Doctor Timothy Watts

Consultant in Adult Allergy & Lead for Drug Allergy Service at Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, and Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer at Imperial College London

Country

United Kingdom

Speciality

Immunology

Subspeciality

Adult Allergy, Drug allergy, Cutaneous allergy

Experience

2011 years

Languages

English

Areas of expertise

Food allergy
Allergic rhinitis
Anaphylaxis
Contact dermatitis
Chronic urticaria & angioedema
Atopic eczema
Latex allergy
Drug allergy
Delayed drug reactions
Venom allergy

About the expert

Dr. Watts is a Consultant Physician in Adult Allergy, he as extensive experience in all aspects of allergic disease, with specialist clinical and research interests in drug allergy and cutaneous allergy (patch testing), having published and presented extensively in these fields at an international level and obtained a large experience to develop the best practice regarding the treatment of allergic diseases. He has contributed to 29 researches and reputable publications.

Dr Watts is a Consultant Physician in Adult Allergy. His substantive consultant post is based at Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, where he leads the drug allergy service.

Dr Watts qualified from Barts and The London Medical School and later completed dedicated higher specialty training in Adult Allergy within Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, the largest training centre in the UK for adult allergists. He is entered on the GMC Specialist Register for Allergy and is one of only a small number of Consultant Physicians in the UK with this qualification and specialist accreditation.

Dr Watts has extensive experience in all aspects of allergic disease, with specialist clinical and research interests in drug allergy and cutaneous allergy (patch testing), having published and presented extensively in these fields at an international level.

He additionally developed and leads a drug patch testing service within Homerton University Hospital, which functions as a regional referral centre within London for complex delayed-type drug eruptions.

Dr Watts is an Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer at Imperial College London, where he leads the Allergic Skin Disease Module, part of the internationally renowned MSc Allergy course.

He frequently teaches and supervises both undergraduate students and postgraduate trainees and sits on the Specialty Training Committee for Allergy & Immunology (London Deanery). He is named clinical supervisor and training lead for Immunology Specialty Registrars on rotation at Homerton University Hospital.

Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer
2020 - Today
Imperial College London, NHLI
Consultant Physician in Adult Allergy
2019 - Today
Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Specialist Registrar in Allergy, ST3-6
2015 - 2019
Guy’s & St Thomas’ Hospitals
Core Medical, CT1-2 NIHR Academic Clinical Fellowship
2013 - 2015
Guy’s & St Thomas’ Hospitals
Foundation Doctor, FY1-2
2011 - 2013
Bart’s Health

FRCP

Royal College of Physicians, London.

2022
CCT Allergy

General Medical Council

2019
Knowledge Examination in Allergy and Clinical Immunology

EAACI / UEMS

2019
MRCP (UK)

Royal College of Physicians, London.

2014
MBBS

Barts and The London, University of London.

2011
BSc (Hons) Human Biosciences (1st Class)

University of Plymouth

2006

MPS - UK (2020)
European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (2016)
The British Society for Allergy & Clinical Immunology (2015)
British Medical Association (2006)