SickKids Allergy Clinic named in honour of Kaiser-Rotman Family
SickKids Foundation, in collaboration with The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), is honoured to recognize the Kaiser-Rotman Family’s generous support of the Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Program (FAAP) by renaming its allergy clinic to reflect the family’s name.
The Kaiser-Rotman Food Allergy Clinic will highlight the family’s longstanding support of the FAAP. This includes the more than $5 million they have donated to advance care and research discoveries through supporting staff, clinical trials, and laboratory models related to food allergy. In addition to their financial contributions, the Kaiser-Rotmans are credited with being the founding family behind the FAAP, using their time and talent to generate community-wide support for allergy research, care and awareness.
“Support from the Kaiser-Rotman Family is helping to take the fear out of food,” says Dr. Julia Upton, Co-Director of the SickKids FAAP. “We are incredibly grateful for their support.”
“Their community leadership and vision for healthier children enables our team to take huge leaps forward as we translate years of breakthrough research into safe and accessible treatment options for kids with food allergies,” says Dr. Eyal Grunebaum, FAAP’s Co-Director. “Our dearest thanks to the Kaiser-Rotman Family.”
One of these notable treatments includes oral immunotherapy, which helps kids gradually increase the amount of an allergen that can be safely ingested. The FAAP team is exploring other modalities as well and taking a holistic approach to finding unique solutions for individuals with food allergies by partnering with national and international leaders in the field.
Nearly 500,000 kids are living with a food allergy in Canada, and every day can bring a new challenge. For more information about how the SickKids Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Program (FAAP) is taking fear out of food, including how to donate, please visit:
https://www.sickkidsfoundation.com/whyweneedyou/continuebreakthroughresearch/allergy
