Professor Partridge recognised as Emeritus Professor of Respiratory Medicine

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Professor Martyn Partridge

We are delighted to announce that Professor Martyn Partridge has been given the title of Emeritus Professor of Respiratory Medicine.

The title was conferred on Professor Partridge in recognition, and in appreciation of, his service at Imperial College London. After working as a Consultant in Respiratory Medicine in East London, Martyn Partridge was invited to apply for a post at Imperial at the end of 2001 and appointed Chair in Respiratory Medicine based on the Charing Cross Campus. The brief was for non-lab based research and to develop a new programme researching the delivery of respiratory healthcare. The focus was on patient-centred care and on translational research, from lab to bedside, or more importantly lab to bedside to community. Specific areas of research included earlier and more accurate diagnosis of respiratory disease, evaluation of service enhancements, the use of lay educators, telephone consultations, electronic asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) self-management action plans, as well as methods of enhancing communication between both patients and doctors, and specialists and general practitioners.

"Martyn has made a remarkable contribution to the College at so many levels and I hope we will continue to see a lot of him” Professor Edwin Chilvers Head of NHLI

When asked what his highlight had been whilst at NHLI Martyn commented “Undoubtedly the highlight for me has been the pleasure of working with such talented and committed people in Imperial and in NHLI. This includes clinical colleagues on several campuses and in primary care, inspirational international leaders in respiratory science at NHLI, Dovehouse Street, the Comprehensive Local Research Network, the amazing Faculty Education team and the numerous friends I made in Singapore and keep in touch with”. Martyn has a particular interest in the subject of health literacy and in simplifying information materials and questionnaires (such as the Epworth Sleepiness score) to enhance comprehension. Developing good relations with local general practitioners was essential to this work and led to further work on integrating primary and secondary care and the appointment of a Primary Care Trust funded Consultant in integrated respiratory care to Imperial NHS Charing Cross Hospital. Martyn subsequently chaired the British Thoracic Society Integrated Care working party to further promote this change in care delivery whereby hospital specialists work for large parts of their time outside of the hospital.

In 2010 Professor Partridge was asked to move to Singapore as Senior Vice Dean for the joint Imperial College London and Nanyang Technological University Medical School (subsequently named the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine). Here he was responsible for the introduction of a completely fresh curriculum and pedagogy. On his return to the UK Martyn changed campus and assumed a part-time post as Professor of Respiratory Medicine and Patient Centred Care. During the tenure of this post he has continued teaching Year 1 MBBS, MRes and on the BSc Respiratory Science course (where he introduced team based learning for the first time), and he has chaired numerous panels selecting future Imperial medical students.

Professor Edwin Chilvers, Head of NHLI, remarked on Martyn’s recognition: “I’m really delighted that Martyn is keeping his connection with NHLI through his appointment as Emeritus Professor of Respiratory Medicine. Martyn has made a remarkable contribution to the College at so many levels and I hope we will continue to see a lot of him”.


Further details of Professor Partridge’s affiliations and achievements can be found on his personal webpage

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Ms Helen Johnson

Ms Helen Johnson
National Heart & Lung Institute

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Email: helen.johnson@imperial.ac.uk

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