About
A/Prof Natasha Smallwood is a consultant respiratory physician with clinical expertise and research interests in breathlessness, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, pulmonary fibrosis, symptom management and severe lung diseases.
She completed her undergraduate medical degree at Nottingham University, UK (1999), as well as her initial postgraduate medical training in the UK, before moving to Australia.
In addition to her respiratory qualifications, she holds postgraduate qualifications in medical leadership, palliative care and epidemiology. Prior to moving to the Alfred Hospital and Monash University (2021), she was a consultant respiratory physician at the Royal Melbourne Hospital for 12 years, where she led the Advanced Lung Disease and Domiciliary Oxygen Services.
A/Prof Smallwood is the Head of the Chronic Respiratory Disease laboratory at the Central Clinical School, Monash University and leads a Breathlessness and Advanced Respiratory Disease Clinic at the Alfred Hospital, Melbourne.
She has over 90 publications and holds major research grants. In addition to her academic and clinical roles, she hold multiple leadership roles, including being a Board Director for the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand, and the Victorian Doctors’ Health Program. She is a taskforce member for various national and international respiratory guidelines.
In addition to her respiratory research, A/Prof Smallwood has interests in organisational leadership, crisis preparedness and gender equality.