Tom Fardon

Chest doctor in Tayside, Honorary Professor University of Dundee, Respiratory Lead Centre for Sustainable Delivery, runner, cyclist, SFV masher, house trained.

[Tom Fardon @DundeeChest]

@PaedsRH @_HistoryNerd Fried Chicken? 🍗

[Tom Fardon @DundeeChest]

@doclip1 The ‘research fellow’ trial. Apart from the mysterious “Top 5”

[NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre @ManchesterBRC]

🫁Respiratory researchers contributed to improved diagnostic guidelines for identifying and managing asthma, announced by @NICEComms.

The new guideline recommends chronic asthma should be diagnosed when people first show symptoms by using simple tests.

🔗https://t.co/t3PPSxem4q

[James Hull @Breathe_to_win]

Lots of rubbish written about the control of breathing during exercise / use of breathing patterns / nasal breathing patterns - typically citing poor / irrelevant references.

If you want a decent primer on breathing and exercise - read this:

https://t.co/zZi2UmZFDH

[Tom Fardon @DundeeChest]

@doclip1 @StephenJ_Fowler I have a canary yellow corduroy kilt jacket I could wear next year….

[Tom Fardon @DundeeChest]

@doclip1 presenting on fluidity of TH2 markers in our asthma patients at #BTSWinter2024 taking @StephenJ_Fowler ‘s fashion advice on stage #dressedasaninhaler

[Tom Fardon @DundeeChest]

@StephenJ_Fowler @doclip1 As always. No matter what the jacket.

[Tom Fardon @DundeeChest]

@BradleyJPrice @BTSrespiratory Great talk, nice to meet you at the session.

[Tom Fardon @DundeeChest]

@tasha_rupani finishing up the transforming services session. Great to have so many people in the room. #BTSWinter2024 has been a buzz all week.

[Tom Fardon @DundeeChest]

@charlot_summers @brit_thoracic Great session. Even with wrong-slide-deck-shocker!

[Tom Fardon @DundeeChest]

Never in doubt, @emma_d_johnson - You’re DundeeResp forever, now.

[James D Chalmers @ProfJDChalmers]

Incredibly proud of Emma Johnson @emma_d_johnson
Winner of the 2024 BALR Early Career Investigator Award at British Thoracic Society Winter Meeting 2024

Congratulations Emma 👏👏👏
@Shoemelia @BTSrespiratory @BALRcommunity @UoDMedicine @dundeeuni #bronchiectasis

[Tom Fardon @DundeeChest]

Glasgow’s Kevin Blythe. Meso-master. #btswinter2024

[Tom Fardon @DundeeChest]

Karl Staples faces everyone’s nightmare scenario on stage - “Ah, this is the wrong slide set”. Battling on @BTSWinter2024

[Tom Fardon @DundeeChest]

@quint

[Tom Fardon @DundeeChest]

@GrainnedAn I’m a bit concerned I don’t sneak in to that definition. #needanewjob

[Tom Fardon @DundeeChest]

@Garry42779 @online_his @HISengage @ihubscot @scothealthtech @signguidelines @BTSrespiratory @NICEComms @PCRSUK @asthmalungscot @asthmalunguk @ARNS_UK @DarushAttar @doclip1 @pulmonologydoc @76whit @wheezylikesund1 Success.

[Tom Fardon @DundeeChest]

A Rob Horne shaped hole in the Asthma Guideline Implementation session at #BTSWinter2024. His dulcet tones waft over the Churchill Auditorium, still.

[Tom Fardon @DundeeChest]

@GrainnedAn Gráinne D’Ancona suggesting SABAs should be a controlled drug???? #BTSWinter2024 there’s more nuance to the SABA-free future.

[Tom Fardon @DundeeChest]

@Garry42779 @online_his @HISengage @ihubscot @scothealthtech @signguidelines @BTSrespiratory @NICEComms @PCRSUK @asthmalungscot @asthmalunguk @ARNS_UK @DarushAttar @doclip1 @pulmonologydoc @76whit @wheezylikesund1 🤦

[Becky D'Cruz @RebDCruz]

This year’s #BTSWinter2024 opening with a bang 💥

A revolution in #COPD - are we there…? Fabulous overview from @GuyBrusselle @suryapbhatt & @MonaBafadhel on biologics - where we are and where we might be going 🧐

Great start to a great Meeting! #respisbest 🫁