The London Allergy Clinic

Professor Warner completed his undergraduate medical training in the School of Medicine, University of Sheffield and his initial paediatric experience was at the Children''s Hospital, Sheffield working under the mentor-ship of Professor Ronald Illingworth. 

He acquired his MRCP(UK) having worked for two years in adult medicine with a particular focus on respiratory disease.  He then moved to the Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street as a Registrar and subsequently a Research Fellow and then Senior Registrar rotating through Queen Elizabeth hospital, Hackney and the London hospital. 

His first consultant post was a joint appointment between St Mary's and the Brompton hospital. In 1982 he helped establish the London Allergy Clinic before moving to Southampton as Professor of Child Health in 1990 and finally back to London as Professor of Paediatrics and Head of Department at Imperial College St Mary's hospital campus from September 2006 to April 2013.  He is also Hon Professor of Paediatrics in the University of Cape Town.

In 2008 he became Director of Research for the Women and Children's Clinical Programme Group, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust (ICHT). He was the lead for paediatrics in both the Biomedical Research Centre in ICHT and the NW London CLAHRC (Collaboration for Applied Health Research and Care) and was President of the Academic Paediatrics Association.

Professor Warner's research has focused on the early life origins of asthma and related allergic and respiratory disorders.  He has published over 400 papers in scientific journals on these topics.  He was Editor in Chief of the journal Paediatric Allergy and Immunology from 1997-2010 and chairman of the paediatric section of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology for 5 years until 2010.  He was also a member of the Speciality and Training committee of the World Allergy Organisation and a past Trustee of the charity known as The Anaphylaxis Campaign. 

He was a member of the Advisory Committee for Novel Foods and Processes of the Food Standards Agency for 12 years until 2012 and was recognised for his work in food allergy research by the award of an OBE in 2013.

After receiving several undergraduate prizes, Professor Greaves graduated MB BS from the University of London. Subsequently he obtained the membership of the Royal College of Physicians, was elected a Fellow in 1974 and graduated MD (London). Professor Greaves was a graduate student and UK Medical Research Council Fellow for 3 years at University College London where he proceeded to a PhD (pharmacology) (Faculty of Medicine) by thesis. His dermatological training was at St. John's Institute of Dermatology, London and the Royal Victoria Infirmary, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

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Dr. Cecilia Trigg is a Consultant Allergy Specialist (Physician). She qualified as a doctor in 1983 (King’s College Hospital, London) and has specialised in Allergy since 1987.

Dr. Trigg trained in Allergy at St. Bartholomew’s and Guy’s Hospital in London and was awarded an MD in 1992 for original research on Bronchial Responsiveness. She has been a registered Specialist since 1999. She is a senior Consultant Allergist, leading for food allergy and transition from paediatric to adult allergy at St Mary’s Hospital, Paddington.

Dr. Trigg has special interests in food allergy, hayfever, asthma and the challenges faced by young people growing up with multiple allergies. She has written a number of original articles and research papers

Dr. Mirakian is a consultant in allergy at the Addenbrookes' University Hospital (part time) and an Honorary Consultant at the Royal National Throat Nose Ear Hospital/UCLH. She was one of the early members of the Standards of Care Committee of the British Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (BSACI). Her main interests relate to the field of drug allergy, rhinology and allergen specific desensitisation therapy.

She has contributed to the preparation of several national guidelines for the management of allergic conditions and is the lead author of the BSACI guideline on the 'management of drug allergy'. She is currently leading on the preparation of the Guideline for the 'management of allergy to beta lactam''. Her main interest in rhinology is on the management of 'Aspirin Exacerbated Airways disease'.

In addition Dr. Mirakian has teaching commitments; in particular as one of the teachers on the annual BSc course for Immunology, Autoimmunity and Transplantation at UCL and as teacher on the annual MSc course in Allergy at Imperial College.

In 1982 he became Consultant Physician in General and Respiratory medicine at Harefield and West Herts Hospital Group and in 1984 was appointed to the Asthma and Clinical Allergy Department at the Royal Brompton Hospital. He retired from the West Herts Hospital Group in 2004 but continues as Honorary Consultant in Allergy and Clinical immunology at the Royal Brompton Hospital.

Dr Studdy is a registered specialist in respiratory medicine and clinical immunology with expertise in the investigation and management of cough and breathlessness, asthma, COPD, airway infections, lung fibrosis, lung malignancy, chest and nasal allergy.

As a registered specialist in clinical immunology with a particular interest in allergy Dr Studdy has expertise in the investigation and treatment of allergic rhinitis (hay fever), nasal polyposis, allergic and non-allergic asthma, anaphylaxis, food allergy and intolerance, latex

Dr Studdy writes medico-legal reports dealing with respiratory and allergy matters for solicitors acting on behalf of claimants and defendants.

Dr. Rutkowski is a Consultant Allergist at the Department of Allergy, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital in London, a European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI) and World Allergy Organisation Centre of Excellence. He completed a dedicated 5-year specialist allergy training programme at Cambridge University Hospital.

Dr. Rutkowski has extensive experience in all aspects of allergy care. He sees patients with anaphylaxis; food allergy; urticaria and angioedema; drug, vaccine and latex allergy; gastrointestinal allergy; venom allergy; allergic asthma; hay fever, allergic and nonallergic rhinitis/sinusitis/conjunctivitis and offers desensitisation (immunotherapy) treatment.

Dr. Chakravarti completed his MBBS and MD (Paediatrics) in Mumbai in 1977 and 1981. He then trained in the UK and USA at The Columbia University Paediatric Residency programme and The Medical Centre of Delaware. He completed his Fellowship training in Allergy & Clinical Immunology at the Childrens' Hospital of Philadelphia and The Hospital of

the University of Pennsylvania. His specialist interests include asthma, anaphylaxis, urticaria, hay fever, eczema, food allergy/intolerances, gastrointestinal allergies and oral desensitisation to inhalant allergens.

On returning to the UK as consultant at the Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust in Harlow,

Dr. Chakravarti set up one of the first specialist paediatric allergy services in a district general hospital in the UK, established a Cystic Fibrosis service, and provided immunodeficiency and infectious diseases expertise for paediatric patients. He has also treated adult allergy patients for over 18 years. He has been a specialist trainer and has trained and mentored numerous paediatric specialists.

Dr. Karim studied medicine at Cambridge University and Guy’s & St Thomas’ Hospitals, qualifying in 1993. He then trained at Guy’s under Dr Lawrence Youlten in Allergy, and at St Thomas’ under Prof Graham Hughes in Connective Tissue Diseases.

He was appointed as a Consultant Immunologist at Frimley Park and Guy's & St Thomas' Hospitals in 2004. Since late 2015, he has practised at Frimley Park Hospital and other hospitals in the Surrey area and has a broad clinical practice in Allergy, Autoimmunity and Immunodeficiency.

Dr. Karim has been a member of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology Council for several years, and the Chair of the Clinical Immunology Committee 2014-17 as well as being on the committee for the NICE Quality Standards on Drug Allergy in 2015.