Dr Emily Derrick is a leading consultant in paediatric allergy and general paediatrics. She trained in paediatric allergy at St Mary's Hospital, Royal London Hospital and Evelina Children's Hospital and completed a Masters in Allergy during her training.

Dr Derrick now works as the lead for paediatric allergy at Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust.

She is an expert in the care of infants and children from birth to age sixteen with all atopic conditions including food allergy, respiratory allergy, asthma, gastrointestinal allergy, allergic rhinitis and chronic urticaria.  As a general paediatrician she also advices on other paediatric concerns (non-allergy). 

Dr Derrick has a particular interest in eczema in babies and young children and has developed a community based eczema education service.

Dr Derrick also runs the British Paediatric Allergy Network, which is an on-line discussion forum for professionals working in paediatric allergy. She is involved with the BSACI (British Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology) as a paediatric scientific programme director.