Consultant in Infectious Diseases and Medical Mycology
BSc, MSc, PhD(Cand), MBBS, MRCP(UK), FRCPath, AICSM
Overview
Areas of expertise
Medico-Legal experience
Dr Eades is happy to take instructions from both the Defendant and the Claimant.
Clinical Practice & Experience
After graduating in medicine from Imperial College School of Medicine (2009), Dr Eades trained in general (internal) medicine in London, becoming a Member of the Royal College of Physicians (UK) in 2013. He then obtained a Master of Science in Infectious Diseases and HIV (2013) from UCL. He then entered higher specialist training in infectious diseases (including HIV medicine) and medical microbiology, gaining Fellowship of the Royal College of Pathologists (Medical Microbiology by examination) in 2017. He gained mycology experience with a sub-specialty research fellowship split between the National Aspergillosis Centre, Manchester, and The University of Manchester, conducting clinical work alongside a substantial piece of original research. His PhD thesis, for which he is a candidate at the University of Manchester, was titled ‘The Phenomenology of Antimicrobial Use in Haemato-oncology’. During this time, he established a link-service between infectious diseases and the haemato-oncology unit at Manchester Royal Infirmary for the first time.
Currently, Dr Eades holds the position of Consultant Physician in Infectious Diseases and Medical Mycology at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London. His clinical work spans clinical and laboratory medicine, including the management of complex bacterial and fungal disease, sepsis and the management of infections in patients undergoing treatments for haematological disorders. He is one of only a few medically qualified mycology experts in the UK and is dual trained in clinical and laboratory medicine.
Clinical Interests
Dr Eades has a specialist interest in infectious diseases, medical mycology, and HIV medicine. His sub-specialty expertise is in the management and diagnosis of infections in immunocompromised hosts, including patients undergoing bone marrow transplantation.
Research Interests
Dr Eades’s research interests are grounded in clinical and laboratory mycology, including the association of novel therapies for cancer and autoimmune diseases with infection.
Management Experience
Dr Eades is a member of the British Society for Medical Mycology (BSMM) Best Practice Guidelines writing committee.
Summary of Publications
Dr Eades has contributed to over 20 peer reviewed publications, and has contributed to chapters within books, including:
Eades CP, Miller RF. Pneumocystis. In: Janes SM, editor. Encyclopaedia of Respiratory Medicine (Second Edition). Oxford: Academic Press; 2022.
Miller RF, Eades CP. Pneumocystis jirovecii. In: Conlon CP, Firth J, Conlon C, Cox T, editors. Oxford Textbook of Medicine (Fourth Edition): Oxford University Press; 2020.
Teaching & Training
Currently, Dr Eades teaches Infectious Diseases SpRs and internal medicine training (IMT) Doctors in infectious diseases and medical microbiology. He also teaches Imperial College London medical students. Previously, he has taught students from various London Hospitals and Universities in infectious disease clinics. Dr Eades has also presented lectures at various Universities and has contributed to the MBChB curriculum in Infectious Diseases and HIV Medicine at the University of Manchester.
Memberships of Professional Bodies & Learned Societies
Member of the Royal College of Physicians
Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists
The British HIV Association
Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)
British Society for Medical Mycology (BSMM)
European Society for Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (ESCMID)
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