Consultant paediatrician – child health allergy
Consultant Paediatrician
Our paediatrician consults on all acute and chronic medical problems in children including food allergies, eczema, hay fever, abdominal pain, constipation, bed wetting, seizures, migraine, joint pains, nutritional disorders, chronic fatigue syndrome, anxiety and palpitations.
We also offer all childhood vaccines and sublingual immunotherapy for hay fever, house dust mite and domestic pets.
Our research team has participated in many clinical trials, published extensively in peer reviewed indexed journals and presented in many international conferences.
At present we don’t do desensitisation treatment (oral immunotherapy for food allergens), but we are working towards establishing this treatment in the hospital group.
We can do full scope of allergy test to diagnose food allergy in babies, children and adolescents.
Our consultants are frequently invited to deliver talks at medical conferences on topics like cows’ milk protein allergy, wheat intolerance and eczema management in children.
Dr Oana Anton has been a Consultant Paediatrician at East Sussex Healthcare Trust for 3 years and 3 months, she is the Lead for the Paediatric Allergy Service and has a special interest in Respiratory Medicine, and Medical Research.
She has completed the Royal College of Paediatrics Special Interest Module in Paediatric Respiratory Medicine and Allergy and is a member of British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology. She treats Paediatric Patients (0-16 years) with immediate and delayed type food allergies (including cow’s milk, nuts), animal, pollen and insect allergies. She also has expertise in management of asthma and rhinitis, eczema and urticaria.
She has an active role in medical education, being the Royal College of Paediatric College Tutor in her NHS Trust. She organises and delivers Paediatric allergy teaching sessions across East Sussex for both primary and secondary care colleagues. Her research experience is in quantitative and qualitative studies, and she has several publications in peer review journals.
She has a holistic approach when seeing children and young people and enjoys excellent feedback
from patients, their families and colleagues.