Dr Vasilis Kouranos

Dr Vasilis Kouranos is a consultant respiratory physician at the Royal Brompton Hospital and honorary clinical senior lecturer at Imperial College, London.

Dr Vasilis Kouranos has both clinical and academic interests. During his training in respiratory medicine he has completed a MSc in Thoracic Oncology with specific interest in the antibiotic prophylaxis of chemotherapy-induced neutropenic lung cancer patients. Following a 3-year fellowship at Royal Brompton Hospital he was appointed Consultant Respiratory Physician under the Interstitial Lung Disease and sarcoidosis department. His PhD focused on the use of CMR as screening tool of cardiac involvement in patients with biopsy-proven sarcoidosis. He was awarded a research scholarship grant for that study. This research study was published in a high-impact journal which influences current practice in the field.

As part of his work at Royal Brompton hospital he has also contributed to the substantial development and growth of the cardiac sarcoidosis service as well as the joint neurosarcoidosis service.