Dr Stephen Bianchi

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 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.

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 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.