Adam Fox (allergist) explained

Adam Fox
Honorific Prefix:Professor
Honorific Suffix:MA(Hons) Cantab., MSc, BS, DCH, FRCPCH, FHEAm Dip. Allergy
Nationality:British
Citizenship:United Kingdom
Alma Mater:University of Cambridge
Occupation:Paediatric Allergy Consultant[1]
Employer:Evelina London Children's Hospital
Known For:Paediatric allergies
Awards:Raymond Horton-Smith Prize

Adam Fox is a paediatric allergy consultant[2] and a child allergy specialist.[3] He is president of the British Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology,[4] and he won the Raymond Horton-Smith Prize in 2012 for his doctoral thesis.[5]

Education and career

Fox read medicine and neuroscience at the University of Cambridge and completed his clinical training at University College London. Initially, Fox trained as a general paediatrician. However, he decided to specialise in paediatric allergies whilst doing his Master's in clinical paediatrics at Great Ormond St Hospital.[6] Fox took a specialist registrar post at St Mary's Hospital, London, which at the time was the only dedicated paediatric allergy research centre. Here, he became further specialised as a tertiary paediatric allergist.[7]

Fox spent nine years as the clinical lead of Allergy at Guy's & St Thomas' Hospitals, London and a further three years as their clinical director for Specialist ambulatory medicine.[8] He is currently the Commercial Medical Director for the hospital's NHS Foundation Trust.[9]

He helped lead the access of UK patients to treatments such as sublingual immunotherapy, established the largest NHS Children's clinic for this treatment.[4] Fox was the senior author of the International Milk Allergy in Primary Care (iMAP) guideline, published in 2017 and updated in 2019.[8]

In 2012 Cambridge University awarded him the Raymond Horton-Smith Prize for his doctoral thesis on peanut allergies,[5]

In 2018, the British Society of Clinical Immunology elected Fox as their president.[8]

Awards

Selected publications

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Greenford schoolboy's cheese allergy death was 'unprecedented'. 2019-05-03. 2021-02-02. BBC News. https://web.archive.org/web/20200812182337/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-48148697. 2020-08-12. live.
  2. Web site: The inside track on hay fever. 2011-05-03. 2021-02-01. The Guardian. Benedictus. Leo. https://web.archive.org/web/20151004151004/https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2011/may/03/inside-track-on-hay-fever. 2015-10-04. live.
  3. Web site: Children with allergies 'being let down'. 2010-11-26. 2021-02-01. BBC News. Fox. Adam. https://web.archive.org/web/20140220044317/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-11494534. 2014-02-20. live.
  4. Web site: The Allergy Epidemic. 2012-12-15. 2021-02-01. The Times. Purvis. Andrew. https://web.archive.org/web/20210201190310/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-allergy-epidemic-ksrxb28x60n. 2021-02-01. live.
  5. Web site: Doctor's research recognised by Cambridge University. 2013-01-22. 2021-02-01. Guys and St Thomas. https://web.archive.org/web/20210201191743/https://www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk/news-and-events/2013-news/20130121-adam-fox-cambridge-university.aspx?ContensisTextOnly=true. 2021-02-01. live.
  6. Web site: Dr Adam Fox's publications. 2021-02-01. Evelina London Children's Hospital. https://web.archive.org/web/20210201202451/https://www.evelinalondon.nhs.uk/resources/our-services/consultant-publications/fox-adam.pdf. 2021-02-01. live.
  7. Web site: Ask a Top Paediatric Allergist: Professor Adam Fox. 2019-10-08. 2021-02-01. Top Doctors. Heffernan. Lisa. https://web.archive.org/web/20210201193333/https://www.topdoctors.co.uk/blog/ask-a-top-paediatric-allergist-professor-adam-fox/. 2021-02-01. live.
  8. Web site: Professor Adam Fox. 2021-02-01. Bupa. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210202105820/https://finder.bupa.co.uk/Consultant/view/76179/professor_adam_fo . 2021-02-02 . Web site: Professor Adam Fox. 2021-02-01. Bupa. https://web.archive.org/web/20210202105820/https://finder.bupa.co.uk/Consultant/view/76179/professor_adam_fo. 2021-02-02. live.
  9. Web site: A2 - organisational structure. 2021-02-01. Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust. https://web.archive.org/web/20210201194501/https://www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk/resources/about-us/who/organisation-structure-chart.pdf. 2021-02-01. live. Web site: A2 - organisational structure. 2021-02-01. Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust. https://web.archive.org/web/20210201194501/https://www.guysandstthomas.nhs.uk/resources/about-us/who/organisation-structure-chart.pdf. 2021-02-01. live.
  10. Web site: 2019 clinical excellence awards: England – new awards. 2020-02-04. 2021-02-01. Government of the United Kingdom. https://web.archive.org/web/20210201200227/https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/859892/2019_clinical_excellence_awards_England_-_new_awards.csv/preview. 2021-02-01. live.
  11. Web site: William Frankland Award. 2021-02-01. British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology. https://web.archive.org/web/20210201200756/https://www.bsaci.org/about-bsaci/bsaci-awards/william-frankland-award/william-frankland-award-winners/. 2021-02-01. live.
  12. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C33&q=Adam++Fox&btnG=#d=gs_cit&u=%2Fscholar%3Fq%3Dinfo%3AVLubzFyWIfYJ%3Ascholar.google.com%2F%26output%3Dcite%26scirp%3D2%26hl%3Den

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