DUNCAN GEDDES

Professor
Faculty of Medicine
National Heart Lung Institute
United Kingdom

Professor Pulmonology
Biography

Duncan Geddes is Professor in Respiratory Medicine at the National Heart and Lung Institute, Consultant Physician at the Royal Brompton Hospital and Honorary Consultant at the Royal Marsden Hospital. Professor Geddes was an undergraduate at Magdelene College, Cambridge University, reading Natural Sciences, before moving to King's College and Westminster Hospital Medical School where he studied medicine. Professor Geddes subsequently held a range of clinical training posts, including acting as Senior House Office for Professor Dame Margaret Turner Warwick at the Royal Brompton Hospital. He was appointed as Professor of Respiratory Medicine at Imperial College in 1996. He is currently Head of Lungs at the Royal Brompton Hospital and joint head of the lung cancer programme at the Royal Marsden, Royal Brompton and Chelsea & Westminster hospitals.

Research Intrest

Respiratory Medicine, Lung diseases

List of Publications
Fidler KJ, Hilliard TN, Bush A, et al., 2009, Mannose-binding lectin is present in the infected airway: a possible pulmonary defence mechanism, Thorax, Vol:64, ISSN:0040-6376, Pages:150-155
Hopkinson NS, Kemp SV, Toma TP, et al., 2011, Atelectasis and survival after bronchoscopic lung volume reduction for COPD, European Respiratory Journal, Vol:37, ISSN:0903-1936, Pages:1346-1351