Professor Darius Armstrong-James : General (internal) medicine , Infectious diseases

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Professor Darius Armstrong-James

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About me

I am a general and infectious diseases physician with sub-specialty training in medical mycology (fungal disease). I am a Professor at Imperial College London where I have a particular interest in the interaction between the immune system and infectious diseases. I initially trained in Southampton before undertaking further degrees in infectious diseases at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and a PhD at Imperial College London. I lead the fungal diseases unit at the Royal Brompton Hospital.

Areas of interest

I am a general and infectious diseases physician with expertise in all areas of infectious diseases including returning travellers, Lyme disease and chronic infections. I have a particular specialist expertise in infection and immunodeficiency, fungal infections, mycobacteria infections and chronic respiratory infections.

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About me

Current NHS consultant posts held

Honorary Consultant Infectious Diseases Physician and Medical Mycologist, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust

Research interests

Fungal diseases, chronic respiratory infections, immunodeficiency, novel Immunomodulatory and infection risk

Personal interests

Cycling, running, music, cooking, languages, travel, football

Awards received

MRC Clinician Scientist
Gilead Fellowship
Pfizer Fellowship
MRC Centenary Award
Marine Biological Laboratory Scholarship

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Publications

Calcineurin orchestrates lateral transfer of Aspergillus fumigatus during macrophage cell death. Shah A, Kannambath S, Herbst S, Carby M, Reed A, Rogers A, Shaunak S, Armstrong-James D. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2016 Nov 1;194(9):1127-1139.
A subset of virus-specific CD161+ T cells selectively express the multidrug transporter MDR1 and are resistant to chemotherapy in AML. Alsuliman A, Muftuoglu M, Khoder A, Ahn YO, Basar R, Verneris MR, Muranski P, Barrett AJ, Liu E, Li L, Stringaris K, Armstrong-James D, et al. Blood. 2017 Feb 9;129(6):740-758.
Caspofungin Increases Fungal Chitin and Eosinophil and Î³Î´ T Cell-Dependent Pathology in Invasive Aspergillosis. Amarsaikhan N, Sands EM, Shah A, Abdolrasouli A, Reed A, Slaven JE, Armstrong-James D, Templeton SP. J Immunol. 2017 Jul 15;199(2):624-632.
Immunotherapeutic approaches to treatment of fungal diseases. Armstrong-James D, Brown GD, Netea MG, Zelante
T, Gresnigt MS, van de Veerdonk FL, Levitz SM. Lancet Infect Dis. 2017 Dec;17(12):e393-e402.
From phagocytosis to metaforosis: Calcineurin's deadly role in innate processing of fungi. Armstrong-James D, de Boer
L, Bercusson A, Shah A. PLoS Pathog. 2018 Jan 4;14(1):e1006627.

My qualifications & training

Qualifications

Bachelor of Medicine Southampton University 1996
Masters in Molecular Infectious Diseases London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine 2001
Doctor of Philosophy Imperial College London 1996

Additional training

Diploma in HIV Medicine Society of Apothecaries 2009
Diploma in Medical Mycology University College London 2014
Diploma of the London School of Hygeine and Tropical Medicine LSHTM 2002

GMC registration

Reference number 4320351

Affiliations / memberships

Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians
Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists

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