POST GRADUATE QUALIFICATIONS:  MRCP (UK), March 1981, FRCP, 1995

Consultant in Respiratory and General Medicine since November 1988.

General and Respiratory Medicine firm at the Royal London hospital for twenty years.

Regular General Medical on-take running a general medical firm specialising in respiratory medicine doing regular post-take ward rounds.

Specialist Respiratory Medicine firm at the London Chest Hospital specialising in severe and difficult asthma, COPD, pleural disease.

Run specialist clinics for lung cancer and pulmonary fibrosis

MEDICO-LEGAL EXPERIENCE:

More than twenty years experience in providing medico-legal reports on medical negligence in respiratory and general medicine.  medico-legal reports on occupational asthma, trauma effecting the lungs etc.  Work for defendants and plaintiff.  Work for NHS Litigation Authority, Medical Protection Society and Medical Defence Union

EDITORIAL APPOINTMENTS:

Associate Editor:   Thorax, April 1990 – 2003
Editor:  Reversible obstructive airways disease, now Respiratory Disease.  Reviews of recent papers and comments on papers on clinical and basic research into asthma and other lung diseases, 1987 – present
Grand Rounds – 2001 to present.  Innovative Internet Journal for Case Reports

EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBER:

Treatments in Respiratory Disease 2001 to 2004
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 2005-2008
Primary Care Respiratory Journal 2006 – to date

MANAGERIAL APPOINTMENTS:

Lead Clinician for Respiratory Medicine 1999 to 2006
Associate Director for General and Specialty Medicine 1999 - 2005
Joint Director of Research & Development, Barts and the London NHS Trust and Medical School 2005 to present

ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES:

Member of the Research Committee, National Asthma Campaign, two 3 year periods
Member of the Scientific Committee, British Lung Foundation, currently doing second of two three year periods.
Co-Chair Pharmacology Group, British Thoracic Society/SIGN Asthma Guidelines

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES:

Research in Asthma, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and other respiratory diseases.
Over ninety peer reviewed publications, sixty review  articles and editorials, more than 30 book chapters.
Invited lecturer at national and international meetings.

TEACHING PORTFOLIO (includes):

Runs an undergraduate firm at the Royal London Hospital.
Lectures on integrated topic teaching doing clinical demonstration for 1st and 2nd years.
Has been MD Examiner for London University, Edinburgh University, Southampton University, Nottingham University, Trinity College (Dublin) and PhD Examiner for London University.
Has been on the Admissions Interview Panel since 2004.
Teaches on the MSc in Medical Microbiology course and the Diploma in Sports Medicine.

RESEARCH PORTFOLIO (includes):

Main area of research interest has been the investigation of pathophysiological mechanisms in asthma and more recently chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) by study of patients with these diseases particularly using targeted drug therapy to understand disease processes.

Has particular expertise in the investigation of severe and difficult asthma and the investigation of immunosuppressants.

Is an acknowledged expert in clinical trial design in asthma and COPD and the interpretation of clinical trials.

Has, for the last four years, co-chaired the pharmacology section of the new British Guideline of Asthma Management a collaboration between the British Thoracic Society and the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN).