Dr Glen Westall (Respiratory and Sleep Medicine Specialist)
- Name
- Dr Glen Philip Westall
- Qualifications
- MBBS 1993
- Occupation
- General Physician
- Respiratory and Sleep Medicine Specialist
- Gender
- Male
- Medical Specialties
- Internal Medicine
- Respiratory and Sleep Medicine
- Links
- http://www.lasv.com.au/
- Phone
- 03 9318 4377
- Fax
- 03 9318 4577
Associate Professor Glen Westall is a highly regarded specialist in the area of advanced lung disease, specifically in the fields of lung fibrosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and lung transplantation.
He is Consultant Chest and Lung Transplant Physician at the Alfred Hospital. He received his undergraduate medical training at King’s College Medical School in London, UK, before training in general and respiratory medicine at the Royal Brompton Hospital, London and the Alfred Hospital, Melbourne.
His Doctorate of Medicine (PhD) in lung transplantation resulted in a number of original research publications, as well as national recognition through the Thoracic Society’s Young Investigator Award. He oversees an active research program that receives both national and international research grants. For his work in transplantation, he was the first non-American recipient of an International Career Development Award. He is principal and co-investigator on numerous studies in COPD, pulmonary fibrosis, bronchoscopic lung volume reduction and lung transplantation. He is regularly invited overseas to give lectures on lung disease. He has published over 70 original research manuscripts and co-authored 8 book chapters in the field of lung fibrosis and lung transplantation.
A/Prof Westall sits on a number of local, national and international academic/medical committees and is the immediate past-Chair of the Lung Advisory Committee of the Transplantation Society of Australia and New Zealand (TSANZ), the peak advisory board to the National Transplant Authority. He is a foundation member of the Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD) Collaborative Research Consortium.
His career to date has been built on the principals of clinical excellence supported by a rigorous research, teaching and academic platform.
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- Hospital Affiliations
- The Alfred
- Affiliated Clinics
- Lung and Sleep Victoria - St Kilda Rd
Practice Locations
VIC
- The Alfred Hospital
- Address
- Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine 55 Commercial Road
Melbourne VIC 3000
Australia
- Phone
- 03 9076 8398
- Fax
- 03 9076 3434
- Lung and Sleep Victoria - St Kilda Rd
- Address
- St Kilda Rd Consulting Suites
Suite 3, Level 3
517 St Kilda Rd
Melbourne VIC 3004
Australia
- Phone
- 03 9318 4377
- Fax
- 03 9318 4577
