Professor Helen Brough
We are proud to partner up with Professor Helen Brough. She is a pediatric allergy specialist with dual accreditation in general paediatrics. Professor Helen Brough’s team at Children’s Allergy Doctors consists of specialists across the Allergy and Immunology fields and are dedicated to helping children and young people with a
wide-ranging number of allergic conditions.
Professor Helen Brough does both private and NHS work. She is at the top of her field and can be seen privately in her private clinic in Central London. Her direct link to her website can be found at the bottom of this page. If you think your child has some sort of milk allergy but not sure which baby milk to try then please book a private appointment with Children’s Allergy Doctors to get specialist advice. We strongly advise that you do not initiate any specialist baby milk on your own and seek medical advice from a professional.
If you have already tried an over the counter medicines and it did not quite work and think you may need something stronger or need a diagnosis then once again do not hesitate to book an appointment with Professor Helen Brough’s team at Children Allergy Doctors and if she prescribes something for you then it can be dispensed directly by us at British Chemist and dispatched the same day or you can pick up from our London location if you need more urgently. Alternatively you can always collect from somewhere local to you and this can be arranged with Professor Helens Team directly.
About Professor Helen Brough
Education
- Graduated from King’s College, Cambridge University, with double honours in Medicine and Experimental Psychology
- Trained in paediatrics in London. Awarded one of the few recognised higher specialist training posts in paediatric allergy and immunology, as the MADEL clinical lecturer. She trained in some of the UK’s leading teaching
hospitals: Guy’s and St Thomas’, King’s College, and Great Ormond Street Hospital. - Helen completed an MSc in Allergy, gaining a distinction at the University of Southampton. She was awarded a PhD in determining routes of developing peanut allergy at King’s College London University.
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, she is head of service for the largest children’s allergy service in the UK, at Evelina London Children’s Hospital. She is also certified by the European Academy of Allergology and Clinical Immunology (EAACI) as a European paediatric allergist, a title that only 15 other
doctors hold in the entire UK.
In her NHS service Professor Helen Brough runs general allergy clinics, the joint specialist allergy/ respiratory service, with consultant respiratory paediatricians and ran the joint specialist allergy/ gastroenterology service with consultant paediatric gastroenterologists. She set up community children’s allergy services, and an allergy transition service for teenagers, to empower them to better manage their allergies.
She was awarded ‘Health Professional of the Year’ runner up in 2010 by Coeliac UK and the Distinguished Clinician Award by the American Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology in 2020.
Professor Helen Brough has been at the forefront of food allergy prevention and has published large trials including the LEAP (Learning Early About Peanut) study, EAT (Enquiring About Tolerance) study and PRONUTS study. She is currently
leading a multicentre trial on prevention food allergy via the skin. She has published a textbook on paediatrics, published original research on the way children become allergic to food and new biomarkers and treatment for food allergy including immunotherapy. She was awarded the BSACI Barry Kay Award, for research in
paediatric allergy, in 2013
Helen regularly presents research, and the latest developments in allergy, at national and international seminars and conventions. She’s an Adjunct Reader in Paediatrics at King’s College London University. She was the Chair of the Paediatric Section of the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology from 2019-2022 and is currently the 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 Helen Brough and her team are multilingual and for anyone who has difficulty speaking English then the other languages that can be spoken in addition to English are French, Spanish and German Where can we find Professor Helen Broug
Professor Helen Brough and her team do private work from her clinic at The Portland Hospital and ENT4Kids, both located in Marylebone, London. You can book an appointment to see her and her team by following the following