Information About Dr Roberts, MB ChB, MD, MRCP, FRCPCH

My career has combined an interest in allergies with an NHS hospital appointment in paediatrics and child health. I have been Consultant Paediatrician at Wythenshawe Hospital in South Manchester from 1982 until my recent retirement from hospital work in 2009.

During this time I have looked after children and their families with allergic illnesses in a specialist Allergy Clinic, one of the largest in the Northwest region, attracting patients from all over the country and specifically Greater Manchester, Cheshire, Derbyshire, and North Wales.

There are only a few Allergy Clinics in the NHS and a large unmet medical need for patients with allergic problems. My strong personal interest in the speciality of allergy together with the awareness of this unmet need are the reasons why I have decided to continue to provide an allergy service.

I have been interested in allergic disease since my medical training in Oxford and at the Institute of Child Health in London and was awarded a Medical Doctorate for my research in experimental allergy in 1982. More recent research has focused on the problems caused by food allergies.
 

"I am a recognised national expert on food allergy and I have published several influential articles in medical journals including the following"

The British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology (www.bsaci.org) is the national association for allergy specialists in the UK. I have been an active member of the organisation for many years and contributed to the development of guidelines for patients with allergies. At the annual clinical meetings I have presented studies on food allergy and asthma in 1998 and 2004.