Meet the children's allergy team

Our children's allergy service service is managed by a team of consultants, clinical nurse specialists, dieticians and specialist registrars.

Consultants

Professor Adnan Custovic, professor of allergy
Dr Claudia Gore, clinical lead for paediatrics and adolescent allergy
Dr Sharon Hall
Dr Helen Cox
Dr Marta Vazquez-Ortiz
Dr Parviz Habibi
Dr Robert Boyle
Dr Paul Turner

Network consultants who work regularly with the team:
Dr Abbas Khakoo, consultant paediatrician, special interest in allergy 
Dr Umsunthar Thisanayagam, consultant paediatrician, special interest in allergy
Dr Ian Pollock, consultant paediatrician, special interest in allergy
Dr Deepan Vyas, locum consultant, special interest in allergy

Specialist registrar

Dr Bettina Duca
Dr Constantinos Kotsapas

Dieticians

Justine Dempsey
Anna Conrad

Nurses

Rachel Griffin, lead clinical nurse specialist
Christine O’Keeffe, senior allergy and eczema nurse specialist
Eliana Leitao, senior allergy clinical nurse specialist
Bethan Tomsett, senior allergy and asthma nurse specialist
Ferdinand Morales, allergy and immunotherapy nurse specialist
Sonia Dhami, paediatric allergy clinical nurse specialist
Lucy Underhill, paediatric allergy clinical nurse specialist
Masie Partridge, paediatric allergy clinical nurse specialist
Crystal Johns, paediatric allergy nurse
Gemma Kuru, paediatric allergy nurse