Newcastle University

Roles and Responsibilities

Head dept Respiratory Medicine

Qualifications

BSc MD FRCP FRCPEd

Previous Positions

Hon Senior Lecturer
Consultant Physician

Memberships

Association of Physicians
British Thoracic society
European Respiratory society
American Thoracic society

Honours and Awards

President European Respiratory Society 2002-3
President British Thoracic Society 2004-5

Research Interests

sleep apnoea
respiratory muscle function
clinical Respiratory Medicine

Esteem Indicators

President European Respiratory Society 2002-3
Concillor (elected) Royal College of Physicians 2000-3
President British Thoracic Society 2004-5
Member International Relations Committee American Thoracic Society 2005-6

• Bourke SC, Tomlinson M, Williams TL, Bullock RE, Shaw PJ, Gibson GJ. Effects of non-invasive ventilation on survival and quality of life in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: A randomised controlled trial. The Lancet Neurology 2006, 5(2), 140-147.
• Bourke SC, Bullock RE, Williams TL, Shaw PJ, Gibson GJ. Noninvasive ventilation in ALS: Indications and effect on quality of life. Neurology 2003, 61(2), 171-177.
• Gibson GJ, Geddes DM, Costabel U, Sterk PJ, Corrin B, ed. Respiratory Medicine. Edinburgh, UK: Saunders Ltd, 2003.
• Loddenkemper R, Gibson GJ, Sibille Y. European Lung White Book: the First Comprehensive Survey on Respiratory Health in Europe. Sheffield, UK: European Respiratory Society, 2003.
• Parker SM, Gibson GJ. Evaluation of a transcutaneous carbon dioxide monitor ("TOSCA") in adult patients in routine respiratory practice. Respiratory Medicine 2007, 101(2), 261-264.
• Pemberton J, Irvine T, Stewart MJ, Antunes G, Gibson GJ. Platypnoea orthodeoxia in a patient with aortic root dilatation and a patent foramen ovale. European Journal of Echocardiography 2007, 8(2), 151-154.
• Tomlinson M, Gibson GJ. Obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome: a nurse-led domiciliary service. Journal of Advanced Nursing 2006, 55(3), 391-397.
• Gibson GJ, MacNee W. Chapter 3. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: investigations and assessment of severity. In: European Respiratory Monograph. Switzerland: European Respiratory Society, 2006, pp.24-40.
• Caffarel J, Gibson GJ, Harrison JP, Griffiths CJ, Drinnan MJ. Comparison of manual sleep staging with automated neural network-based analysis in clinical practice. Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing 2006, 44(1-2), 105-110.
• Macdonald A, Drinnan M, Johnston A, Reda M, Griffiths C, Wilson J, Gibson GJ. Evaluation of potential predictors of outcome of laser-assisted uvulopalatoplasty for snoring. Otolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery 2006, 134(2), 197-203.
• Newton JL, Gibson GJ, Tomlinson M, Wilton K, Jones D. Fatigue in primary biliary cirrhosis is associated with excessive daytime somnolence. Hepatology 2006, 44(1), 91-98.
• Gibson GJ. Oxygen treatment at home. British Medical Journal 2006, 332(7535), 191-192.
• Wilson JA, Lester SE, Gibson GJ, Anari S, Steele JG, Steen IN, McCracken GI. Silencing the snorers: No gain without pain?. Journal of Laryngology and Otology 2006, 120(7), 570-574.
• Gibson GJ. Sleep apnoea, diabetes and insulin resistance. Practical Diabetes International 2006, 23(4), 147-149.
• Douglas SA, Webster S, El Badawey MR, Drinnan M, Matthews JNS, Gibson GJ, Wilson JA. The development of a snoring symptoms inventory. Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery 2006, 134(1), 56-62.
• Gibson GJ. Obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome: underestimated and undertreated. British Medical Bulletin 2005, 72(1), 49-64.
• Gibson GJ. Spirometry: then and now. Breathe 2005, 1, 206-216.
• Bourke SC, Gibson GJ. Non-invasive ventilation in ALS: Current practice and future role. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Other Motor Neuron Disorders 2004, 5(2), 67-71.
• Bourke SC, McColl E, Shaw PJ, Gibson GJ. Validation of quality of life instruments in ALS. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Other Motor Neuron Disorders 2004, 5(1), 55-60.
• Large DM, Routledge A, Cowley ML, Mustchin CP, Gibson GJ. Chronic malaise in uncontrolled type 2 diabetes due to obstructive sleep apnoea. Practical Diabetes International 2003, 20(8), 297-299.
• Bourke SC, Nicholson AG, Gibson GJ. Erdheim-Chester disease: Pulmonary infiltration responding to cyclophosphamide and prednisolone. Thorax 2003, 58(11), 1004-1005.
• Gibson GJ. Los efectos sistemicos de la apnea obstructiva del sueno. Pulmon 2003, 3, 139-147.
• Gibson GJ. Respiratory Function Tests. In: Warrell, D.A., Weatherall, D.J., Cox, T.M., Benz, E.J., Firth, J.D, ed. Oxford Textbook of Medicine. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2003, pp.1304-1311.
• Killen JWW, Wilson JA, Gibson GJ. Subclinical aspirin sensitivity in subjects with nasal polyposis. Clinical Otolaryngology 2003, 28(6), 539-544.
• Gibson GJ, Whitelaw W, Siafakas N. Tests of overall respiratory function. In: ATS/ERS statement on respiratory muscle testing. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 2003, 166, 521-527.
• Loddenkemper R, Gibson GJ, Sibille Y. The burden of lung disease in Europe: Why a European white book on lung disease. European Respiratory Journal 2003, 22(6), 869.
• Harbison J, Gibson GJ, Birchall D, Zammit-Maempel I, Ford GA. White matter disease and sleep-disordered breathing after acute stroke. Neurology 2003, 61(7), 959-963.
• Gibson GJ. Drugs. In: Barnes, P.J. Drazen, J.M., Rennard, S.I., Thomson, N.C, ed. Asthma and COPD: Basic Mechanisms and Clinical Management. London: Academic Press, 2002, pp.439-443.
• Bourke SC, Williams TL, Bullock RE, Gibson GJ, Shaw PJ. Non-invasive ventilation in motor neuron disease: Current UK practice. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Other Motor Neuron Disorders 2002, 3(3), 145-149.
• Hirst LJ, Ford GA, Gibson GJ, Wilson JA. Swallow-Induced Alterations in Breathing in Normal Older People. Dysphagia 2002, 17(2), 152-161.
• Gibson GJ. Lung volumes and elasticity. Clinics in Chest Medicine 2001, 22(4), 623-635.
• Gibson GJ. Pulmonary Function Tests. In: Grassi, C; Brambilla, C, ed. Pulmonary Diseases. McGraw-Hill International, 1999, pp.51-56.
• Cushley MJ, Davison AG, duBois RM, Egan J, Flower CDR, Gibson GJ etal. The diagnosis, assessment and treatment of diffuse parenchymal lung disease in adults. Thorax 1999, 54 suppl 1, S1 - S30.
• Burns GP, Gibson GJ. Airway hyperresponsiveness in asthma - Not just a problem of smooth muscle relaxation with inspiration. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 1998, 158, 203-206.
• R. A. Chacon, P. A. Corris, J. H. Dark and G. J. Gibson. Comparison of the functional results of single lung transplantation for pulmonary fibrosis and chronic airway obstruction. Thorax 1998, 53, 43-49.
• A. J. Leonard, J. W. W. Killen, J. C. Mansfield, G. J. Gibson, M. Hudson and N. A. G. Jones. Difficulties in diagnosis and treatment of spinal tuberculosis. Hospital Medicine 1998, 59, 656-657.
• M. J. Drinnan, A. Murray, C. J. Griffiths and G. J. Gibson. Interobserver variability in recognizing arousal in respiratory sleep disorders. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 1998, 158, 358-362.
• G. J. Gibson. Public health aspects of obstructive sleep apnoea. Thorax 1998, 53, 408-409.
• E. Gabbay, J. H. Dark, T. Ashcroft, D. Milne, G. J. Gibson, M. Healy and P. A. Corris. Recurrence of Langerhans' cell granulomatosis following lung transplantation. Thorax 1998, 53, 326-327.
• G. J. Gibson, N. J. Douglas, J. R. Stradling, D. R. London and S. J. G. Semple. Sleep apnoea: clinical importance and facilities for investigation and treatment in the UK - Addendum to the 1993 Royal College of Physicians Sleep Apnoea Report. Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of London 1998, 32, 540-544.
• Steer J, Gibson J, Bourke SC. The DECAF Score: predicting hospital mortality in exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Thorax 2012, 67(11), 970-976.
• Steer J, Gibson G, Bourke S. Predicting outcomes following hospitalization for acute exacerbations of COPD. QJM: An International Journal of Medicine 2010, 103(11), 817-829.
• Gibson GJ. Moran Campbell and clinical science. THORAX 2004, 59(9), 737-740.
• Gibson GJ. Sleep disordered breathing and the outcome of stroke. Thorax 2004, 59(5), 361-363.
• Drinnan MJ, Anderson R, Wilson JA, Reda M, Gibson GJ. The effect of posture and sleep stage on snoring sound level. In: Winter Meeting of the British Thoracic Society. 2004, London: Thorax: BMJ Publishing Group.
• Burns GP, Gibson GJ. A novel hypothesis to explain the bronchconstrictor effect of deep inspiration in asthma. Thorax 2002, 57(2), 116-119.
• Gibson GJ, Whitelaw W, Siafakas N. ATS/ERS statement on respiratory muscle testing: Tests of overall respiratory function. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2002, 166, 521-527.
• Bourke SC, Gibson GJ. Predictors of benefit from, and compliance with, non-invasive ventilation in motor neurone disease. In: Thorax: Winter Meeting of the British Thoracic Society. 2002, London: BMJ Group.
• Bourke SC, Gibson GJ. Sleep and breathing in neuromuscular disease. European Respiratory Journal 2002, 19(6), 1194-1201.
• Harbison J, Ford GA, James OFW, Gibson GJ. Sleep-disordered breathing following acute stroke. QJM 2002, 95(11), 741-747.
• Chinnery PF, Johnson MA, Walls TJ, Gibson J, Fawcett PRW, Jamieson S, Fulthorpe JJ, Cullen M, Hudgson P, Bushby KMD. A novel autosomal dominant distal myopathy with early respiratory failure: Clinico-pathologic characteristics and exclusion of linkage to candidate genetic loci. Annals of Neurology 2001, 49(4), 443-452.
• Burnell PKP, Small T, Doig S, Johal B, Jenkins R, Gibson GJ. Ex-vivo product performance of Diskus (TM) and Turbuhaler (TM) inhalers using inhalation profiles from patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Respiratory Medicine 2001, 95(5), 324-330.
• Jagoe RT, Goodship THJ, Gibson GJ. Nutritional status of patients undergoing lung cancer operations. Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2001, 71(3), 929-935.
• Reda M, Gibson GJ, Wilson JA. Pharyngoesophageal pressure monitoring in sleep apnea syndrome. In: American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery. 2001, Denver, Colorado: Sage Publications, Inc.
• Bourke SC, Shaw PJ, Gibson GJ. Respiratory function vs sleep-disordered breathing as predictors of QOL in ALS. Neurology 2001, 57(11), 2040-2044.
• Gibson GJ. Sarcoidosis: old and new treatments. Thorax 2001, 56(5), 336-339.
• Burns GP, Gibson GJ. The apparent response of airway function to deep inspiration depends on the method of assessment. Respiratory Medicine 2001, 95(4), 251-257.
• Jagoe RT, Goodship THJ, Gibson GJ. The influence of nutritional status on complications after operations for lung cancer. Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2001, 71(3), 936-943.
• Chacon RA, Corris PA, Dark JH, Gibson GJ. Tests of airway function in detecting and monitoring treatment of obliterative bronchiolitis after lung transplantation. Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation 2000, 19(3), 263-269.
• Drinnan MJ, Richardson HC, Close PR, Smithson AJ, White JES, Griffiths CJ, Marshall HF, Gibson GJ. Objective benefit of laser palatoplasty for non-apnoeic snoring. Clinical Otolaryngology 1999, 24(4), 335-338.
• Richardson HC, Drinnan MJ, Close PR, White JES, Griffiths CJ, Gibson GJ. Psychometric performance before and after laser palatoplasty for non-apnoeic snoring. Clinical Otolaryngology 1999, 24(4), 339-342.