Adam Fox (allergist)
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]
Professor Adam Fox MA(Hons) Cantab., MSc, BS, DCH, FRCPCH, FHEAm Dip. Allergy | |
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Nationality | British |
Citizenship | United Kingdom |
Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
Occupation | Paediatric Allergy Consultant[1] |
Employer | Evelina London Children's Hospital [1] |
Known for | Paediatric allergies |
Awards | Raymond Horton-Smith Prize |
Website | www |
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
- Raymond Horton-Smith Prize 2011 - 2012 [5]
- National Clinical Excellence Award, 2020 [10]
- William Frankland Award, 2015 [11]
Selected publications
- Ludman S, Shah N, Fox AT. Managing Cow's Milk Allergy in Children. British Medical Journal 2013;347:f5424.
- Anagnostou K, Stiefel G, Brough HE, Du Toit G, Lack G, Fox AT. Active Management of Food Allergy – an emerging concept. Archives of Disease in Childhood 2015 Apr;100(4):386-90.
- Fox AT, Sasieni P, du Toit G, Syed H, Lack G. Household Peanut Consumption as a risk factor for the development of peanut allergy. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology.' 2009 Feb;123(2):417-23.
- Fox AT, Kaymakcalan H, Perkin M, du Toit G, Lack G. Changes in peanut allergy prevalence in different ethnic groups in 2 time periods. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 2015 Feb;135(2):580-2.
- Fox AT, Brown T, Walsh J, Venter C, Meyer R, Nowak-Wegrzyn A, Levin M, Spawls H, Beatson J, Lovis M-T, Vieira MC, Fleischer D. An Update to the Milk Allergy in Primary Care guideline. Clinical and Translational Allergy 2019.
- Du Toit G, Katz Y, Sasieni P, Mesher D, Maleki SJ, Fisher HR, Fox AT, Turcanu V, Amir T, Zadik-Mnuhin G, Cohen A. Early consumption of peanuts in infancy is associated with a low prevalence of peanut allergy. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 2008 Nov 1;122(5):984-91. His most cited paper, it has been cited 885 times according to Google Scholar, [12]
References
- "Greenford schoolboy's cheese allergy death was 'unprecedented'". BBC News. 2019-05-03. Archived from the original on 2020-08-12. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
- Benedictus, Leo (2011-05-03). "The inside track on hay fever". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 2015-10-04. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
- Fox, Adam (2010-11-26). "Children with allergies 'being let down'". BBC News. Archived from the original on 2014-02-20. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
- Purvis, Andrew (2012-12-15). "The Allergy Epidemic". The Times. Archived from the original on 2021-02-01. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
- "Doctor's research recognised by Cambridge University". Guys and St Thomas. 2013-01-22. Archived from the original on 2021-02-01. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
- "Dr Adam Fox's publications" (PDF). Evelina London Children's Hospital. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-02-01. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
- Heffernan, Lisa (2019-10-08). "Ask a Top Paediatric Allergist: Professor Adam Fox". Top Doctors. Archived from the original on 2021-02-01. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
- "Professor Adam Fox". Bupa. Archived from the original on 2021-02-02. Retrieved 2021-02-01."Professor Adam Fox". Bupa. Archived from the original on 2021-02-02. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
- "A2 - organisational structure" (PDF). Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-02-01. Retrieved 2021-02-01."A2 - organisational structure" (PDF). Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-02-01. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
- "2019 clinical excellence awards: England – new awards". Government of the United Kingdom. 2020-02-04. Archived from the original on 2021-02-01. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
- "William Frankland Award". British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology. Archived from the original on 2021-02-01. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
- Google Scholar Author page, Accessed Aug 9, 2021