Professor Tom Wilkinson
MA, MBBS, MRCP, PhD
Training and education
- Medical training at Cambridge University and St Bartholomew's Hospital, London.
- PhD studies at Queen Mary and University College London.
Experience
Prof Wilkinson joined the Trust in July 2011 as an honorary consultant in respiratory medicine. He is also a reader (associate professor) in respiratory medicine at the University of Southampton.
Prof Wilkinson is a respiratory specialist with a sub-specialist interest in airways disease - asthma, bronchiectasis and COPD. He runs a large programme of research developing new vaccines to prevent respiratory infections in patients with airways diseases.
He is a specialist consultant in the difficult airways disease clinic and COPD integrated service, and has developed new patient pathways for diagnosis and community based treatment for COPD.
Prof Wilkinson also leads a five year programme of NHS innovation and service improvement in integrated respiratory care across Wessex (NIHR CLAHRC).
Key achievements
- Establishing the integrated COPD service in Southampton.
- Establishing respiratory services for patients in rural Ethiopia, in partnership with UHS colleagues.
- Directing Wessex-wide improvements in respiratory care.
Awards and prizes
- European Respiratory Researcher of the Year 2012.
- NHS Innovation of the Year Award 2011 for COPD services and research.
- European Respiratory Society COPD research award.
Research
- COPD - new vaccines to prevent exacerbations.
- Asthma - influence of viral infection in the development of asthma.
- Bronchiectasis - identifying new treatment pathways for airway infection.
Further information on Prof Wilkinson's research and publications is available on the University of Southampton website.
Contact
To contact Prof Wilkinson in relation to COPD, call 023 8120 5786.