Prof. Sam Janes is a distinguished General and Respiratory Medicine Physician, consulting at several prestigious locations, including The Physicians Clinic, Harley Street Diagnostic Center, The Princess Grace Hospital, and the Harley Street Clinic. He holds the esteemed position of Professor of Respiratory Medicine at University College Hospital, where he specialises in assessing patients with chest symptoms such as coughing and shortness of breath.

Prof. Janes is the Head of the Respiratory Research Department at UCL and serves as the Vice Chair of the National Clinical Expert Group on Lung Cancer. He is renowned for running national trials, including the SUMMIT Study, which screens 25,000 people in London for lung cancer.

An accomplished academic, Prof. Janes was awarded a Medical Research Council (MRC) Training Fellowship for a PhD and conducted post-doctoral research at Cancer Research UK Lincoln's Inn Fields Institute, now known as the Crick, focusing on cancer. He received a highly competitive MRC Clinician Scientist award to move to UCL, where he leads a research group dedicated to lung cancer development, early detection, and novel treatments for lung diseases. His prolific research output includes over 150 manuscripts published in top-tier journals such as Nature, Science, and the New England Journal of Medicine.

Prof. Janes has made significant contributions to practice-changing diagnostic trials for lung disease and the development of new drugs and therapies. He leads one of the country's largest trials, the SUMMIT Study, which involves establishing four CT screening centres for lung cancer and providing lung cancer screening for 25,000 individuals.

With a career marked by groundbreaking research and clinical excellence, Prof. Janes continues to advance the field of respiratory medicine, making substantial impacts on patient care and treatment outcomes.