Thomas Kongstad

Thomas Kongstad serves as a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Clinical Medicine within the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences at the University of Copenhagen, specializing in Paediatrics. He maintains clinical and research affiliations with Copenhagen University Hospital (Region Hovedstaden), as evidenced by his institutional email domain.

His research focuses on paediatric respiratory diseases, particularly cystic fibrosis in children, utilizing advanced diagnostic techniques including multiple breath washout and computed tomography to assess lung function and structural damage. His work establishes critical longitudinal correlations between functional ventilation metrics and structural lung changes, enabling non-invasive disease progression monitoring.

His 2021 publication in the Journal of Cystic Fibrosis demonstrates how repeated multiple breath washout measurements correlate with CT scores over time in paediatric cystic fibrosis patients, revealing patterns of ventilation inhomogeneity progression relative to structural damage. This research provides clinically actionable insights for early intervention strategies.