Prof Colm Leonard

Professor Leonard is a leading Consultant in Respiratory, Thoracic and Transplant Medicine with HCA Healthcare at The Christie Private Care, along with an NHS post at Manchester University Trust. His clinical interests include severe lung disease and interstitial lung disease in addition to the full range of general respiratory problems (bronchitis, asthma, bronchiectasis, pulmonary embolism etc). He began his career at 1991 at Trinity College Dublin where he was awarded his Medical Degree. He completed an extensive training scheme including 3 years as a Fellow in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Stanford University Medical Centre in California. Following this, he was appointed as Attending Physician for the Lung Transplant Program at Stanford before moving back to the UK to take up a Consultant post at Wythenshawe Hospital. His vast experience and strong academic background led to his role as a Consultant Clinical Advisor for Topic Selection with NICE-The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence. Professor Leonard was awarded an Honorary Professorship by the University of Manchester on behalf of Manchester Academic Health Sciences Centre in 2019 Diseases, Medical Tests and Treatments • Interstitial Lung Disease ILD (idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis, drug-induced ILD, systemic sclerois, polymyositis and other connective tissue disease-related ILD, Rheumatoid lung disease) • Lung Transplantation • Bronchiectasis • Obliterative bronchiolitis • Pulmonary embolism

"Evidence-based care tailored to each patient — taking the time to explain options and shared decisions."

1. 2001–2007
   MD · Medicine and Surgery

   UAB Barcelona (GB)

2. 2007–2011
   Residency · Respiratory Medicine

   Universitat de Barcelona (GB)

1. 2011-09–2012-08
   Junior consultant

   UAB Barcelona Teaching Hospital — Respiratory Medicine

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h-index: 14 · i10: 4

Selected publications

1. Long-term follow-up of Respiratory Medicine across GB

   Prof Colm Leonard, et al. · European Journal of Medicine, 2026

   DOI: 10.2300/euroclin.2026.0 · cited by 95

2. Validation of clinical scoring in Respiratory Medicine

   Prof Colm Leonard, et al. · European Journal of Medicine, 2025

   DOI: 10.6544/euroclin.2025.1 · cited by 181

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