Tiffany Wong

MD, FRCPC

Investigator, BC Children's Hospital

My areas of research interest lies within the area of pediatric drug allergy. Many patients labelled as allergic to medications are not actually allergic – this has significant impact on medication selection for subsequent illnesses, and leads to less optimal medication being prescribed to the patient at increased costs to the health care system. This is of particular concern in patients with complex medical needs who often require admission to hospital or treatment with medications. I hope that by developing a program aimed at clarifying the nature of reactions and de-labeling allergy, we can optimize medication selection and patient care, both in hospital and in the community.

I am also involved in projects involving a variety of aspects of food allergy, including optimizing management of allergic reactions by patients/families and describing unusual cases of food allergy in pediatrics.