Adult Allergy & Clinical Immunology
Contact number: 01772 522130
Members of the team on the photo from left to right: CNS Margarida Nicolaiu, CNS Loveness Kusaloka, CNS Julie Catlow, Rosemary Hughes, Dr Pavaladurai Vijayadurai, SN Carole Stickland, Dr Haggar Elbashir, SN Christopher Wylie, Leanne Hall, Donna Hutt, Dr Georgios Gkimpas, Rebecca Brierley, CNS Kathryn Haworth, Dr Ariharan Anantharachagan
CNS - Clinical Nurse Specialist
SN - Staff Nurse
Welcome to Department of Allergy & Clinical Immunology at Royal Preston Hospital - we offer a comprehensive service for the diagnosis and management of patients with Allergy and Immunodeficiencies.
- Meet the team
Consultants
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Dr Ariharan AnantharachaganConsultant Clinical Immunologist
Dr Samuel CheeConsultant Clinical Immunologist
Dr Georgios GkimpasConsultant Clinical Immunologist
Dr Pavaladurai VijayaduraiLocum Consultant Clinical Immunologist
Specialist Registrars:
Dr H Elbashir, Immunology Specialist Registrar
Dr E Forouzanfar, Immunology Specialist Registrar
Specialist Nurses
Kathryn Haworth (Lead Specialist Nurse)
Margarida Nicolaiu
Loveness Kusaloka
Secretaries
Rebecca Brierley
- Services Offered
Allergy Services
The Allergy team provides services for the following conditions:
- Seasonal Rhinitis (hay fever)
- Rhinitis due to dust mites, pets, or other allergies
- Hives/Urticaria
- Allergic swelling (Angioedema)
- Food allergy (immediate type, like a peanut allergy)
- Antibiotic and other drug allergies
- Anaesthetic allergies
- Bee or wasp sting allergies
- Latex allergy
- Anaphylaxis
Clinical Immunology Services
Our Clinical Immunology Services offer diagnoses and treatments for a range of immunological conditions.
- Diagnosis and treatment of patients with Primary Antibody Deficiency and C1 Inhibitor Deficiency (both hereditary and acquired)
- A home therapy training programme for Subcutaneous and Intravenous Immunoglobulin for Immunodeficiency, C1 Inhibitor Replacement Therapy, and/or Icatibant Therapy for Hereditary Angioedema
- The investigation of patients with suspected immune deficiency, recurrent infections and other immunological conditions (complement deficiency, combined immunodeficiency, and Di George Syndrome)
- Our Clinics
Allergy clinics
- Adult allergy clinics
- Challenge clinic day case for drug allergy and food allergy provocation testing
- Adult allergy follow-up
- Desensitisation treatment/Immunotherapy
- Anaphylaxis and adrenaline autoinjector education
Clinical Immunology clinics
- Immunodeficiency clinics
- Immunoglobulin infusions
- Self-infusion training for immunoglobulin replacement therapy
- Self-injectable medication training for Hereditary Angioedema (HAE) treatments
- How to refer to our service
- General Practitioners can request triage through the Choose and Book system
- Referrals letters from external hospitals may be addressed to department
- Further management and pathway guidance can be found in the tab titled "Referral Guidance and Management Pathways for Primary Care Providers"
- Helpful resources for Allergy & Clinical Immunology information
Anaphylaxis campaign (patient support)
Allergy UK
British Society for Allergy & Clinical Immunology
European Academy of Allergy & Clinical Immunology
Immunology resources
Find an Immunologist (directory of UK immunology clinics)
Primary Immune Deficiency- UK (patient support and information)
International Patient Organisation for Primary Immunodeficiency
Immune Deficiency Foundation (US-based information)
Jeffrey Modell Foundation (US-based patient support)
HAE UK (support for patients with HAE)
UK PIPS (support for patientd with antibody deficiency)
Chronic Granulomatous Disease Society
Max Appeal (support for patients with DiGeorge Syndrome)
UK Primary Immunodeficiency Network
British Society for Immunology
European Society for Immunodeficiencies
- Contact us
If you wish to contact us, you can phone the Allergy & Clinical Immunology Department on 01772 522130.
Allergy & Clinical Immunology Department
Pathology
Royal Preston Hospital
Sharoe Green Lane
Fulwood
PR2 9HT
If you wish to cancel/ rebook your appointment, please call our Booking Team on 01772 524555.
- Referral Guidance and Management Pathways for Primary Care Providers
- Patient Information Leaflets
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