Alan Carew holds a BA (Hons) in philosophy from University College Dublin, and completed his medical degree with 1st class honours from the Royal College of Surgeons in Dublin in 2011. He completed his internship in the Mater Misericordiae Hospital Dublin before moving to Queensland, completing specialist training in respiratory medicine there in 2019. He pursued further fellowship training in lung transplantation and pulmonary vascular disease at the Prince Charles Hospital, and interventional pulmonology in Macquarie University, Sydney. He now holds a public appointment with the Queensland Lung Transplant Service at the Prince Charles Hospital, and admits at St Vincent’s Private Hospital Northside. Alan’s areas of interest include interventional bronchoscopy, thoracic malignancy and lung transplantation. He is extensively trained in all aspects of advanced diagnostic and therapeutic bronchoscopy, including flexible and rigid bronchoscopy and endobronchial ultrasound. He is keenly interested in quality procedural provision and care, and has established a public cryobiopsy service at the Prince Charles Hospital. He has particular procedural interest in endoscopic lung volume reduction, subglottic and tracheal stenosis, and the relief of central airway obstruction using ablative techniques and stents.