Respiratory Medicine

Beaumont-RCSI Hospital’s Respiratory Department is internationally recognised for its leadership in clinical care, education, training, advocacy and research. Our main priority is to deliver excellent multidisciplinary care across the spectrum of respiratory medicine.

As a national leader in clinical care and translational research, the department has hosted several novel clinical developments and pioneered the use of digital health technologies to support patients with respiratory disease.

Expert subspecialty clinics include lung cancer, pleural disease, pulmonary nodule surveillance, severe asthma, severe COPD, alpha-1 anti-trypsin deficiency(A1AT), bronchiectasis, cystic fibrosis, genetic lung disease, interstitial lung disease, sleep and non-invasive ventilation. 

Patients attending the service have access to advanced diagnostics including: 

• Pulmonary function tests 
• FeNO test to determine lung inflammation 
• Impulse Oscillometry 
• Bronchial Provocation testing 
• Cardiopulmonary exercise testing(CPET) 
• Overnight Sleep studies/Polysomnography 
• Bronchoscopy 
• Endobronchial Ultrasound 
• Radial Probe Ultrasound 
• Thoracic Ultrasound

We are the site of:

• NCCP rapid access lung cancer clinic
• Lung Health Check
• Irelands first lung cancer screening programme
• National Alpha-1 Centre and Screening Programme
• Northeast Regional Cystic Fibrosis Centre
• Northeast Regional Sleep Disordered Breathing Centre
• National Neuromuscular Respiratory Failure Clinic
• Regional Interstitial Lung Disease Centre
• Irish Familial Pulmonary Fibrosis Centre 

We have an active basic science and clinical research division. Studies are ongoing in pulmonary fibrosis/ILD, A1AT, asthma, COPD, lung cancer, bronchiectasis and pleural disease.

Referrals

We accept referrals from both primary and secondary care physicians, and from the respiratory integrated care specialist hub. Referrals can be made via healthlink, email (respiratoryadmin@beaumont.ie) or post. Rapid access lung cancer clinic referrals should be made directly to the rapid access service via healthlink.