Dr Alexis Papadopoulos is a Respiratory Consultant with an interest in Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILD), who was born in Nicosia, Cyprus. He graduated from University of Athens (Greece) in 2004 and followed a medical training in Greece and Cyprus.

During this training, he had the chance to work at the Rehabilitation Centre of Hadassah Hospital in Israel and following this, he worked as a pre-registration house officer and Internal Medicine registrar in Cyprus. He then completed a full-time Master’s degree (MSc) at the University of Nottingham on Management of Critically Ill patients, between 2008-2009. Upon completion of this degree, he returns to Greece where he starts his formal training on Respiratory Medicine. He stayed in Greece for nearly 3 years, and then completed his registrar training at the Nicosia General Hospital in Cyprus. Between 2014 and 2017, he was appointed to the position of Respiratory Consultant at Weston General Hospital (North Somerset, UK) and Nicosia General Hospital (Cyprus) where he developed a special interest in Intersitial Lung Diseases and interventional pulmonology.

He has a particular interest in European Respiratory Society’s (ERS) activities, attending several ERS schools and successfully gaining the European Diploma in Respiratory Medicine in 2016 (EDRM). In 2017, he moves back to UK to work in one of the most prestigious Respiratory Centers, the Oxford University Hospital NHS Trust, where he completes a Clinical Fellowship in Interstitial Lung Disease. Upon completion of this fellowship, he was appointed as a Respiratory Consultant with a special Interest in Interstitial Lung Disease at the University of South Manchester Hospitals NHS Trust (Wythenshawe Hospital) until 2019.

During his medical career, Dr. Papadopoulos has participated in various seminars and workshops, received two abstract awards during European Respiratory Society’s annual congresses, performed various presentations on respiratory topics in several hospitals and institutions and participated in numerous audits and quality improvement projects. He has published several articles in local and European medical journals and he is also a member of different medical societies, namely European Respiratory Society (ERS), British Thoracic Society (BTS), American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) and the World Association of Sarcoidosis and Other Granulomatous diseases (WASOG). Since 2019, he owns a European Diploma in Lung Ultrasound (level 1 & 2).