About Dr Ian Stone

I am a Consultant Physician in Respiratory and Sleep Medicine. I take a very holistic, patient-centred approach which is compassionate and evidence based. I strongly believe in forming partnerships with patients based on respect accountability and honesty

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Qualifications

I qualified in medicine from Imperial College School of Medicine in 2003 with honours in Physiology and obtaining a BSc (Hons) in Pharmacology and Toxicology.  I spent time working at institutions considered to be at the forefront of respiratory medicine including The London Chest, Royal Brompton and Harefield, St Bartholomew’s, The Royal Free, The Royal London and St Mary’s Hospitals.

In 2011-2016 I was awarded a fellowship to undertake research into the effects of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a smoking-related lung disease, and its treatment on heart structure and function using advanced imaging techniques including cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The work continues to be presented at international conferences.  It has resulted in multiple peer-reviewed publications.  I have also received awards including from the British Lung Foundation. For this work I was awarded a PhD degree from the University of London.

Expertise

In my current NHS post at Northwick Park and Central Middlesex Hospitals, I manage patients with the entire range of breathing and chest conditions. I am currently the Clinical Lead at London North West University Healthcare NHS trust for Oxygen and Sleep Medicine, where I am responsible for analysing and reporting over 500 sleep studies annually.  Between 2017-2021 I was honoured to have been selected to be part of the NICE guideline development committee for sleep apnoea.  We have now published the related NICE guideline for sleep apnoea.

As a Consultant Respiratory Physician,  I am consulted about all symptoms related to the lungs including cough, breathlessness, wheezing, sputum, coughing up blood, chest pains and snoring.  I treats patients with persistent  asthma, chronic bronchitis and emphysema, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), sleep apnoea, long COVID, lung cancer, pulmonary fibrosis, chest infections, pneumonia, tuberculosis (TB), bronchiectasis, pulmonary nodules, pleural disease, pleural effusions, pulmonary embolism, sarcoidosis and pneumothorax.

Experience

I am an experienced bronchoscopist including standard and endobronchial ultrasound guided (EBUS) biopsies and undertake respiratory fitness to fly testing and cardio-pulmonary exercise testing.

I have extensive experience of acute, general and emergency medicine. My clinical responsibilities include the medical High Dependency Unit (HDU), which involves the supervision of patients requiring ventilatory support for both COVID-related illness and other causes of ventilatory failure.  I am involved in the acute on-call rota at Northwick Park admitting up to 50 emergencies per day. I am a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and a member of the British Thoracic Society and European Respiratory Society.

 

Presentations and Publications

2020

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease as a Predictor of Cardiovascular Risk: A Case-Control Study

Mohammed Y. Khanji, Ian S. Stone, Redha Boubertakh, Jackie A. Cooper, Neil C. Barnes & Steffen E. Petersen (2020)Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, 17:1, 81-89

2018

European Respiratory Society Post Graduate Course:

The effect of lung bronchodilation on cardiac structure and function

2016

Lung Deflation and Cardiovascular Structure and Function in COPD: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Ian S Stone, Neil C Barnes, Wai-Yee James, Dawn Midwinter,
Redha Boubertakh, Richard Follows, Leonette John, Steffen E Petersen. American  Journal  Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 2016 Apr 1;193(7):717-26. 

2015

Handbook of mechanical ventilation – A user’s guide

Published by the Intensive Care Foundation; Edited by Hugh Montgomery - Ian S Stone contributed 2 chapters

American Thoracic Society Conference Mini-Symposium:

The effect of reducing lung hyperinflation with fluticasone furoate/vilanterol on cardiac structure, function and arterial stiffness: a cardiac magnetic resonance study

2014

Moving from the Oslerian paradigm to the post-genomic era: Are Asthma and COPD out-dated terms?

 Lowie Vanfleteren, Janwillem Kocks, Ian S Stone et al Thorax. 2014 Jan; 69(1): 72-9 (review)

Reporting standards in cardiac MRI, CT and SPECT diagnostic accuracy studies: Analysis of the impact of STARD criteria

Maclean, IS Stone, F Celeen et al European Heart Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging. 2014 Jun; 15(6): 691-700

2013

Raised Troponin In COPD: Clinical Implications And Possible Mechanisms

Ian S Stone, Steffen E Petersen, Neil C Barnes Heart. 2013 Jan; 99(2): 71-2 (editorial)

Reproducibility of arterial stiffness and wave reflections in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: the contribution of lung hyperinflation and a comparison of techniques

Ian S Stone, L Johns, Steffen E Petersen, Neil C Barnes Respir Med. 2013 Nov; 107(11): 1700-8

2012

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular disease?

IS Stone, S.E. Petersen, Neil C Barnes et al Heart 2012; 98:1055-1062 (review)

The Contribution of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance to Healthcare Research

(Lay review). Ian S Stone and S.E Petersen Clinical Contract Research Association Yearbook 2012

2011

American Thoracic Society Great Cases Symposium:

Clinical, radiologic and pathologic correlations by master physicians: A Case Report: Nodule Size In The Diagnosis Of Reactivating Pulmonary Histoplasma Capsulatum

2010

Non-invasive ventilation (NIV) immediately after extubation reduces ventilatory failure and 90-day mortality in patients with hypercapnia

(Lung Alert) Thorax 2010; 65:625

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