Dr Desa Lilic is Associate Clinical Lecturer at the Institute of Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University. She was previously Consultant Clinical Immunologist at the University Hospital of North Durham, Senior Clinical Lecturer at Newcastle University.

Her expertise is that of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, and Primary Immune Deficiency diseases in adults. She provides reports in these areas for the purposes of litigation and for the Coroner’s Court.

In her current role, she looks after patients with Chronic Mucocutaneous Candidiasis (CMC). Dr Lilic’s clinical experience includes setting up fully accredited Laboratory and Clinical Immunology services and outpatient clinics. Her research into Primary Immune Deficiencies has been translated into diagnostic NHS tests.

She devised the national UK-Primary Immunodeficiency Network guidelines for clinical investigation and diagnosis of chronic candidiasis; and Trust specific guidelines and protocols for latex allergy, anaphylaxis during anaesthesia, drug allergy investigations and radio-contrast media reactions.

Originally from Belgrade, Dr Lilic speaks Serbian, English, Spanish and Danish.