Credentials:MD, FRCPC
Bio:Dr. Edmond S. Chan completed medical school and residency in pediatrics, and finished his training with a fellowship in pediatric clinical immunology and allergy. He is certified by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons in clinical immunology and allergy and practices in Vancouver. Currently, he is the head of the Division of Allergy & Immunology in the Department of Pediatrics. He is clinical associate professor at the University of British Columbia and program director of the UBC Pediatric Clinical Immunology and Allergy Fellowship training program. His other duties include: co-director, BC Children’s Hospital Eosinophilic Esophagitis Program, clinical investigator at the Child and Family Research Institute, pediatric section head of the Canadian Society of Allergy & Clinical Immunology, and clinical leader of the HealthLink BC Dietitian Allergy Advisory Council in the BC Ministry of Health Services. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology. His research interests are in food allergy and eosinophilic esophagitis.
Among healthy term infants at low risk of developing food allergy, does delaying the introduction of common allergenic foods (cow's milk, egg, peanut, tree nuts, wheat, soy, seafood) until after six months of age or later, decrease the risk of developing food allergies?
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Among healthy term infants under the age of six months of age without parental history of allergy, does feeding cow's milk-based infant formula increase the risk of developing food allergies compared to feeding breastmilk?
Among preterm infants under the age of six months (adjusted) without parental history of allergy, does feeding cow's milk-based infant formula increase the risk of developing food allergy compared to breastmilk (with or without fortification)?
Among low birth weight infants without parental history of allergy, does feeding cow's milk-based infant formula when compared to exclusive breastfeeding increase the risk of developing allergic disease?
Among infants under the age of six months of age without parental history of allergy, does feeding a hydrolysate formula decrease the risk of developing allergic disease as compared to feeding a cow's milk-based infant formula?
Among infants under the age of six months, without parental history of allergy, does feeding soy protein-based infant formula decrease the risk of developing allergic disease compared to feeding breastmilk or cow's milk-based infant formula?
Among healthy term infants without parental history of allergy, does exclusive breastfeeding for either three or six months reduce the incidence of allergy?
Food Allergy - Low Risk Infant Background
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