Biography

Dr Imogen Felton qualified at Guy's, King's and St Thomas' School of Medicine in 2005, where she also completed an intercalated BSc. in Psychology. She then trained in respiratory medicine in London, including at St. Thomas’ Hospital, King’s College Hospital and Royal Brompton Hospital.

In 2012, Dr Felton was awarded National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) funding for PhD in respiratory and genomic medicine at Royal Brompton Hospital and Imperial College, London with Professor Nicholas Simmonds and Professors Cookson, Moffatt and Loebinger, studying the fungal respiratory microbiome (mycobiome) in adult cystic fibrosis (CF) and non-CF bronchiectasis.

Dr Felton completed her post-graduate specialist training in 2018 with the CF Trust Fellowship award, working in CF centres in the UK (Kings College Hospital, Royal Brompton Hospital and Manchester Adult CF Centre) and in the USA at Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF), Therapeutics Development Network Centre, Children's Research Institute and University of Washington.

In 2021, Dr Felton established a unique multi-disciplinary CF-Reproductive and Maternal Health Service in partnership with Obstetricians at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, and a broader clinical and academic network with Kings Health Partners.

Areas of expertise 

Dr Felton is a respiratory consultant with particular expertise in adults with CF and CFTR-related disorders, including reproductive and maternal medicine and complications relating to CF-fungal infection and related diabetes.

Research interests

Dr Felton's current research aims focus around CF-Maternal and Reproductive Health, CF-related diabetes and CF-fungal infection both supported by her collaboration as co-investigator in two strategic research consortium projects sponsored by the UK CF Trust and the King’s Health Partners Clinical Academic Innovation Fund. She has a particular interest in the impact on patient experiences and clinical outcomes following CFTR-mutation specific modulator therapy during pregnancy and parenthood.

Teaching

Dr Felton gives lectures on her areas of expertise, both at local, national and international meetings and acts as the educational supervisor to the specialist respiratory trainees at Royal Brompton Hospital.

Publications

Dr Felton is involved in CF studies and has written research and clinical papers on her areas of interest.