LACTOFREE HEALTH EXPERTS

Dr Adam Fox

Dr Adam Fox

Consultant & Honorary Senior Lecturer in Paediatric Allergy

Dr Adam Fox read Medicine and Neuroscience at Cambridge University before completing his clinical training at University College, London. Having completed specialist training in Paediatric Allergy in 2006, he is now a consultant and joint clinical lead of Allergy at Guy’s & St Thomas’ Hospitals, London.

Adam recently chaired the Department of Health commissioned RCPCH National Care Pathway for Food Allergy in Childhood and was a member of the National Institute of Healthcare and Clinical Excellence (NICE) clinical guideline development group for the assessment and diagnosis of food allergy in children. He is currently an Expert Advisor to NICE on Allergy and also an executive member of the British Society of Allergy & Clinical Immunology. Adam was awarded ‘Paediatric Allergist of the Year’ by Allergy UK in 2007.

His particular interests are food allergy, gastrointestinal allergy, immunotherapy and medical education.

For more information visit www.adamfox.co.uk

Sian Porter

Sian Porter

MSc(Econ) BSc(HONS) RD

Sian is a Registered Dietitian with a BSc(HONS) in Nutrition and a MSc in Health Economics. She is a member and spokesperson for the British Dietetic Association.

Having worked in the field of clinical nutrition and health promotion in both acute and public health medicine, her particular field of interest and expertise lies in communicating nutritional science in a meaningful, practical and achievable way.

Sian has published and presented nutrition research, contributed to many newspapers and magazines and has broadcast on a wide range of food and health issues. Her TV appearances include The One Show and Britain’s Favourite Supermarket Foods.

Sian also has a private practice where she sees a variety of patients.

Dr Ellie Cannon

Dr Ellie Cannon

GP

Dr Ellie Cannon read medicine at Cambridge University and then completed her clinical training at the Royal Free Hospital, London. She spent five years in hospital medicine, before embarking on a career in General Practice. She is a member of the Royal College of GPs.

Ellie currently works in a busy inner city NHS practice as well as a private practice. She has a very family-orientated practice, specialising in children’s health from newborns to teenagers.

Ellie combines her clinical and media work with her “proper job” – being a mum to her two children. She is the resident GP for the Mail on Sunday and Woman magazine. Ellie also writes a regular health column for the Jewish Chronicle and appears regularly on TV, most recently as the doctor on Sky Living’s “Slave to Food”.