Lung Volume Reduction
Expert Summit 2026
Fostering national collaboration to elevate scholarship and care delivery.
Leicester Marriott - Thursday, 26th February 2026
Fostering national collaboration to elevate scholarship and care delivery.
Leicester Marriott - Thursday, 26th February 2026
Registration available until Wednesday 18th February 2026
Contact
Agenda as at 30.01.2026
0900 Registration & Coffee
0930 Introductions
0945 Session 1
Chairs: Dr Sara Buttery (London) & Miss Inger Oey (Leicester)
0945 Current UK&I Practice Landscape
Prof Karen Redmond (Dublin) & Mr Edward Caruana (Leicester)
1015 Anchor Documents
Mr Aman Coonar (Cambridge)
1100 Coffee
1130 Session 2
Chairs: Dr Tom Ward (Leicester) & Prof Babu Naidu (Birmingham)
1130 Uncertainty & Articulated Priorities in LVR
Dr Sara Buttery (London)
1145 Defining a Core Outcomes Set in LVR
Mr Edward Caruana (Leicester)
1200 Harmonising a UK-Wide Research-Grade Practice Database
Prof Nicholas Hopkinson (London) & Mr Kandadai Rammohan (Manchester)
1245 Lunch
1345 Session 3
Chairs: Dr Richard Barraclough (Manchester) & Mr Alan Dawson (Leicester)
1345 Building/Expanding a UK Consensus on LVR Practice & Delivery
Dr Neil Greening (Leicester)
1445 The Future of UK LVR Practice: Threats, Opportunities & Shared Learning
Mr Timothy Batchelor (London)
1515 Coffee
1545 Session 4
Chairs: Prof James Dodd (Bristol) & Mr Edward Caruana (Leicester)
1545 Keynote Lecture
Dr Christopher Orton (London)
1615 Research Focus
Scientific Committee
1645 Closing Statements
Scientific Committee
Mr Edward J Caruana
Consultant Thoracic Surgeon
Glenfield Hospital, Leicester
Prof Karen Redmond
Chair of Thoracic Surgery
University College Dublin
Dr Neil Greening
Associate Professor of Respiratory Medicine
University of Leicester
Prof Nicholas Hopkinson
Professor of Respiratory Medicine
Imperial College London