id=\"row-1634644112\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-463756058\" class=\"col small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-center\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"text-2097122476\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n\n<p>Content on dankbros.net related to cannabis safety, responsible use, and legal compliance has been reviewed and approved by Dr. Philip W. 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