Dr Vasileios Kouranos
Consultant Respiratory Physician
- Available from
- London
About Vasileios Kouranos
Dr Vasileios Kouranos is a consultant respiratory physician who is experienced in managing all respiratory conditions with specialist expertise in interstitial lung disease and sarcoidosis.
He works as an NHS consultant in the Royal Brompton Hospital, a highly specialised heart and lung hospital considered as the National centre of excellence for patients with lung disease in the UK.
Dr Vasileios Kouranos is an Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer at Imperial College London. He is an active research investigator in clinical trials in the field of interstitial lung disease and sarcoidosis. Dr Kouranos continues to be highly active in clinical research focusing on the risk stratification and outcome of interstitial lung disease and sarcoidosis. He is supervising MSc and PhD students and publishing his research in the most prestigious medical journals.
He has completed his PhD on the role of cardiac MRI in screening general sarcoidosis population for cardiac involvement. He has developed the Cardiac Sarcoidosis Registry at the Royal Brompton hospital which is currently the largest in the world.
Clinical Posts:
Consultant Respiratory Physician at Royal Brompton Hospital
Expertise
- Interstitial Lung Diseases
- Pulmonary Fibrosis
- Sarcoidosis
- Cardiac Sarcoidosis
- Post-COVID Lung Disease and Comorbidities
- Connective Tissue Disease-Related Lung Diseases
- Breathlessness
- Chronic Cough
- General Respiratory Conditions
- Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
- and Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis
Overview
- Age of patients seen
- 18+
- Languages spoken
- English, Greek
- Research highlights
Notable Publications:
WASOG statement on the diagnosis and management of sarcoidosis-associated pulmonary hypertension. Savale L, Huitema M, Shlobin O, Kouranos V, Nathan SD, Nunes H, Gupta R, Grutters JC, Culver DA, Post MC, Ouellette D, Lower EE, Al-Hakim T, Wells AU, Humbert M, Baughman RP. Eur Respir Rev. 2022 Feb 9;31(163):210165. doi: 10.1183/16000617.0165-2021.
BTS Clinical Statement on pulmonary sarcoidosis. Thillai M, Atkins CP, Crawshaw A, Hart SP, Ho LP, Kouranos V, Patterson K, Screaton NJ, Whight J, Wells AU. Thorax. 2021 Jan;76(1):4-20. doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2019-214348.
Mixed Ventilatory Defects in Pulmonary Sarcoidosis: Prevalence and Clinical Features. Kouranos V, Ward S, Kokosi MA, Castillo D, Chua F, Judge EP, Thomas S, Van Tonder F, Devaraj A, Nicholson AG, Maher TM, Renzoni EA, Wells AU. Chest. 2020 Nov;158(5):2007-2014. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2020.04.074.
Pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis in systemic sclerosis: prevalence and prognostic impact. Bonifazi M, Sverzellati N, Negri E, Jacob J, Egashira R, Moser J, Piciucchi S, Mei F, De Lauretis A, Visca D, Goh N, Bonini M, Cirilli L, La Vecchia C, Chua F, Kouranos V, Margaritopoulos G, Kokosi M, Maher TM, Gasparini S, Gabrielli A, Wells AU, Renzoni EA. Eur Respir J. 2020 Jul 9;56(1):1902135.
5. Physiological predictors of survival in patients with sarcoidosis-associated pulmonary hypertension: results from an international registry. Shlobin OA, Kouranos V, Barnett SD, Alhamad EH, Culver DA, Barney J, Cordova FC, Carmona EM, Scholand MB, Wijsenbeek M, Ganesh S, Lower EE, Engel PJ, Wort J, Price L, Wells AU, Nathan SD, Baughman RP. Eur Respir J. 2020 May 14;55(5):1901747.
- Professional memberships
WASOG
ERS
ATS
BTS
- Certifications and Awards
Hellenic Thoracic Society Research award in 2011
Consultations and services
- Self-pay available from £300
- Health insurance
- Self-pay available from £300
- Health insurance
Insurers covered
- +4 more
- Cigna International
- Allianz Partners
- Henner
- Healix
Tests & treatments
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