Prof Gideon Lack

Professor Gideon Lack is a consultant paediatric allergist at Guy's and St Thomas' Foundation Trust and a professor of paediatric allergy at King's College London.

Professor Lack earned his medical degree from Oxford University in 1985 and then went on to specialise in paediatrics in New York. He then further focused on paediatric and adult allergy while training in Denver, Colorado.

He spent 12 years as the lead for the Department of Paediatric Allergy and Immunology at St Mary's Hospital in London. He then joined Imperial College London and Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, respectively.

He has a passion for research and is interested in the topics of asthma, peanut and food allergies, anaphylaxis, and desensitising vaccines.

Professor Lack has expertise in the following areas:

• Allergen desensitisation

• Allergy Blood Tests

• Allergy shots (immunotherapy)

• Allergic rhinitis (hay fever)

• Food Allergies

• Drug Allergies

• Insect or bee sting allergies

• Allergies

• Asthma

• Eczema (atopic dermatitis)