Dr Julius Cairn

Dr Julius Cairn is a Consultant Respiratory and General Physician with over two decades of experience as a consultant in respiratory medicine. He provides comprehensive care for patients with a wide range of respiratory conditions, with particular expertise in the investigation and management of cough and breathlessness, interstitial lung disease (ILD), asthma, COPD, lung cancer, bronchiectasis, and obstructive sleep apnoea.

Dr Cairn graduated from The London Hospital Medical College in 1991, and completed postgraduate training in the North West Thames region, including at the Royal Brompton, Harefield, and Charing Cross Hospitals. His research into Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome following lung transplantation at Harefield and the Royal Brompton Hospitals led to the award of his MD from Imperial College London. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London (FRCP) and member of the British Thoracic Society and the European Respiratory Society.

Appointed as a Consultant in 2003, he currently practices at West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust (St Albans, Watford, and Hemel Hempstead Hospitals) and at Harefield /(Royal Brompton) Hospitals, which are part of Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust. He maintains strong clinical links with the tertiary centre respiratory teams at the Royal Brompton Hospital and the thoracic surgical team at Harefield Hospital.

Dr Cairn leads the West Herts service in interstitial lung disease and coordinates the ILD multidisciplinary team. He contributes to the lung cancer MDT. His work and practice includes procedures such as fibreoptic bronchoscopy and non-invasive ventilation. He is also active in clinical governance, with interests in respiratory physiology, treatment of pneumonia / antimicrobial management, and oxygen therapy safety.