Consultant Respiratory Physician
Royal Brompton Hospital

Biography
Dr Christopher Orton graduated from St George’s Hospital Medical School with MBBS and a BSc in Biochemistry and Immunology. Having completed his general medical and respiratory specialty training in London, Dr Orton has worked at prestigious teaching hospitals, including Hammersmith Hospital, St Mary’s Hospital, St George’s Hospital, and Royal Brompton Hospital. Dr Orton has completed a PhD with Imperial College London on the effects of epithelial resurfacing with liquid nitrogen using Metered Cryospray in patients with COPD.

Dr Orton’s NHS base is Royal Brompton Hospital, a highly specialised heart and lung hospital where he is a member of the lung cancer and interventional bronchoscopy unit.

Through his continued links with Imperial College London, Dr Orton is highly active in basic science and clinical research, conducting studies, supervising PhD students, and publishing papers in high-impact medical journals.

Professor of Respiratory Medicine at Imperial College London
Senior Consultant Physician
Royal Brompton Hospital & Imperial College

Biography
Professor Pallav Shah is currently Professor of Respiratory Medicine at Imperial College, London, He is a Senior Consultant Physician at the Royal Brompton Hospital. He qualified in Medicine at Guy’s Hospital Medical School, London and trained in pulmonology at the Royal Brompton Hospital.
Professor Shah is active in both the research and the development of new treatments. He has developed several novel therapies; which include endobronchial valves, endobronchial coils, Vaopr and Aeriseal sealant for emphysema, lung denervation for COPD, cryospray and pulsed electrical field therapy for chronic bronchitis, and bronchial thermoplasty for asthma. He is currently developing robotic guided ablation of lung tumours.
He has over 300 papers and several books – including his contribution as sectional editor of the thoracic section of Grays Anatomy (39th & 40th editions) and as sectional editor for respiratory section of the Oxford textbook of Medicine (6th edition). He also the author of an Atlas of Flexible Bronchoscopy and chief editor of Essentials of Clinical Pulmonology. He is a fellow of the European Respiratory
Society. He thinks of himself as “Jack of All Trades & Master of None”.