John is a medical consultant in the diagnosis and treatment of allergic diseases and asthma.

After completing his medical degree at the University of Melbourne, John obtained specialist qualifications in internal medicine (clinical immunology and allergy) and pathology (anatomical pathology). He spent 18 months at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology in Washington, DC. He was the Director of Pathology at the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital in Melbourne, and was on the Steering Group that developed the National Asthma Strategy in Australia.

John has clinics in Melbourne and in Rosebud on the beautiful Mornington Peninsula south-east of Melbourne.  His publications include studies on asthma, ant venoms, drug allergies, food allergy, eye diseases and the genetics of allergy.

Together with colleagues Prof Michael Abramson and Dr Robert Puy, John has published two SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS (statistical interpretations of published data). The references for these two papers are: (1) Abramson M, Puy R, Weiner J. Immunotherapy in asthma: an updated systematic review. Allergy 1999; 54: 1022-41. [this reference is also listed on the Cochrane Collaboration]  (2) Weiner J, Puy R, Abramson M. Intranasal corticosteroids in allergic rhinitis. BMJ 1999; 318: 1350-1351

The dreaded IMPORTED FIRE ANT has arrived in Australia, and John co-authored an editorial on this topic in the Medical Journal of Australia. Interested readers can access this article at: http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/176_11_030602/mcc10192_fm.html

John has also co-authored a recent editorial in the same journal on HIDDEN FOOD ALLERGENS. This paper can be accessed at: http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/181_04_160804/sai10422_fm.html

The Medical Journal of Australia published a series of articles on allergy in 2006 with a monograph in 2007 and John is one of the three Editors.

In his spare time, John grows grapes and makes wine. He has recently completed a Graduate Certificate in Wine Technology and Viticulture. Readers may be interested in the new laws on declaring allergens on wine labels. These can be accessed at:

http://www.wineaustralia.com/Australia/Default.aspx?tabid=1050