Dr Lauren Galt

Lauren studied undergraduate Biomedical Science at the University of Melbourne, her hometown, before moving to Brisbane to study Medicine. She graduated from the University of Queensland in 2010. Her training in Thoracic Medicine was undertaken at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital (RBWH) and the Princess Alexandra (PA) Hospitals.

In 2017, Lauren worked at the RBWH, with a focus on Interventional Bronchoscopy, encompassing extensive training in radial and convex EBUS and cryobiopsy. Lauren is expert in the assessment and management of pleural disease. In 2018 Lauren completed her sleep fellowship at the RBWH, and is adept at managing patients with complex sleep disorders, neuromuscular disease, and respiratory failure.

Lauren is passionate about personalised Thoracic and Sleep Medicine. She is particularly interested in difficult asthma, bronchiectasis, COPD, unexplained breathlessness, lung cancer and sleep disorders, including insomnia, sleep apnoea and narcolepsy.