The ITS Podcast
Conversations with respiratory experts and leaders, from clinical updates to career advice. Listen on the go, in episodes made for busy professionals.
Latest episode
Scalable Models of Care for Sleep Apnoea
Professor Eddie Moloney, Consultant Respiratory and Sleep Physician at Tallaght University Hospital and Beacon Hospital, compares home and hospital-based approaches to diagnosing and managing obstructive sleep apnoea, from home sleep studies and smartwatches to CPAP, emerging therapies and AI-supported pathways.
Two series
Breathwork
A respiratory medicine podcast for busy respiratory nerds who want to keep up to date with the evolving world of the lung. Each month we speak with experts on their areas of special interest, covering presentation, clinical reasoning, diagnostics, treatments and what’s coming next.
Inspire
Meet your respiratory medicine heroes and hear how they got to where they are today. Physicians, scientists, nurses, physiologists and more share their career paths, how they achieved success, and advice for others hoping to follow.
All episodes
Scalable Models of Care for Sleep Apnoea
Home versus hospital-based diagnosis and management of obstructive sleep apnoea, and scalable models of care.
Listen to this episode →Building a Respiratory Career and Leading the ITS
The ITS President on his career path, leading the Society, its advocacy priorities, staying active, and publication advice for trainees.
Listen on Spotify ↗Mastering Medical Meetings
Strategies for running effective, inclusive meetings in healthcare, from clear objectives and agendas to agreed actions and owners.
Listen on Spotify ↗Cystic Fibrosis: CFTR Modulators and the Future of Care
Diagnosis, CFTR modulators, reducing treatment burden, personalised medicine and the move from paediatric to adult services.
Listen on Spotify ↗A Career in Cystic Fibrosis: From Registry Data to Transformative Therapies
How CF care has evolved, the role of patient registries, advocating for new treatments, and career advice for aspiring doctors.
Listen on Spotify ↗Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency
Diagnosis, pathophysiology and treatment of Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency.
Listen on Spotify ↗From Bench to Bedside: A Career in Alpha-1 Research
His move from clinical medicine into the lab, building Ireland’s first Alpha-1 detection programmes, and advice for early-career clinicians.
Listen on Spotify ↗Mastering Healthcare Interviews
Practical preparation for registrar and consultant interviews, from evidence-based answers and the STAR method to networking.
Listen on Spotify ↗Clearing the Air: Evidence-based Tobacco Control
An evidence-based conversation on tobacco control in Ireland.
Listen on Spotify ↗Demystifying Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing (CPET)
What CPET measures, how to interpret results, and its clinical uses, from unexplained breathlessness to preoperative assessment.
Listen on Spotify ↗From Innovations in Clinical Care to National Policy
How research and coalition-building led to the smoky coal ban and the workplace smoking ban, and advice for clinicians who want to influence policy.
Listen on Spotify ↗Digital Asthma Management
How digital tools can support the monitoring and management of asthma.
Listen on Spotify ↗Digital Health and Setting Up a Medical Device
The future of digital health, bringing a medical device to market, data ownership, funding models and digital inequality.
Listen on Spotify ↗Preparing for the ERS Congress: Advice from Early Career Representatives
Getting involved in the ERS, networking, key sessions, poster tips and making the most of Congress as an early career member.
Listen on Spotify ↗Maximising Your ERS Congress 2025 Experience
Getting the most out of the ERS Congress in Amsterdam, from networking and fellowships to practical tips for first-time attendees.
Listen on Spotify ↗Lung Function Testing and the New GLI Guidelines
The lung function testing process from referral to results, contraindications, and interpretation using the new Global Lung Initiative guidelines.
Listen on Spotify ↗Respiratory Physiology: Career Insights
The role of a respiratory physiologist, training routes, career progression and opportunities in education and leadership.
Listen on Spotify ↗Pleural Effusions
Imaging, Light’s criteria, fluid testing, chest drains, empyema management and fibrinolysis.
Listen on Spotify ↗Early Consultant Years
Her path into respiratory medicine, preparing for consultant interviews, and setting up a new clinical service.
Listen on Spotify ↗Pulmonary Hypertension
Diagnosis, classification and presentation of pulmonary hypertension, when to suspect it, and recent treatment advances.
Listen on Spotify ↗Setting Up Pulmonary Hypertension Centres
Building pulmonary hypertension programmes in the US and Ireland, and his role as Chief Medical Officer for the Irish Olympic Teams.
Listen on Spotify ↗Asthma Biologic Therapies
Biologic options for severe asthma, eligibility and approval, home administration, assessing response and common pitfalls.
Listen on Spotify ↗Pursuing a Career as an Advanced Nurse Practitioner
From clinical nurse specialist to respiratory ANP, the training pathway, and tips for nurses interested in the role.
Listen on Spotify ↗Sarcoidosis
Pathophysiology, diagnosis, follow-up, when to treat, treatment choices and duration.
Listen on Spotify ↗Improving Junior Doctor Training and Leadership in the HSE
Work to improve training and working conditions for junior doctors, and planning for future population change.
Listen on Spotify ↗All Things IPF
Referral, diagnostic workup, genetics, treatment, acute exacerbations, follow-up and recent research in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
Listen on Spotify ↗Balancing Clinical and Academic Medicine
Her route into respiratory medicine, balancing clinical and academic roles, and ILD research opportunities in Northern Ireland.
Listen on Spotify ↗Introduction to COPD
Referral to tertiary care, managing comorbidities, starting treatment and supporting adherence.
Listen on Spotify ↗Setting Up a New Service
Virtual ward projects, establishing a severe COPD clinic, managing workload, and tips for starting a new service.
Listen on Spotify ↗Your Cue to Get Involved in European Societies
The Chief Editor of the ERS journal Breathe on getting involved in European societies, with insider tips on submitting to a journal.
Listen on Spotify ↗Airway Clearance
A clinical update on airway clearance techniques.
Listen on Spotify ↗Career Insights into Respiratory Physiotherapy
Her career path, the range of roles in physiotherapy, recent advances in the field, and the value of committees and societies.
Listen on Spotify ↗Malignant Airway Obstruction
Presentation, diagnosis, current treatment approaches and newer therapies for malignant central airway obstruction in lung cancer.
Listen on Spotify ↗ITS Presidency, the Farmers Journal and Ending Up in Cork
His respiratory training and experience, and his goals as President of the Irish Thoracic Society.
Listen on Spotify ↗Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM)
An overview of LAM, including updated evidence on its prevalence in Europe.
Listen on Spotify ↗Choosing a Respiratory Fellowship
Her path into respiratory medicine, choosing a fellowship, approaching fellowship interviews, and her training so far.
Listen on Spotify ↗Introduction to Asthma
A clinical introduction to asthma.
Listen on Spotify ↗From Irish Medical Training to New York
The first Inspire episode: his path from training in Galway and RCSI to pulmonary and critical care in New York.
Listen on Spotify ↗Understanding Refractory Chronic Cough
Our first episode with Pulm Peeps, featuring leading voices from Johns Hopkins University and Queen’s University Belfast.
Listen to this episode →Professional Branding in Healthcare Careers
Clear, practical strategies for building your professional profile.
Listen to this episode →Presented by
Dr Marissa O’CallaghanPodcast host
Dr Sandra GreenPodcast host
Dr Margaret HigginsPodcast host
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