Dr Rónan Astin

Dr Rónan Astin was awarded a BA in biomedical sciences from Cambridge University before completing his medical studies at University College London. He trained in respiratory and intensive care medicine at St Thomas’, the Whittington and UCLH, and in 2014 completed a PhD in mitochondrial physiology at UCL in the Centre for Human Health and Performance.

Rónan works in both the department of respiratory medicine at University College Hospital and the Neuromuscular Complex Care Centre (NMCCC) at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery.

His clinical areas of specialist interest include respiratory physiology, exercise dysfunction and breathlessness, sleep disordered breathing and ventilation support. He is clinical lead for respiratory medicine, and trust lead for respiratory physiology and non-invasive ventilation. At University College Hospital he runs a clinic in complex breathlessness with indepth holistic assessment including cardiopulmonary exercise testing. At the NMCCC he co-leads the long-term ventilation service, and runs specialist clinics for neuro-respiratory assessment, motor neurone disease, and ventilatory support.

Rónan is also a senior research fellow at the Institute for Sport Exercise and Health, with research interests covering cardiorespiratory physiology, physical exercise limitation, and muscle metabolism and metabolic plasticity.