Доктор Paul Aurora
Обзор
Dr Paul Aurora was born in London, and had all his schooling and medical training in the UK.
He first worked as a junior doctor at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) in 1993, and has been consultant since 2002. He is fully trained in all aspects of paediatric respiratory medicine, but his practice focuses on rare, complex, and difficult to treat lung diseases, for which he provides advice to colleagues throughout the world. He has particular expertise in finding investigation and treatment pathways for children who are requiring prolonged ventilation, including children who are in intensive care. He is a recognised international authority on interstitial lung diseases, complex multisystem disorders, lung transplantation, and lung function testing in children of all ages, and frequently contributes to the work of international scientific societies.
Dr Aurora has a long history of working in international settings, including in Afghanistan and in former Yugoslavia when he was still in training. He is familiar with many different cultures, and is adept at communicating clearly using interpreter services. He places great emphasis on informing parents about all aspects of their child’s care and ensuring that they are able to make informed decisions about investigations and treatment.
In addition to his clinical work Dr Aurora is an active teacher. He was previously the educational lead for respiratory medicine at GOSH, and ran the South East England teaching programme for the subspecialty. He has previously been an officer of both the European Respiratory Society and the International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation, and still lectures and teaches on multiple courses and conferences internationally, particularly in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. Through his teaching and advocacy Dr Aurora has close professional links with colleagues through the world.
Dr Aurora has published more than 150 articles in peer reviewed journals, of which the majority are as first author or senior author in high impact factor journals. He has co-chaired or co-authored multiple evidence based guidelines sponsored by scientific societies in the fields of asthma, cystic fibrosis, and lung transplantation, and written multiple textbook chapters.
Квалификация и достижения
- Investigation and treatment of children with complex, rare, and difficult to treat lung diseases
- Investigation and treatment of children who are ventilator dependent, including those who are in intensive care.
- Investigation and treatment of children who have respiratory complications of multi-system diseases.
- Investigation and treatment of children who are requiring multiple hospital or intensive care admissions with respiratory infection or exacerbation.
- Leading authority on lung function testing in children of all ages
- Experienced bronchoscopist, and skilled at bronchoscopic biopsy
- Severe or end-stage lung disease
- Rare and congenital lung diseases, including interstitial lung diseases
- Lung transplantation, and respiratory complications of stem cell transplantation
In addition to his areas of expertise, Dr Aurora is fully trained in all aspects of of paediatric respiratory medicine, including:
- Cystic fibrosis
- Asthma and preschool wheeze
- Recurrent cough
- Recurrent respiratory infection
Qualifications:
- BSc Physiology (London) 1987
- MBBS (London) 1990
- MRCP (London) 1994
- MRCPCH (Foundation member)
- MSc (Masters degree) in Clinical Paediatrics, with distinction (London) 1998
- PhD in Respiratory Physiology (London) 2004
- GMC registered
- Fully Accredited in Paediatrics and Paediatric Respiratory Medicine
Leadership roles in scientific societies:
- Previously Chair of the Paediatric Long Range Planning Committee of the European Respiratory Society
- Previously Chair of scientific group 7.1 of the European Respiratory Society
- Previously Assistant Director of the Registry of the International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation
Dr Aurora is the academic lead for respiratory medicine at GOSH, and is very active in research. His main areas of research have been measuring life expectancy in CF, and the effect/quantification of transplantation upon this; techniques for measuring lung function in preschool children; developing physiological and imaging methods for quantifying ventilation distribution; and other applications of mathematical/statistical techniques to clinical questions. The work he has led and supervised has changed clinical practice nationally and internationally e.g. see consensus documents: Rosenfeld et al Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2013; Stick et al Eur Resp J 2013; Robinson et al Eur Resp J 2013; Hirche et al Pulm Med 2014.
In 2002 Dr Aurora won the European Respiratory Society Award for Paediatric Research in Europe. He was only the 3rd UK researcher to win this award.
Новости и публикации
- Preschool Wheeze and the GINA 2025 Paradigm: Challenges and Adaptations for LMICs. Rajvanshi N, Kumar P, Aurora P, Goyal JP. Indian Pediatr. 2026 Mar 16. doi: 10.1007/s13312-026-00309-4.
- Infant Lung Function in Cystic Fibrosis: A Real-World Study. Arigliani M, Chaudhry S, Brugha R, Suri R, Aurora P. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2025 May;60(5):e71117. doi: 10.1002/ppul.71117.
- International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation Consensus Statement on the Referral and Selection of Pediatric Lung Transplant Candidates. Hayes D Jr,, Avdimiretz N, Brugha R, Mullen MP, Paraskeva MA, Midyat L, Solomon M, Sweet SC, Melicoff-Portillo E, Danziger-Isakov LA, Maeda K, Morales DLS, Conrad CK, Schwerk N, Aurora P, Crister PJ, Dobbels F, Sanchez M, Willemse BWM, Kirkby SE, Miles KG, Berger RMF, Rahaghi FF, Muthialu N, Benden C. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2025 Dec;44(12):e133-e176. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2025.08.005.
- Congenital lobar overinflation, from antenatal diagnosis to long-term follow-up: A single-center experience. Testa I, Muthialu N, Beeman A, Aurora P. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2025 Jan;60(1):e27346. doi: 10.1002/ppul.27346.
- Looking beyond LCI: Multiple breath washout phase III slope derived indices and their application in chronic respiratory disease in children. Riley M, Arigliani M, Davies G, Aurora P. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2024 Dec;59(12):3085-3094. doi: 10.1002/ppul.27177.
- Retrospective analysis of referrals for hypoxic challenge testing in children born preterm. Howells A, Riley M, Samuels M, Aurora P. Thorax. 2024 Feb 15;79(3):245-249. doi: 10.1136/thorax-2023-220677.
- Diffuse alveolar haemorrhage in children: an international multicentre study. Ring AM, Schwerk N, Kiper N, Aslan AT, Aurora P, Ayats R, Azevedo I, Bandeira T, Carlens J, Castillo-Corullon S, Cobanoglu N, Elnazir B, Emiralioğlu N, Eyuboglu TS, Fayon M, Gursoy TR, Hogg C, Kötz K, Karadag B, Látalová V, Krenke K, Lange J, Manali ED, Osona B, Papiris S, Proesmann M, Reix P, Roditis L, Rubak S, Rumman N, Snijders D, Stehling F, Weiss L, Yalcın E, Zirek F, Bush A, Clement A, Griese M, Buchvald FF, Nathan N, Nielsen KG. ERJ Open Res. 2023 Apr 24;9(2):00733-2022. doi: 10.1183/23120541.00733-2022.
- Lung transplantation in an 18-month-old with donor specific antibodies - The use of intraoperative, targeted plasma exchange. Issitt R, Shetty P, Crook R, Cross N, Henwood S, Broadhead M, Spencer H, Aurora P, Gupta A, Kallon D, Fenton M, Muthialu N. Perfusion. 2023 Oct;38(7):1530-1533. doi: 10.1177/02676591221114958.
- Early Pseudomonas aeruginosa predicts poorer pulmonary function in preschool children with cystic fibrosis. Aurora P, Duncan JA, Lum S, Davies G, Wade A, Stocks J, Viviani L, Raywood E, Pao C, Ruiz G, Bush A; London Cystic Fibrosis Collaboration (LCFC). J Cyst Fibros. 2022 Nov;21(6):988-995. doi: 10.1016/j.jcf.2022.04.013.
- Lung Clearance Index May Detect Early Peripheral Lung Disease in Sickle Cell Anemia. Arigliani M, Kirkham FJ, Sahota S, Riley M, Liguoro I, Castriotta L, Gupta A, Rees D, Inusa B, Aurora P. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2022 Sep;19(9):1507-1515. doi: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.202102-168OC.
- One-year outcomes in a multicentre cohort study of incident rare diffuse parenchymal lung disease in children (ChILD). Cunningham S, Graham C, MacLean M, Aurora P, Ashworth M, Barbato A, Calder A, Carlens J, Clement A, Hengst M, Kammer B, Kiper N, Krenke K, Kronfeld K, Lange J, Ley-Zaporozhan J, Nicholson AG, Reu S, Wesselak T, Wetzke M, Bush A, Schwerk N, Griese M; ChILDEU study group. Thorax. 2020 Feb;75(2):172-175. doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2019-213217. Epub 2019 Nov 20.
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