Christopher Johnson MRCP, BMBCh

Chris Johnson is Clinical Lead for the Lung Defence and Immunology Services at Royal Papworth Hospital and Consultant to the Adult Cystic Fibrosis Unit. He is also an Honorary Consultant at Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge and a Board Member of the European Reference Network on Rare Lung disease. The Lung Defence Clinic oversees the care of >2000 patients with bronchiectasis associated with primary and secondary immunodeficiencies, chronic Pseudomonal infection, non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) lung disease, Aspergillus related lung disease, rheumatoid arthritis, serious childhood infection, chronic aspiration, and primary ciliary dyskinesia. Chris trained at the Universities of Cambridge and Oxford before completing his post-graduate training in Cambridge and undertaking a Preceptorship at Royal Papworth Hospital, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and the National Jewish Hospital in Denver, USA. He is also the Trust’s Chief Medical Information Officer with responsibility for clinical IT systems and has various national roles in IT with NHS Digital.