Onn Min Kon

Professor Onn Min Kon is a Respiratory Physician and Head of Service for Tuberculosis at Imperial College London Healthcare NHS Trust. He is also Professor of Respiratory Medicine at the National Heart & Lung Institute, Imperial College London. He chairs the UK National MDRTB clinical advice service and the British Thoracic Society Joint Tuberculosis Committee. After he completed his medical degree in London, he trained in Respiratory and General Internal Medicine in North West London with...See more

Professor Onn Min Kon is a Respiratory Physician and Head of Service for Tuberculosis at Imperial College London Healthcare NHS Trust. He is also Professor of Respiratory Medicine at the National Heart & Lung Institute, Imperial College London. He chairs the UK National MDRTB clinical advice service and the British Thoracic Society Joint Tuberculosis Committee. After he completed his medical degree in London, he trained in Respiratory and General Internal Medicine in North West London with placements at the Royal Brompton Hospital and St Mary's Hospital. He was a clinical research fellow at the National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London. He has published over 100 peer reviewed papers including publications in Nature Medicine, the New England Journal of Medicine and the Lancet. He has also authored several book chapters, editorials and reviews. His research interests include the clinical and immune diagnosis of tuberculosisand the delivery of care and management of the disease. He also participates in research evaluating the effects of infection on airways disease. Professor Kon organises the annual London Advanced TB course See less