Dr Screaton is an experienced consultant radiologist specialising in cardiothoracic radiology. He was Radiology Clinical Director in Papworth Hospital 2004 – 12, President of the British Society of Thoracic Imaging 2009 – 13, National Institute of Clinical Excellence Guidelines Updates Standing Committee member 2014-17, and member of Royal College of Radiologists Faculty Board 2015-18. He currently sits on the British Thoracic Society Sarcoidosis Guidelines development group. He is Vice President (Publications) for the British Institute of Radiologists and European Society of Thoracic Imaging Councillor. He is Eastern Region Group lead for British Institute of Radiologists and member of the UK Lung Cancer Coalition.

He has a national and international profile in cardiothoracic imaging. His contribution to improved thoracic disease management is recognised by: Regular invitations to speak at & organise national & international meetings and his previous contribution to specialist guideline groups (Developed 12 NICE guidelines 10 with Updates Standing Committee (2013–17), 16 Royal College of Radiologists iREFER referral guidelines as Chest Section Co-lead (2013-16), British Thoracic Society Radical Lung Cancer Management & Bronchiectasis guidelines).  He is Vice President for the British Institute of Radiologists leading the publications section which covers 4 specialist imaging journals.  He is chest section Senior Editor for British Journal of Radiology, Advisory Editor for Clinical Radiology and regular reviewer for several national and international specialist clinical and imaging journals.

He has published widely on cardiothoracic imaging with over 60 papers in peer reviewed journals, has served as research and education lead for the British Society of Thoracic Imaging and is a regular invited speaker at national imaging meetings.

Specialist Clinical Interests

Cardiothoracic radiology

Research Interests

Interstitial lung disease.
Airways disease and COPD.
Pulmonary hypertension & Pulmonary vascular imaging.
Lung cancer screening.
Cardiac CT.

Education and Training

BM BCh MRCP FRCR

Current membership(s) of professional, national and regional bodies and university posts

Fellow of the Royal College of Radiologists, London.
Member of the General Medical Council (registration number: 3498257)
Member of European Society of Thoracic Imaging
Member of European Society of Radiologists
Member of British Institute of Radiologists

Recent and Important Publications

Crosbie PA, Balata H, Evison M, Atack M, Bayliss-Brideaux V, Colligan D, Duerden R, Eaglesfield J, Edwards T, Elton P, Foster J, Greaves M, Hayler G, Higgins C, Howells J, Irion K, Karunaratne D, Kelly J, King Z, Manson S, Mellor S, Miller D, Myerscough A, Newton T, O'Leary M, Pearson R, Pickford J, Sawyer R, Screaton NJ, Sharman A, Simmons M, Smith E, Taylor B, Taylor S, Walsham A, Watts A, Whittaker J, Yarnell L, Threlfall A, Barber PV, Tonge J, Booton R. Implementing lung cancer screening: baseline results from a community-based 'Lung Health Check' pilot in deprived areas of Manchester. Thorax. 2018 Feb 13. pii: thoraxjnl-2017-211377. doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2017-211377


Ali JM, Dunning J, Ng C, Tsui S, Cannon JE, Sheares KK, Taboada D, Toshner M, Screaton N, Pepke-Zaba J, Jenkins DP. The outcome of reoperative pulmonary endarterectomy surgery. Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2018 Jan 23. doi: 10.1093/icvts/ivx424.

Win T, Screaton NJ, Porter JC, Ganeshan B, Maher TM, Fraioli F, Endozo R, Shortman RI, Hurrell L, Holman BF, Thielemans K, Rashidnasab A, Hutton BF, Lukey PT, Flynn A, Ell PJ, Groves AM. Pulmonary 18F-FDG uptake helps refine current risk stratification in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging. 2018 Jan 16. doi: 10.1007/s00259-017-3917-8. [Epub ahead of print]


Nair A, Screaton NJ, Holemans JA, Jones D, Clements L, Barton B, Gartland N, Duffy SW, Baldwin DR, Field JK, Hansell DM, Devaraj A. The impact of trained radiographers as concurrent readers on performance and reading time of experienced radiologists in the UK Lung Cancer Screening (UKLS) trial. Eur Radiol. 2018 Jan;28(1):226-234. doi: 10.1007/s00330-017-4903-z. Epub 2017 Jun 22

Bedi P, Chalmers JD, Goeminne PC, Mai C, Saravanamuthu P, Velu PP, Cartlidge MK, Loebinger MR, Jacob J, Kamal F, Schembri N, Aliberti S, Hill U, Harrison M, Johnson C, Screaton N, Haworth C, Polverino E, Rosales E, Torres A, Benegas MN, Rossi AG, Patel D, Hill AT. The BRICS (Bronchiectasis Radiologically Indexed CT Score): A Multicenter Study Score for Use in Idiopathic and Postinfective Bronchiectasis. Chest. 2017 Dec 13. pii: S0012-3692(17)33213-0. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2017.11.033

Hadinnapola C, Bleda M, Haimel M, Screaton N, Swift A, Dorfmüller P, Preston SD, Southwood M, Hernandez-Sanchez J, Martin J, Treacy C, Yates K, Bogaard H, Church C, Coghlan G, Condliffe R, Corris PA, Gibbs S, Girerd B, Holden S, Humbert M, Kiely DG, Lawrie A, Machado R, MacKenzie Ross R, Moledina S, Montani D, Newnham M, Peacock A, Pepke-Zaba J, Rayner-Matthews P, Shamardina O, Soubrier F, Southgate L, Suntharalingam J, Toshner M, Trembath R, Vonk Noordegraaf A, Wilkins MR, Wort SJ, Wharton J; NIHR BioResource–Rare Diseases Consortium; UK National Cohort Study of Idiopathic and Heritable PAH, Gräf S, Morrell NW. Phenotypic Characterization of EIF2AK4 Mutation Carriers in a Large Cohort of Patients Diagnosed Clinically With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension. Circulation. 2017 Nov 21;136(21):2022-2033. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.117.028351. Epub 2017 Sep 28.

Ruggiero A, Screaton NJ. Imaging of acute and chronic thromboembolic disease: state of the art. Clin Radiol. 2017 May;72(5):375-388. doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2017.02.011. Epub 2017 Mar 19. Review.

Coulter TI, Chandra A, Bacon CM, Babar J, Curtis J, Screaton N, Goodlad JR, Farmer G, Steele CL, Leahy TR, Doffinger R, Baxendale H, Bernatoniene J, Edgar JD, Longhurst HJ, Ehl S, Speckmann C, Grimbacher B, Sediva A, Milota T, Faust SN, Williams AP, Hayman G, Kucuk ZY, Hague R, French P, Brooker R, Forsyth P, Herriot R, Cancrini C, Palma P, Ariganello P, Conlon N, Feighery C, Gavin PJ, Jones A, Imai K, Ibrahim MA, Markelj G, Abinun M, Rieux-Laucat F, Latour S, Pellier I, Fischer A, Touzot F, Casanova JL, Durandy A, Burns SO, Savic S, Kumararatne DS, Moshous D, Kracker S, Vanhaesebroeck B, Okkenhaug K, Picard C, Nejentsev S, Condliffe AM, Cant AJ. Clinical spectrum and features of activated phosphoinositide 3-kinase δ syndrome: A large patient cohort study. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2017 Feb;139(2):597-606.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2016.06.021. Epub 2016 Jul 16.

Nair A, Gartland N, Barton B, Jones D, Clements L, Screaton NJ, Holemans JA, Duffy SW, Field JK, Baldwin DR, Hansell DM, Devaraj A. Comparing the performance of trained radiographers against experienced radiologists in the UK lung cancer screening (UKLS) trial. Br J Radiol. 2016 Oct;89(1066):20160301. doi: 10.1259/bjr.20160301. Epub 2016 Jul 27.


Dynamic Risk - Stratification of Patient Long-Term Outcome After Pulmonary Endarterectomy: Results From the UK National Cohort.  Cannon JE, Su L, Kiely DG, Page K, Toshner M, Swietlik E, Treacy C, Ponnaberanam A, Condliffe R, Sheares K, Taboada D, Dunning J, Tsui S, Ng C, Gopalan D, Screaton N, Elliot C, Gibbs S, Howard L, Corris P, Lordan J, Johnson M, Peacock A, MacKenzie Ross R, Coghlan G, Schreiber B, Dimopoulos K, Wort J, Gaine S, Moledina S, Jenkins DP, Pepke-Zaba J. Circulation. 2016 Apr 6. pii: CIRCULATIONAHA.115.019470. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 27052413.

Field JK, Duffy SW, Baldwin DR, Whynes DK, Devaraj A, Brain KE, Eisen T, Gosney J, Green BA, Holemans JA, Kavanagh T, Kerr KM, Ledson M, Lifford KJ, McRonald FE, Nair A, Page RD, Parmar MK, Rassl DM, Rintoul RC, Screaton NJ, Wald  NJ, Weller D, Williamson PR, Yadegarfar G, Hansell DM. UK Lung Cancer RCT Pilot Screening Trial: baseline findings from the screening arm provide evidence for the potential implementation of lung cancer screening. Thorax. 2016 Feb;71(2):161-70. doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2015-207140. Epub 2015 Dec 8. PubMed PMID: 26645413; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4752629.

Cardiothoracic manifestations of neuroendocrine tumours. Mandegaran R, David S, Screaton N
Br J Radiol. 2016;89(1060):20150787. doi:10.1259/bjr.20150787. Review. PubMed PMID: 26781701; PubMed Central PMCID:PMC4846207.