Dr Sara Fairbairn

Dr Fairbairn graduated from the University of Wales College of Medicine in 1998 and completed general medical training within South Wales and at St Mary's Hospital, London. She then continued her Respiratory and GIM training within Wales and was awarded an MRCP (London) Degree in 2002. 

Dr Fairbairn's NHS base is Aneurin Bevan University Healthboard, where she was appointed in 2007. Dr Fairbairn was awarded the Scadding-Morriston Davies Fellowship in Respiratory Medicine in 2007. This funded a research and clinical placement at the Lane Fox Unit, St Thomas' Hospital, London. The research primarily looked at muscle function in critical illness and the associated effects of hypoxia. Within a clinical setting she gained significant experience in Assisted Ventilation and the management of Respiratory Failure.

Respiratory Failure and Assisted Ventilation are Dr Fairbairn's main areas of interest, in addition to sleep disordered breathing. She also has an interest in all aspects of Respiratory Medicine including Asthma, Cough, COPD and Lung Cancer.

Assisted Ventilation / Respiratory Support Units 

University of Wales College of Medicine - 1998
FRCP (UK) - 2012
MRCP (UK) - 2002

Year of first medical qualification: 1998

GMC
MDU
BTS
ATS
RCP - London

Respiratory Consultant at Aneurin Bevan University Healthboard

Perkins G, Connolly, Couper K, Hart N, Fairbairn S et al.  Effect of Noninvasive Strategies on intubation or mortality among patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure and Covid-19. Recovery-RS. JAMA. January 2022.

 Ponsford M, Jefferies R, Davies C, Farewell D, Humphreys I, Jolles S, Fairbairn S, Lewis K, Menzies D, Benjamin A, Thaivalappil F, Barry S.The burden of nosocomial covid-19 results from the Wales multi-centre retrospective observational study of 2518 hospitalised patients. Medrxiv Jan 2021 (Thorax pre-print)https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.01.18.21249433 

Recovery Collaborative Group Azithromycin in patients admitted to hospital with COVID-19 (RECOVERY): a randomised, controlled, open-label, platform trial. Lancet 2021 397(10274): 605-612

Lucey A, Lewis V, Jones S, Fairbairn S. The Impact of Face to Face Pulmonary Rehabilitation on the Recovery of Patients Who Have Been Diagnosed with Severe COVID-19 Requiring Non-Invasive and Invasive Ventilation. AJRCCM 2021;203:A4115

Rowlands E, Bruno T, Coventry J, Ward L, Fairbairn SEA. Introduction of Oxygen Parameter wristbands to respiratory ward in District General Hospital. Royal College of Physicians and Society of Physicians in Wales. November 2019

Lewis V, Ward L, Jones H, Fairbairn SEA. NIV Retrieval Service in District General Hospital: an 18 month experience. European Respiratory Journal 54 (suppl 63) PA2320; DOI: 10.1183/13993003.congress-2019.PA2320 Published 21 November 2019

Lewis V, Ward L, Jones H, Fairbairn SEA. Introduction of NIV Retrieval Service to District General Hospital. ATS May 2019 

Lewis V, Ward L, Jones H, Fairbairn SEA. Introduction of NIV Retrieval Service to District General Hospital. Welsh Thoracic Society March 2019 

Jones H, Ward L, Fairbairn SEA. Introduction of NIV Retrieval Service to District General Hospital. JIVD, International Conference on Home Mechanical Ventilation, Abstract Presentation March 2018