Personal Profile
Dr Deepan Vyas is a Consultant General Paediatrician with over 20 years’ experience in treating a wide range of common conditions affecting children. His clinical expertise is in the investigation and management of Children’s Allergies including food allergies, hayfever and allergic rhinitis, asthma and respiratory allergy, gastro-intestinal allergy, eczema and skin conditions.
Dr Vyas read medicine at University of Sheffield Medical School and graduated in 2002. His initial post-graduate training was in the West Midlands, and he moved to London in 2007 to complete Higher Specialist Training in Paediatrics at world-renowned centres such as Great Ormond Street, Royal Brompton Hospital and the Queen Charlotte Hospital. Following completion of Paediatric Training, Dr Vyas further specialised in Paediatric Allergy at the prestigious Imperial Healthcare NHS Trust before obtaining his substantive NHS Consultant appointment at West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust.
In 2018, he graduated from University College London with a Master of Science degree in Advanced Paediatrics completing his final thesis analysing Anaphylaxis trends in the United Kingdom. His work was presented at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology Conference.
Dr Vyas’ passion is providing the best medical care for every patient. By combing his wide breadth of general paediatric and children’s allergy experience he provides bespoke management plans that improve the quality of life for patients and their families. He works closely with the wider team to ensure that testing is conducted in a timely manner providing rapid diagnosis.
Dr Vyas has a keen interest in education, and he is the Training Programme Director for Foundation Trainees at West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust. He is also a Paediatric Advanced Life Support Course trainer and Course Director. He provides a range of Allergy related educational lectures to GPs and other medical practitioners on a regular basis.
Along with the development of local NHS services, Dr Vyas has played a key role in improving the provision of allergy care, both regionally and nationally. Currently, he is involved in the British Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology Working Group establishing National Service Standards for the delivery of high-quality allergy care. He has also recently been involved with writing guidance for national implementation of peanut immunotherapy on the NHS as well as the largest National Survey of Allergy Provisions across the United Kingdom.
In his spare time, Dr Vyas is a keen photographer. Though specialising in wildlife and landscapes, he enjoys taking photographs of a wide variety of genres. He is happily married and has two daughters.
