25 Apr 2024

CF diagnosis and CFTR function: what are we sweating about?

This Grand Round delivered by Professor Nicholas Simmonds covers Cystic Fibrosis diagnosis and CFTR function.

More specifically this Grand Round covers:

Pathopysiology
Diagnostic pathway and uncertainties
CFTR functional tests
Case examples
CFTR related disorders
Future directions

Professor Nicholas Simmonds Background

Professor Nicholas Simmonds is Associate Director of the Adult CF Centre at Brompton and Professor of Practice (Respiratory Medicine) at Imperial College London. His main research interests include difficult CF diagnosis and the investigation of novel CF therapies. He has been a Principal Investigator on numerous global multicentre trials and is on the Executive Committee of the European Cystic Fibrosis Society (ECFS) Clinical Trials Network. He has extensive experience of novel diagnostic techniques and is the Vice Coordinator of the ECFS Diagnostic Network. He is also on the Registry Research Committee of the UK CF Registry, a role which promotes the use of registries to better understand outcomes in CF.

ACCESS TALK

Professor Nicholas Simmonds Associate director and consultant physician of Adult Cystic Fibrosis Centre at Royal Brompton Hospital.

Curated for: Primary care doctors & Secondary care doctors & Students
Subject: Respiratory medicine45 Minutes

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