Adam Fox

Consultant children's allergist

Biography

Adam Fox is a consultant in allergy at Evelina London.

Adam read medicine and neuroscience at Cambridge University before completing his clinical training at University College London. He completed his specialist training in paediatric allergy then spent nine years as the clinical lead at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust. After three years as clinical director for specialist ambulatory medicine, he was appointed commercial medical director for Guys' and St Thomas'. In addition to his clinical work, Adam is also a Professor of paediatric allergy at King's College London.

Adam chaired the UK Department of Health national care pathway for food allergy in childhood and was a member of the National Institute of Healthcare and Clinical Excellence (NICE) clinical guidelines development group for the assessment and diagnosis of food allergy in children. He was elected as President of the British Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology in October 2018, the first paediatrician to be elected to this role.

Adam is the founding director of the King's College London Allergy Academy. He is also a trustee of Allergy UK and chair of their Health Advisory Board.

Further information

Adam’s clinical role involves the management of children with multiple allergic disease, including:

food allergy
asthma
rhinoconjunctivitis
eczema (where food allergy plays a role)
gastrointestinal allergy
immunotherapy.

Adam runs the joint allergy and gastroenterology with the children's gastroenterology teams at Great Ormond Street Hospital and King’s College Hospital as well as the immunotherapy service.

Adam also has an interest in medical education and is director of the King’s College London Allergy Academy.

2016: National Clinical Excellence award – UK Department of Health
2015: William Frankland Award for outstanding contribution to Allergy – British Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
2012: Raymond Horton-Smith Prize – awarded by University of Cambridge for best thesis submitted for degree of Doctor of Medicine 2011/12
2012: Listed in The Times Britain’s 100 Top Children’s Doctors
2007: Awarded Paediatric Allergist of the Year by Allergy UK.