- Bupa Platinum consultant
- Fee assured
- Verified account
- Open Referral network
Offers
- Face-to-face consultations
- Video and telephone consultations
About me
Dr Vasilis Kouranos is a Consultant Respiratory Physician at the Royal Brompton Hospital and Honorary Senior Lecturer at Imperial College, London.
Dr Kouranos has a sub-specialist expertise in advanced pulmonary and cardiac sarcoidosis, which was the subject of his PhD thesis.
He also manages patients with general respiratory problems such as an unexplained cough, asthma, COPD, respiratory tract infections and bronchiectasis.
His PhD focused on the screening of pulmonary and systemic sarcoidosis patients with cardiac MRI
for the detection of cardiac involvement. He has also been awarded a MSc in Thoracic Oncology.
He is actively involved in clinical research and is the author of over 100 of peer-reviewed articles, including original papers, editorials, abstracts and book chapters. He has developed the Royal Brompton Hospital Advanced Pulmonary and Cardiac Sarcoidosis Registry, which is the largest in the world. As part of his research activities he has co-designed and participated as principal investigator in clinical trials in treatment of pulmonary sarcoidosis. He is the course organiser of the Annual Cardiac Sarcoidosis symposium with national and international delegates.
Dr Kouranos is a member of British Thoracic Society (BTS) and the BTS Clinical Statement Group for Diagnosis and Management of Sarcoidosis. He is also a fellow of Royal College of Physicians (RCP), as well as member of European Respiratory Society, American Thoracic Society and World Association of Sarcoidosis and Other Granulomatous Disorders (WASOG). He was a member of the British Thoracic Society Standards of Care Committee.
Areas of interest
He has great experience in management of patients with:
- sarcoidosis,
- interstitial lung disease
- pulmonary fibrosis
- hypersensitivity pneumonitis
- connective tissue disease associated interstitial lung disease
He also manages patients with general respiratory problems such as:
- unexplained chronic cough
- asthma
- bronchitis
- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
- respiratory infections
- bronchiectasis
Medical secretaries
- Libby Broughton
- Royal Brompton Hospital Sydney Street London SW3 6NP
- 020 7315 4170
- 07949 282141
- 0330 128 8121
- doctor.respiratory@gmail.com
Information for healthcare professionals (Bupa patients only, last 12 months)
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20365
Follow-up out-patient consultation - remote - (1-5)
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20355
Initial out-patient consultation - remote - (1-5)
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E5180
Diagnostic bronchoscopy +/- biopsy - (1-5)
Cromwell Hospital (1-5) Royal Brompton Hospital (1-5)