Professor Hasan Arshad
Professor in Allergy and Asthma
MBBS, FRCP, DM
I am a Professor and Consultant in Allergy and Clinical Immunology. I am head of the Allergy, Asthma and Clinical Immunology department at University Hospital Southampton. This department is recognised internationally as a “Centre of Excellence” by the World Allergy Organisation. I am also the Director of the Internationally renowned Asthma and Allergy Research Centre on the Isle of Wight. I have coauthored American and European guidelines for allergy, as well as several books and book chapters and published around 200 articles in scientific journals.
I specialise in asthma, allergy and clinical immunology with specific interests in asthma and food allergy. I am an expert in the diagnosis and treatment of a variety of allergy related conditions such as asthma, rhinitis (hay fever), eczema (dermatitis), urticaria (hives) and angioedema, and allergy to foods, drugs and insects. I provide allergy diagnostics including allergy skin tests and challenges, and allergy specific treatments such as desensitisation for allergies.
I have been practicing allergy and respiratory medicine since 1988. I have performed thousands of diagnostics and treatment procedures. I have also trained a large number of trainee registrars and research fellows who have since been appointed consultants and professors in various institutions in the UK and abroad.
I am the lead clinician for Asthma, Allergy and Clinical Immunology at University Hospital Southampton and am Director of the David Hide Asthma and Allergy Research Centre, Isle of Wight.
I am Chair of the Adult Allergy Group, and a council member of the British Society of Allergy & Clinical Immunology.
I am an External Examiner for MSC Allergy, Imperial College, London, I am module lead for the Food Allergy module, MSc Allergy, University of Southampton. I am research area lead for allergy research within NIHE Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospital Southampton.
I am a trustee for the Asthma, Allergy, Inflammation Research Trust (a registered charity), associated with University of Southampton.
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Some of the principal treatments carried out by Professor Hasan Arshad at Spire include:
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Qualification and professional memberships
MB BS / University of Karachi / 1979
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery
MBBS is a basic degree
MRCP / Royal College of Physicians (UK) / 1979
Member Royal College of Physicians
MRCP is for specialists in medicine
DM / University of Southampton / 1979
Doctor of Medicine
DM is a research doctorate
Professional memberships
Member British Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Member American Academy of Asthma, Allergy and Immunology
Member European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Professional leadership
Council Member and Chair of Adult Allergy, Group British Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Member, representing South of England on National CRG for Allergy and Immunology
External Examiner to MSC Allergy, PhD and MRCP
Co-author, European and American Allergy Guidelines
Training Programme Director, Allergy & Immunology, Wessex Deanery
Member, Specialist Advisory Committee of Royal College of Physicians Training Board
Research and publications
Clinical and Experimental Allergy - Ex. Associate Editor and Current Review
Articles
Full list of Professor Arshad's published work
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Current NHS posts
Consultant (Hons) in Allergy and Respiratory Medicine.
Personal profile
I am married with two children. My wife Zaheda is an arts teacher, my daughter Zobia is a young trainee doctor and my son Telha has just qualified as a Lawyer. My interests include biking, running, playing Table Tennis and reading a good book.
Contact information
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