Dr Christopher C Huntley MBChB, MRCP (UK)

Dr Christopher Huntley

Department of Applied Health Sciences
Consultant Respiratory ILD Physician
Honorary Clinical Tutor

Contact details

Email
c.c.huntley.1@bham.ac.uk
Twitter
@Drchuntley089
Address
Birmingham Regional NHS Occupational Lung Disease Service
Birmingham Chest Clinic
151 Great Charles Street
Birmingham
B3 3HX
UK

Chris is a Consultant Respiratory Physician who specialises in interstitial (ILD) and occupational lung diseases (OLD) at the Birmingham Regional Interstitial Lung Disease Service and Birmingham Regional Occupational Lung Disease Service. His primary research interests are epidemiological studies exploring association and causation within ILD and OLD, with broad experience in large data studies handling and analysing real world data. His PhD is investigating the role and association of occupational exposures in pulmonary sarcoidosis.

ORCiD ID: 0000-0002-0340-3492 

Qualifications

  • Specialty Certificate Examination (SCE) in Respiratory Medicine, Royal College of Physicians, 2019
  • MRCP(UK), Royal College of Physicians, 2016
  • MBChB, University of Bristol, 2012

Teaching

  • Deputy module lead - Secondary care in respiratory medicine – MSc Respiratory Medicine
  • Dissertation supervisor - Masters in Public Health (MSc MPH) – University of Birmingham 2020-21
  • Faculty - ARTP Occupational Asthma Course
  • Small group teaching tutor - MBChB Year 1 and Year 5 – University of Birmingham
  • Non-medical prescribing course supervisor - University of Warwick, Birmingham City University, De Montfort University
  • Speaker – Pulmonary Fibrosis week – Masters in Respiratory Medicine – University of Birmingham
  • Primary Supervisor - Masters in Public Health (MSc MPH) -  University of Birmingham - 2020-21
  • Practice Supervisor - Non-Medical Prescribing Health Care Professional Course - Birmingham City University
  • Faculty member and speaker - ARTP Occupational Asthma Course
  • Interviewer, University of Birmingham Medical School MBChB programme interviews
  • Small Group Teaching Tutor, MBChB Year 1 - Introduction to Respiratory Medicine Physiology Tutorials – University of Birmingham
  • Small Group Teaching Tutor MBChB Year 5 Written Professional Communication – University of Birmingham

Doctoral research

PhD title
The Role and Association of Occupational Exposures in Pulmonary Sarcoidosis. Expected date of completion 2025.     Supervisors: Dr Alice M Turner; Dr Gareth Walters

Research

Other activities

  • British Thoracic Society Occupational and Environmental Specialist Advisory Group (SAG) committee member 2022 – 2025
  • Clinical lead of Birmingham Heartlands Hospital & Birmingham Chest Clinic ILD Service
  • West Midlands Respiratory Specialist Trainee Representative on the West Midlands Specialist Trainee Committee 2018-2022
  • Royal College of Physicians Trainee Committee Member – West Midlands Representative – 2019-2022
  • Royal College of Physician Chief Registrar – Royal Wolverhampton NHS Foundation Trust – 2018-2019 

Podcasts: 

  • Post-COVID care and occupational exposures in ILD - with Dr Christopher Huntley. ILD Academy Spotlight Podcasts. In association with Boehringer Ingelheim. Released 2022.
  • Respiratory GURU Episode 9: Interstitial Lung Disease. Released 2022. 
  • Respiratory GURU Series 2: Episode 2 – Occupational Lung Disease. Released 2023. 

Podcasts all available on Apple and Spotify.

Publications

  • Patel K, Smith DJ, Huntley CC, et al. Exploring the causes of COPD misdiagnosis in primary care: A mixed methods study. Plos one. 2024; 19(3): e0298432
  • Dixon G, Hague S… Huntley CC, et al. Real-world experience of nintedanib for progressive fibrosing interstitial lung disease in the UK. ERJ Open Research. 2024; 10(1).
  • Huntley CC, Patel K, Mughal AZ, et al. Airborne occupational exposures associated with pulmonary sarcoidosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 2023; 80 (10): 580-9. 
  • Feary J, Lindstrom I, Huntley CC, Suojalehto, de la Hoz R. Occupational lung disease: when should I think of it and why is it important? Breathe. 2023; 19(2). 
  • Huntley CC, Bhomra P, Walters GI. Job exposure matrices for occupational respiratory disease: a narrative review. Occupational Medicine. 2023; 73(5): 263-7. 
  • Walters GI, Huntley CC. Novel causes of hypersensitivity pneumonitis. Curr Opin Allergy and Clin Immunology. 2023; 23 (2): 85-91. 
  • Armitage M,N, Mughal AZ, Huntley CC, Lasserson D, Newnham M. A multicentre observational study of the prevalence, management, and outcomes of subsegmental pulmonary embolism. J Thrombosis and thrombolysis. 2023; 55(1): 126-33. 
  • Burge S, Moore V, Burge C, Robertson A, Huntley C, Walters G. Occupational asthma in teachers. Occupational Medicine. 2022; 72(8): 541-9.
  • Huntley CC, Patel K, Bil Bushra SE, Mobeen F, Armitage MN, Pye A, Knight CB, Mostafa A, Kershaw M, Mughal AZ, McKemey E, Turner AM, Burge PS, Walters GI. Pulmonary function test and computed tomography features during follow-up after SARS, MERS and COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis. ERJ Open Res. 2022 May 30;8(2):00056-2022. doi: 10.1183/23120541.00056-2022.
  • C C Huntley, P S Burge, V C Moore, A S Robertson, G I Walters, Occupational asthma in office workers, Occupational Medicine, 2022;, kqac023, https://doi.org/10.1093/occmed/kqac023.
  • FitzPatrick MEB, Badu-Boateng C, Huntley C, Morgan C. Attorneys of the poor’: Training physicians to tackle health inequalities. Future Healthcare Journal. 2021; 8(1): 12-8.
  • Huntley CC, Walters GI. An update on hypersensitivity pneumonitis: what a clinician wants to know. Curr Opin Pulm Med. 2021; 27(2): 95-104.
  • Walters GI, Huntley CC. Updated review of reported cases of reactive airways dysfunction syndrome. Occupational Medicine. 2020; 70(7): 490-5.
  • Huntley C, Hakkak F, Ward F. Palliative care for chronic respiratory disease: integrated care in outpatient settings. Br J Community Nurs. 2020; 25(3): 132-138.
  • Stockdale C, Trivedi B, Jerome E, Salih S, Huntley C, Cooke E, Massey Y, Mella S. Implementation of a combined Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Treatment Escalation Plan document in a District General Hospital. BMJ Qual Improv Rep. 2013; 2(2): PMID: 26734225.