Dr Stephen Bianchi

Dr Bianchi is a Consultant & Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer in Respiratory Medicine currently working within the Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and the University of Sheffield since July 2007. He is Clinical Respiratory Lead for the management of children and young people focussing on transitional care and a Lead Clinician for both interstitial lung disease and sleep & ventilation. Dr Bianchi leads a diverse general respiratory and internal medical practice and is considered a national expert in transitional care of patients with various neurological/respiratory illnesses, sleep medicine and interstitial lung disease. Dr Bianchi has a private clinical practice at the BMI Thornbury Hospital, Sheffield.

Dr Bianchi has expertise in general respiratory medicine (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, breathlessness, cough) with a special interests in sleep disordered breathing (e.g., sleep apnoea, respiratory failure, respiratory complications of neurological disease, ventilation), pulmonary fibrosis (scarring) and bronchiectasis (chronic lung infection).

Dr Bianchi has a broad clinical and research portfolio with interests in Interstitial lung disease, sleep apnoea, sleep disorders, respiratory complications of motor neurone disease, bronchiectasis and exercise physiology. He is currently working on issues such as use of novel radiological imaging in drug safety and interstitial lung disease, bespoke nasal/facial interface systems used for patients with sleep disordered breathing, obstructive sleep apnoea and respiratory complications of motor neurone disease. He has recently become involved in imaging of respiratory complications of COVID-19 infection using CT and MRI scans.

Dr Bianchi has a broad range of educational roles. He is currently a regular attendee and contributor to educational programmes and acts as a Royal College of Physicians (RCP) Regional Advisor. Dr Bianchi also offers respiratory education to medical students and junior doctors, whilst mentoring physician's associates and advanced nurse practitioners at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. He is also working with colleagues developing training programmes contributing to medical workforce development.

Dr Bianchi has several current papers in submission and an extensive list of previous research activity, as well as audit experience. Dr Bianchi's key areas of research interest include interstitial lung disease, drug induced lung diseases, imaging biomarkers of lung disease including hyperpolarised gas MRI imaging and non-invasive ventilation in patients with neuromuscular diseases including motor neurone disease.

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Dr Bianchi is active in several educational and managerial roles, having an Honorary Senior Clinical Leadership at the University of Sheffield. He is also currently Deputy Head of the School of Medicine (Health Education England) having spent three-years working as Training Programme Director to Respiratory Medicine in South Yorkshire.