Prof. Adam Fox began his academic journey by studying Medicine and Neuroscience at Cambridge University, followed by clinical training at University College London. Specialising in Paediatric Allergy in 2006, he became one of the founding consultants of the Allergy Service at St Thomas’ Hospitals, London, now recognised as one of Europe’s largest and most distinguished specialist Allergy services. For nine years, he served as the clinical lead for both adult and paediatric allergy at Guy’s & St Thomas’ Hospitals. Under his leadership, the service earned the distinction of being an International Centre of Excellence by the World Allergy Organisation and GALEN.

In addition to his clinical achievements, he is a Professor of Paediatric Allergy at King’s College London and the founding Director of the KCL Allergy Academy, a postgraduate educational initiative that was a finalist at the BMJ Awards in 2018.

Prof. Fox chaired the UK Department of Health's National Care Pathway for Food Allergy in Childhood and contributed as a member of the NICE guideline development group for food allergy assessment in children. He served as senior author of the iMAP guideline, which received the Allergy UK Innovation Award in 2018. As the first paediatrician elected President of the British Society of Allergy & Clinical Immunology (BSACI), Prof. Fox held this role from 2018 to 2021 and has since chaired the National Allergy Strategy Group. He jointly leads the Expert Advisory Group for Allergy with the Department of Health and Social Care. In 2024, his extraordinary contributions were recognised with the BSACI Fellows Award, making him only the second individual to receive this accolade.

Dr. Fox’s accolades include the 2007 ‘Paediatric Allergist of the Year’ award from Allergy UK, the prestigious Raymond Horton Smith prize from Cambridge University for his doctoral research on peanut allergy, and the William Frankland Award from BSACI in 2015. He has received multiple National Clinical Excellence Awards from the UK Department of Health and was included in The Times’ list of ‘Britain’s 100 Best Children’s Doctors’ in 2012.

With a passion for education and innovation, Dr. Fox has delivered lectures worldwide, published over 100 research articles in leading medical journals, and contributed to numerous documentaries. He is also a familiar face on ITV’s This Morning and BBC’s Morning Live.

His private practice, Allergy London, has been widely acclaimed, earning the title of ‘Best Allergy Clinic – London’ in the 2019 Global Health & Pharma Private Healthcare Awards and being recognised as Best Allergy Testing Specialists in the 2020 Private Healthcare Awards. He also co-established The Food Allergy Immunotherapy Centre at Great Ormond St Hospital in 2021, where he oversaw the world’s first administration of Palforzia, the first licensed food allergy desensitisation product outside the US.