Dr Neil Martin

Neil attended medical school in Edinburgh where he completed an intercalated degree in Pathology with First Class Honours before graduating in Medicine with distinction. He immediately entered Medical Officer training with the Royal Navy and served on the UK Nuclear Submarine Program before returning to hospital medicine and training in Respiratory medicine in Edinburgh. During this time Neil took out of program experience and completed an MD in Leicester under Professor Ian Pavord in Exercise Asthma in Elite Performance Athletes before completing clinical training and starting as a Consultant Respiratory Physician in Leicester in 2011. Following a short period deployed to Afghanistan Neil left the military in 2014 and joined industry in 2015 – initially GSK and now AZ. In his time in industry he has overseen the completion of a number of high profile clinical trial programs and medicine launches with a strong focus on severe asthma biologics. He retains a strong interest in respiratory physiology and is an HSE Diving Medicine referee and Medical Advisor to Swim England and other performance teams.

Asthma, severe asthma, exercise asthma, elite sport performance, chronic cough, post covid symptoms, interstitial lung disease, lung cancer, lung infection