Dr Brynn Wainstein is a consultant specialist in Paediatric Allergy and Immunology.
Dr Wainstein is a paediatric immunologist and allergist. He is a staff specialist at Sydney Children’s Hospital and in private practice in Bondi Junction, Sydney.
Dr Wainstein has extensive experience caring for children with allergies to foods, drugs and venoms, anaphylaxis, hives, eczema, hayfever, asthma, immunodeficiency and recurrent fever syndromes. In 2010 Dr Wainstein completed a PhD from UNSW on the diagnosis and prediction of peanut anaphylaxis and he has authored or co-authored over 20 peer reviewed articles on various topics. His main research interests are in food allergy and anaphylaxis. He is an investigator on several ongoing investigator led as well as national and international collaborative research studies. In addition, he is a member of the data safety monitoring board (DSMB) for several food oral immunotherapy studies. He also enjoys providing teaching to medical trainees, general practitioners, paediatricians and the general public.
Dr Wainstein is a Senior Conjoint Lecturer at UNSW, a past chair of the Medical Advisory Board, and current Board member of Allergy and Anaphylaxis Australia (A&AAI) and a past president of the Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy (ASCIA). He has served as the paediatric representative on the Immunology and Allergy Joint Specialist Advisory Committee (JSAC) of the RACP. Dr Wainstein was a member of the steering committee for the National Allergy Strategy (NAS) and is now a member of the advisory committee for the National Allergy Council (NAC) and a member of the National Allergy Centre of Excellence (NACE). He was a co-investigator on the NHMRC funded Centre for Food Allergy Research (CFAR) and a founder member of the Sydney Paediatric and Adult Allergy Network (SPAAN) and the Allergy Clinical Trials Network (CTN).
Services available include allergy skin testing and desensitisation (Immunotherapy). Food challenge procedures will also be available in conjunction with the Immunology Department at Sydney Children’s Hospital and on-site (for selected patients).
Helpful resources for people with food allergy
Australian Websites for Allergic/Immunologic Disorders
Immunodeficiency Disorders Patient and Family Support Group
Get involved - Australian Research and Policy
Food Labelling Information - Food Standards Australian and New Zealand
Community Allergy Education
International Websites for Allergic/Immunologic Disorders
We understand that children have unique needs which change with age. We care for children and young adults in an environment which is the ‘art, science and soul’ of paediatrics in a setting where children look forward to returning.
