Respiratory Meets: Renal

Respiratory Meets: Renal saw an expert panel discuss the case of a patient with vasculitis and how they are managed by the respiratory and renal teams.

 

This was the first instalment of the new quarterly online event series 'Respiratory Meets...', which will showcase collaboration between respiratory professionals and those from other disciplines. Learn more about the Respiratory Meets event series.

 

The event series is FREE to attend for both ERS members and non-members.

Chair:

Dr Sheila Ramjug

This instalment will be chaired by Dr Sheila Ramjug, Consultant Respiratory Physician at Salford Hospital Foundation Trust, Manchester, UK and Editor of the ERS Respiratory Channel.

Speakers:

Dr Silke Brix

Renal Department at Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and honourary lecturer at the University of Manchester, UK. Silke's research areas focus on nephrology and clinical immunology, with a particular interest in pathogenesis and clinical course of ANCA-associated vasculitis. She is currently working on risk stratifications and biomarkers of the disease.

Dr Nazia Chaudhuri

Senior Clinical Lecturer at the University of Ulster and Altnagelvin Hospital, Northern Ireland, UK. Nazia is a respiratory physician specialising in interstitial lung disease (ILD) service and has been lead of the ILD service at the Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, UK for close to 10 years. She has been principal investigator on more than 20 clinical research trials in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) in the last five years and is part of the long-range planning committee for the ERS Assembly in ILD.

Attendance at this event is free, but registration in advance is required.

ERS Respiratory Meets is a new quarterly online event hosted live on the ERS Respiratory Channel. This programme aims to showcase collaborative working between respiratory professionals and those in other disciplines in order to provide the best possible care to patients with multisystem disease requirements.