Clinical Immunology and Allergy

The Department of Clinical Immunology and Allergy provides a specialist service for the diagnosis and management of allergic and immunologic diseases affecting the respiratory system, skin, gastrointestinal tract and other systems.

We provide outpatient clinical services as well as consultation to hospital inpatients, day-patient admissions for procedures, and inpatient admissions to the medical ward under an Immunology consultant. Our Clinical Immunologists deal with conditions in 3 main areas:

• allergy – immunological reaction against harmless substances
• immunodeficiency – increase in the frequency or severity of infections
• autoimmunity – immunological reaction against the self.

Our services and procedures include:

• clinical consultation
• skin prick testing for allergy diagnosis
• immunotherapy/desensitisation for allergy treatment
• challenge testing for diagnosis of food, drug allergy.

Tuesdays only: Outpatient Centre, 21 North Terrace, Adelaide 5000 (Opposite the RAH)

All other days: Medical Day Unit, Level 3 (ground floor), Royal Adelaide Hospital.

• A/Prof. William Smith - Head of Unit
• Dr Frank Kette
• A/Prof. Pravin Hissaria
• Dr Tatjana Banovic
• Dr Syed Ali
• Dr Chino Yuson

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• Hong Pin Tan (HP) - Nurse Unit Manager

Nurse Consultants

• Aida Ahmadie
• Nicolle Ginman - Nurse Consultant, Immunoglobulin Program 
• Helen Mayger - Clinical Nurse

You need a referral letter from your GP or medical practitioner to access this service. 

Once referred, we will contact you within clinically recommended times, depending on the waiting list length. If there is no waiting list, you will receive an appointment booking letter, or we will contact you to arrange a suitable time.

We accept referrals from general practitioners (GPs) and specialists.

To refer your patient, send to us via fax. To ensure timely triage, include all demographic and clinical details.

Immunologists are available on call for urgent consultation or to discuss urgent clinic referrals:

• During office hours: Ask for Allergy and Immunology Registrar
• After hours: Ask for the Immunology Consultant on call.

Clinical Immunologists deal with conditions in 3 main areas:

• Allergy - immunological reaction against harmless substances
• Immunodeficiency - increase in the frequency or severity of infections
• Autoimmunity – immunological reaction against the self.

These are the clinical conditions and services we provide for:

• Anaphylaxis to drugs, insects, foods and unknown cause
• Urticaria and angioedema
• Hereditary Angioedema
• Drug allergy
• Allergic rhinitis, conjunctivitis
• Non-allergic rhinitis
• Allergic and non-allergic sinusitis, nasal polyposis
• Asthma, allergic and non-allergic
• Eczema
• Venom and aeroallergen immunotherapy
• Systemic vasculitis including GPA
• Food allergy
• Eosinophilic oesophagitis, gastroenteritis
• Mast cell disorders
• Immunological lung diseases such as bronchopulmonary aspergillosis, EGPA
• Systemic autoimmune disorders such as SLE, Sjogren’s syndrome, dermatomyositis
• Systemic autoinflammatory diseases
• Immunodeficiency, hereditary and acquired (not HIV).

Conditions exluded are:

• Irritable bowel syndrome/suspected food intolerance (except on referral or recommendation from gastroenterologist) (see information sheet)
• Large local reactions to insect stings (see information sheet)
• Chronic fatigue syndrome/multiple chemical sensitivity/fibromyalgia
• Contact dermatitis (refer to dermatology)
• Acute or chronic urticaria which has remitted (unless allergic cause suspected)
• Children under 18 yrs
• Patients being treated for same condition at other hospital.

[extensive table with triage categories - on other pages this has been a PDF]