Dr. Andrew Ritchie

Sub-specialties: General internal medicine, Respiratory Medicine.

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Overview

Dr Andrew Ritchie is a Respiratory Consultant at OneWelbeck Lung Health and has specialist expertise at the clinical assessment of lung conditions and at interpreting chest x-rays, chest CT scans and specialised breathing tests. He is an Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer at Imperial College London.

About Dr Andrew Ritchie

Dr. Andrew Ritchie has specialist expertise in the clinical assessment of respiratory conditions and specialised diagnostic tests including chest x-rays, chest CT scans, and other specialised breathing tests. Additionally, he also performs bronchoscopy to allow the visual assessment and sampling of the lung.

Dr. Ritchie has a broad range of respiratory expertise, including the assessment of common respiratory symptoms such as cough (including longstanding cough, coughing up excessive sputum, and coughing up blood), wheezing, and breathlessness.

He also provides investigations for possible lung cancers, including patients requiring lung cancer screening and related symptoms or risk factors, such as unintentional weight loss or smoking.

Dr. Ritchie has expertise in managing conditions like asthma, COPD (including chronic bronchitis and emphysema), unexplained breathlessness, chronic cough, patients with suspected lung cancer, snoring and sleep apnoea syndrome, pneumothorax, pulmonary embolism, and sarcoidosis.

Dr. Ritchie studied at the University of Sheffield Medical School, graduating in 2009. He undertook his specialist medical training in London, including at St Mary’s Hospital, Hammersmith, Harefield and the Royal Brompton. He is a member of the Royal College of Physicians and continues to pursue an active career in medical research at Imperial College London.

Areas of Expertise

Dr Andrew Ritchie is an expert in the following conditions:

Airways disease
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
Emphysema
Asthma
Smoking-related lung conditions
Acute and chronic cough
Breathlessness
Haemoptysis (coughing blood)
COVID/Post-COVID syndromes
Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA)
Respiratory failure
General respiratory disease
Respiratory medicine
Lung function reporting
Diagnostic bronchoscopy

He is also an expert in the following tests and treatments:

Blood tests
Chest X-ray
Chest CT
Lung function (Breathing Tests)
FeNO (Fractional exhaled Nitric Oxide)
Bronchoscopy
Sleep studies
Allergy testing

Additional Information

Dr Andrew Ritchie's Current clinical posts and location:

Honorary Consultant Physician
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

His active memberships

European Respiratory Society
Royal College of Physicians

Research Highlights

1. Ritchie AI, Wedzicha JA et al. Structural Predictors of Lung Function Decline in Young Smokers with Normal Spirometry. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2024;15;209(10):1208-1218. DOI: 10.1164/rccm.202307-1203OC
2. Ritchie AI, Bloom CB et al. The Effect of Inhaled Corticosteroids on Pneumonia Risk in Patients With COPD-Bronchiectasis Overlap: A UK Population-Based Case-Control Study. Chest. 2023;202(4):549-57. DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2023.06.007
3. Ritchie AI, Wedzicha JA et al. Targeted Retreatment of Incompletely Recovered Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbations with Ciprofloxacin. A Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-controlled, Multicenter, Phase III Clinical Trial. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2020;202(4):549-57. DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201910-2058OC
4. Ritchie AI, Soni S et al. Clinical and survival differences during separate COVID-19 surges: Investigating the impact of the Sars-CoV-2 alpha variant in critical care patients. PLoS One 2022 Jul 1;17(7):e0269244. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0269244
5. Donaldson GC, Ritchie AI et al. Impact of the UK lockdown on people at risk of COPD ERJ Open Res. 2021 Oct
7(4): 00358-2021. DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00358-2021

Book Chapters

1. Edwards MR, Ritchie AI, Johnston SL. Exacerbations of chronic respiratory diseases. In: Bartlett N, Wark P, Knight D, (eds). Rhinovirus Infections: Rethinking the Impact on Human Health and Disease. San Diego: Elsevier Inc./Academic Press, 2019: 137-168. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-816417-4.00006-8
2. Ritchie AI, Mallia P, Johnston SL. Viral infection. In: Burgel PR, Contoli M, López-Campos, JL, eds. Acute Exacerbations of Pulmonary Diseases (ERS Monograph). Sheffield, European Respiratory Society, 2017
pp. 76–96. DOI: 10.1183/2312508X.10016116

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