Dr Vasileios Kouranos

Dr Vasilis Kouranos joined the Royal Brompton Hospital in 2013 and has been an invaluable member of the consultant body of the interstitial lung disease and sarcoidosis department. He has also contributed to the substantial development and growth of both the interstitial lung disease and sarcoidosis service at Royal Brompton Hospital. Dr Kouranos completed an MSc in Thoracic Oncology with a specific interest in the antibiotic prophylaxis of chemotherapy-induced neutropenic lung cancer patients. During his PhD, he focused on the use of CMR as a screening tool for 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. 

Dr Vasilis Kouranos is highly specialised in pulmonary fibrosis and interstitial lung diseases such as idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, hypersensitivity pneumonitis and connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung diseases at the Royal Brompton Hospital. He has sub-specialist expertise in sarcoidosis and particularly advanced pulmonary and cardiac sarcoidosis, which was the subject of his PhD thesis. He also offers clinical support for sarcoidosis and ILD patients with lung cancer.  He also has great experience in the management of patients with general respiratory problems such as:  - an unexplained chronic cough or breathlessness - asthma - bronchitis - chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) - respiratory infections - bronchiectasis Dr Kouranos has developed significant experience in the management of patients with long COVID as well as post-COVID interstitial lung disease.