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Programme

8.30 Registration

Session 1. Chair: Rosan Meyer

Welcome from Prof Gideon Lack, Head of Children's Allergy Service, Guy's & St Thomas' Hospital/King's College London
09:00 IgE and non IgE allergies
Dr Adam Fox, Consultant Paediatric Allergist, Children's Allergy Service, Guy's & St Thomas' Hospital/King's College London
9.20 Diagnosing Immediate Allergies
Dr George du Toit, Consultant Paediatric Allergist, Children's Allergy Service, Guy's & St Thomas' Hospital/King's College London
9.45 Gastrointestinal Allergy & its management
Dr Neil Shah, Consultant Paediatric Gastroenterologist, Great Ormond Street Hospital &
Jackie Falconer, Chief Paediatric Dietitian, Chelsea & Westminster Hospital
10.45 Tea
Session 2. Chair: Ruth Towell
11.00 Practical allergen avoidance & Food labelling
Tanya Wright, Head of Nutrition & Dietetic Services, Stoke Mandeville Hospital
11.30 Choosing the right milk
Rachel de Boer, Specialist Paediatric Allergy Dietitian, Children's Allergy Service, Guy's & St Thomas' Hospital
11.50 Weaning the atopic infant
Carina Venter, Senior Dietitian, David Hyde Asthma & Allergy Research Centre, Isle of Wight
12.15 Dietary manipulation in eczema
Helen Cox, Consultant Paediatric Allergist, St Mary's Hospital/Imperial College London & Rosan Meyer, Specialist Paediatric Allergy Dietitian, St Mary's Hospital/Imperial College London
12.45 Lunch
Session 3. Chair: Laura Philips
13.30 Practical sessions 3x40 mins
 

1. Supervised Food Challenges
Hasita Prinja, Specialist Paediatric Allergy Dietitian, Children's Allergy Service, Guy's & St Thomas' Hospital

2. Introducing food in the community
Abbas Khakoo, Consultant Paediatric Allergist, St Mary's Hospital/Imperial College London & Lyndsey Archibald Specialist Paediatric Allergy Dietitian, St Mary's Hospital/Imperial College London

3. Case Studies
Dr Robert Boyle, Clinical Lecturer, Imperial College London & Laura Phillips, Specialist Paediatric Allergy Dietitian, St Mary’s Hospital
15.30 Tea
Session 4. Chair: Rachel de Boer
15.45 Feeding Difficulties in food allergies
Rosan Meyer, Specialist Paediatric Allergy Dietician, St Mary's Hospital/Imperial College London
16.15 Nutrition in Allergy - the cutting edge
Ruth Towell, Children's Allergy Service, Guy's & St Thomas' Hospital/King's College London
16.40 Cooking for the allergic child
Alice Sherwood, Author of the Allergy Free Cookbook
17.00 Course concludes