Dr Mahila Namasivayam is a consultant specialist in Paediatric Allergy and Immunology and an Adjunct Lecturer at The University of New South Wales, Sydney (UNSW). She was awarded her medical degree at the University of Adelaide and her Masters in Medicine (Research) by the University of New South Wales.
She completed her specialist training at Sydney Children’s Hospital and is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP).
Dr Mahila is involved in the care of babies through to adolescents with a range of allergic and immune disorders. Her special interests include food allergy, anaphylaxis and allergic rhinitis (hay fever). Services available include allergy skin testing, desensitisation (immunotherapy) and food challenge procedures.
Dr Mahila is leading bench to bedside translational research projects at Sydney Children’s Hospital in collaboration with laboratory teams at UNSW and South Eastern Area Laboratory Services (SEALS) Centre for Immunology to develop more effective solutions for the diagnosis of children with food allergy. She is also part of a national working party with Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy (ASCIA) clinicians and Centre for Food Allergy Research (CFAR) researchers to find safe and effective alternatives to current treatment for food allergy in Australian children such as food oral immunotherapy.
Dr Mahila is a committee member of the ASCIA Anaphylaxis, Paediatric and Education Committees and an active member of the Sydney Paediatric and Adult Allergy Network (SPAAN) and National Allergy Centre for Excellence (NACE).
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
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