Thomas Altree
Adelaide Medical School
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
Dr Altree is a Respiratory and Sleep Physician and Researcher based at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital (TQEH). He is the Lead of TQEH Respiratory Clinical Trials Unit. His research covers a wide range of respiratory and sleep medicine topics.
I conduct clinically-relevant research into respiratory and sleep disorders. The pathophysiology and treatment of breathlessness is a specific focus of my research.
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Appointments
Date Position Institution name 2024 - ongoing Senior Clinical Lecturer University of Adelaide 2024 - ongoing Senior Research Fellow Flinders University 2022 - ongoing Respiratory and Sleep Physician SA Health -
Awards and Achievements
Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount 2023 Research Award New Investigator Award World Sleep Society United States - -
Education
Date Institution name Country Title 2024 Flinders University Australia PhD 2012 University of Adelaide Australia MBBS -
Certifications
Date Title Institution name Country 2019 FRACP Royal Australasian College of Physicians Australia
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Journals
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Book Chapters
Year Citation 2022 Altree, T. J., Catcheside, P. G., Mukherjee, S., & Eckert, D. J. (2022). Pharmacological Management of Sleep-Disordered Breathing. In Control of Breathing during Sleep (pp. 221-232). CRC Press.
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Conference Papers
Year Citation 2023 Eckert, D. J., Toson, B., Loffler, K. A., Ekstrom, M. P., Currow, D., & Altree, T. J. (2023). Sleep Quality as a Novel Mediator of Reductions in Daytime Breathlessness With Low-dose Morphine in People With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. In AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE Vol. 207 (pp. 1 page). DC, Washington: AMER THORACIC SOC. 2018 Altree, T., Bussell, L., Phan, N., & Johnston, S. (2018). SAFETY OF PRE-OPERATIVE PULMONARY FUNCTION TESTING IN LEFT MAIN CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE. In RESPIROLOGY Vol. 23 (pp. 116). WILEY. -
Conference Items
Year Citation 2024 Eckert, D. J., Tong, B. K. Y., Aishah, A., Naik, G., Chiang, A., Pitcher, G., . . . Osman, A. (2024). Stepwise and Targeted Therapy to Treat Sleep Apnea: A Novel, Physiology-informed, Personalised Approach Using Oral Appliance Therapy Plus Combination Therapy in Incomplete Responders. Poster session presented at the meeting of Abstracts of the International Conference of the American Thoracic Society (ATS 2024), as published in American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. San Diego, CA: American Thoracic Society.
DOI
| 2024 |
Medical Research Future Fund: Optimising Screening Diagnosis and Management of Obstructive Sleep Apnoea - A randomised controlled trial of multi-night screening and diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) to improve diagnostic test accessibility, accuracy and reduce costs ($1,996,310) |
| - SIMPLIFI-OSA - A study to investigate the management of patients using limited-channel testing versus full polysomnography for identification of OSA ($1,995,310) | |
| 2022 |
Flinders Foundation Health Seed Grant - Reboxetine for OSA after upper airway surgery ($25000) |
| 2021 |
Flinders Health and Medical Research Institute HDR Grant - Morphine Metabolism in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease ($5000) |
I give annual lectures to the intern and year 3 medical school student cohorts at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital. I often give invited presentations on my research, such as:
Teaching old drugs new tricks: opioids, OSA and surgery. The Stanford University Sleep Surgery group meeting. Virtual: based at Stanford University, California. 29 May 2024.
Phenotypes in obstructive sleep apnea. The Society of Anesthesia and Sleep Medicine Annual Scientific Meeting. Virtual: based in San Diego, California. 7 October 2021
Vulnerability to postoperative complications in obstructive sleep apnea: the importance of phenotypes. The International Anesthesia Research Society webinar on sleep medicine. Virtual: based in San Francisco, California. 4 June 2021
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