Professor Helen Brough
We are proud to partner with Professor Helen Brough, a leading paediatric allergy specialist with dual accreditation in General Paediatrics. Alongside her, Professor Brough’s team at Children’s Allergy Doctors includes experts across Allergy and Immunology who are dedicated to supporting children and young people with a wide range of allergic conditions.
In addition to her NHS role, Professor Brough also provides private care. She is highly respected in her field and consults privately at her Central London clinic. A direct link to her website is available at the bottom of this page. If you suspect your child may have a milk allergy but are unsure which baby milk to try, we recommend booking an appointment with Children’s Allergy Doctors for specialist guidance. Importantly, specialist baby milk should not be started without professional medical advice.
Furthermore, if over-the-counter medicines have not worked and you believe a stronger treatment or formal diagnosis is needed, you can arrange a consultation with Professor Brough’s team. Should a prescription be issued, it can be dispensed directly by us at British Chemist and dispatched the same day. Alternatively, you may collect it from our London pharmacy for urgent needs, or arrange collection at a local pharmacy through Professor Brough’s team.
About Professor Helen Brough
Education
- Professor Brough graduated from King’s College, Cambridge University, with double honours in Medicine and Experimental Psychology. She later trained in Paediatrics in London and was awarded one of the few recognised Higher Specialist Training posts in Paediatric Allergy and Immunology as an MADEL Clinical Lecturer.
- During her training, she worked in several of the UK’s leading teaching hospitals, including Guy’s and St Thomas’, King’s College Hospital, and Great Ormond Street Hospital. Moreover, she completed an MSc in Allergy with distinction at the University of Southampton and earned a PhD at King’s College London, where her research focused on how peanut allergy develops.
Specialties
- Prevention, diagnosis and management management of food allergy
- Food allergy desensitisation
- Atopic eczema
- Delayed Food Allergies
- Eosinophilic gastrointestinal disease
- Allergic asthma
- Allergic rhinitis (hay fever)
- Allergic conjunctivitis
- Immunotherapy to environmental allergens (e.g. house dust mite, pollens , pet dander )
- Sinusitis
- Insect sting
- Latex allergy
Work Life
Professor Helen Brough is a Consultant in Paediatric Allergy and Head of Service for the largest children’s allergy service in the UK at Evelina London Children’s Hospital. Additionally, she is certified by the European Academy of Allergology and Clinical Immunology (EAACI) as a European Paediatric Allergist — a distinction held by only a small number of doctors in the UK.
Within her NHS practice, she runs general allergy clinics and leads joint specialist allergy and respiratory clinics alongside consultant respiratory paediatricians. She has also collaborated with paediatric gastroenterologists to deliver specialist allergy and gastroenterology services. Furthermore, she established community children’s allergy services and created a transition programme to help teenagers manage their allergies more independently.
Her achievements include being named Health Professional of the Year Runner-Up by Coeliac UK in 2010 and receiving the Distinguished Clinician Award from the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology in 2020.
Professor Brough has played a leading role in food allergy prevention research. Notably, she contributed to major clinical trials such as LEAP (Learning Early About Peanut), EAT (Enquiring About Tolerance), and PRONUTS. Currently, she is leading a multicentre trial exploring food allergy prevention through the skin. In addition, she has published a paediatrics textbook and extensive research on food allergy development, biomarkers, and immunotherapy treatments. Her work earned her the BSACI Barry Kay Award for research in Paediatric Allergy in 2013.
Moreover, she regularly presents research and advances in allergy medicine at national and international conferences. She serves as an Adjunct Reader in Paediatrics at King’s College London and previously chaired the Paediatric Section of EAACI (2019–2022). At present, she is President of the Royal Society of Medicine Allergy and Immunology Section.
Professional bodies registration
- British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology
- European Academy of Allergology and Clinical Immunology
- American Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
- Royal Society of Medicine
- Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
Further information
Professor Brough and her team are multilingual. In addition to English, consultations can be provided in French, Spanish, and German, which helps support families who are more comfortable speaking another language.
Clinic Location
Professor Helen Brough and her team see private patients at:
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The Portland Hospital, London
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ENT4Kids, Marylebone, London
You can book an appointment using the link below: