Nick Hopkinson is a Reader in Respiratory Medicine at Imperial College as well as an Honorary Consultant Chest Physician at The Royal Brompton Hospital. He qualified in Medicine at Cambridge and The London Hospital Medical College and went on to train in Respiratory and General Internal Medicine at St George’s and St Thomas’ Hospitals. He is clinical lead for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) at The Royal Brompton Hospital where he runs the Advanced COPD clinic where patients are assessed for novel treatments for their disease including endobronchial emphysema therapies. He has established a smoking cessation clinic within the trust and is responsible for developing pulmonary rehabilitation services. 

Key areas of activity are the effective management and prevention of COPD focussing on novel lung volume reduction techniques, physiological assessment of skeletal muscle, physical activity and lung function, together with the promotion of high value treatment strategies and tobacco control.