Professor Margaret Johnson, Clinical Director of HIV Services

Professor Margaret Johnson is one of the most pre-eminent experts in the treatment of HIVThe abbreviation for human immunodeficiency virus, which is the cause of AIDS.. She set up the first and largest open-access HIV clinic in the UK at the Royal Free NHS Trust where she is currently Clinical Director of HIV services. She is also Consultant in Respiratory Medicine at the Royal Free Hospital where she has been treating for 22 years.

Aside from her expertise in HIV and AIDSAcquired immune deficiency syndrome, a deficiency of the immune system due to infection with HIV., Prof Johnson specialises in asthmaA respiratory disease featuring attacks of breathlessness and wheezing due to inflammation and narrowing of the upper airways. There is often an allergic component., Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPDAn abbreviation for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.), interstitial lung disease, lung cancerAbnormal, uncontrolled cell division resulting in a malignant tumour that may invade surrounding tissues or spread to distant parts of the body., pneumoniaInflammation of one or both lungs. and tuberculosisAn infectious disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium Tuberculosis..

Professor Margaret Johnson graduated from the University of London with MB BS (Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery) and MD (Medical Doctor) and undertook specialist training in General Medicine, Respiratory Medicine and HIV Medicine. Prof Johnson is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and a Professor of Medicine at University College London.