Simona Turcu

Consultant in general and respiratory paediatrics

Biography

Simona Turcu has been a consultant at Evelina London since 2011 and her work has helped to establish the children’s respiratory and home ventilation service.

She is a member of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, British Paediatric Respiratory Society and European Respiratory Society. She teaches students from King's College School of Medicine and south London specialist paediatric trainees.

Further information

Turcu S, Ashton E, Jenkins L, Gupta A, Mok Q, Genetic testing in children with surfactant dysfunction, accepted for publication in Archives Disease of Childhood Jan 2013.

Turcu S, Sonnappa S, A teenager with a cough, fever, and poor appetite, BMJ 2012;344:e2821 doi: 10.1136/bmj.e282

Turcu S, Mok Q, Respiratory distress in a preterm baby. Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed. 2013;98:F165. Published Online First 6 May 2012

Haidopoulou K, Lum S, Turcu S, Guinard C, Aurora P, Stocks J, Sonnappa S. Alveolar LCI vs. standard LCI in detecting early CF lung disease. Respir Physiol Neurobiol. 2012 Mar 15;180(2-3):247-51.

Rahman A, Khanum S, Turcu S (2012) Levosalbutamol versus Salbutamol for Treatment of Acute Exacerbation of Asthma in Bangladesh Children. J Aller Ther 3:123. doi:10.4172/2155-6121.1000123