Dr Adam Ainley

Dr Adam Ainley is a Respiratory Physician and the Clinical Lead for the TB service at Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust. He is a clinical advisor for the national MDRTB advisory service. He is the joint lead for the pleural lung disease service at King George Hospital. He was the Clinical Lead for the collaborative BHRUT/NELFT Post-COVID service. He has specialist interest and experience in managing respiratory infections, including tuberculosis (TB), bronchiectasis, airways disease (asthma & COPD), cough, lung cancer, pleural disease, interstitial lung disease, breathlessness and sleep apnoea. He obtained his medical degree from University College London before undertaking post-graduate training in Oxford and London. In 2016, he undertook a 3-year NIHR Clinical fellowship at the HPRU in Respiratory Infections at Imperial College London and the Virus reference department at the UKHSA. He completed a PhD within the National Heart and Lung Institute, and his work explored the detection, understanding and management of severe respiratory infections. Dr Ainley is active in research and education. He has been a principal investigator for several research studies and has authored peer reviewed publications and textbooks across a variety of specialists areas within respiratory medicine.