Dr Ru-Xin Foong
Overview
Dr Ru-Xin Foong is a Consultant in Paediatric Allergy, she obtained her medical degree in 2011 and sub-specialty allergy paediatric qualifications in 2022.
She has previously worked as a Clinical Lecturer at King’s College of London undertaking a PhD looking at the natural resolution of food allergies across time utilising novel diagnostic tests and the health economic burden of food allergies in children. Her primary interests are in in paediatric food allergy and oral food immunotherapy. She is currently lead clinician of education and Palforzia (peanut oral immunotherapy) treatment at Evelina/GSTT.
Languages Spoken:
- English (fluent), Mandarin Chinese (conversational)
Credentials
Paediatric food allergy
Paediatric allergy immunotherapy – sublingual for aeroallergens, food immunotherapy programmes
Allergic rhinitis in children
Spontaneous urticaria in children
Drug allergy in children
Paediatric food allergy – natural resolution and persistence
Diagnostics in paediatric food allergies
She qualified from King’s College of London School of Medicine and Life Sciences in 2011 (MBBS) with a Distinction in Clinical Practice. She also has a BSc (Hons) in Psychology from King’s College of London which she obtained in 2008.
She completed her Paediatric qualifications in the UK with sub-specialty training in paediatric allergy in 2022 (MRCPCH) and remains a member of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health.
She is currently completing her PhD with King’s College of London Women and Children’s Health Division.
News & Publications
Foong RX & Santos AF. Biomarkers of diagnosis and resolution of food allergy. Pediatr Allergy Immunol. 2021; Feb 32(2):223-233
Foong RX*, Dantzer JA*, Wood RA, Santos AF. Improving Diagnostic Accuracy in Food Allergy. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2021; Jan 9(1): 71-80
Foong RX, Turner PJ, Fox AT. Fatal anaphylaxis due to transcutaneous allergen exposure: An exceptional case. J Allergy Clin Immunol Practi. 2020; 8(1): 332-333
Foong RX, Giovannini M, du Toit G. Food dependent exercise-induced anaphylaxis. Curr Opin Allergy Clin Immunol. 2019 Jun;19(3):224-228
Foong RX, Swan K, Fox AT. Editor’s Pick: Asthma and Food Allergies. EMJ Allergy Immunol 2018; 3(1): 82-88
Foong RX, du Toit G, Fox AT. Mini-Review – Asthma and Food Allergy. Curr Pediatr Rev. 2018; 14(3):164-170
Foong RX, Brough HA, Chan S, Fox AT. US guidelines for the prevention of peanut allergy 2017. Arch Dis Child Educ Pract Ed 2018 Oct; 103(5): 249-252
Foong RX & Brough H. The role of environmental exposure to peanut in the development of clinical allergy to peanut. Clin Exp Allergy 2017 47(10): 1232-1238
Turcanu V, Brough H, du Toit G, Foong RX, Marrs T, Santos AF, Lack G. Immune mechanisms of food allergy and its prevention by early intervention. Curr Opin Immunol 2017. 48: 92-98
Foong RX, du Toit G, Fox AT. Asthma, Food Allergy, and How They Relate to Each Other. Front Pediatr 2017 5:89
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