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Publications
Publications by A/Prof Jonathan Williamson
Recently Interviewed on A Current Affair regarding the COVID 19 pandemic and the NSW Hospital System.
2021Carew A, Ing A, Saghaie T, Williamson JP, Phillips MJ, Farah C. Interventional bronchoscopy for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: more than pipe dream. Medical Journal of Australia (accepted for publication).
Arulanantham J, Officer C, O’Connor C, Baillie T, Bass S, Williamson JP and Carew A. Localised tracheobronchial amyloidosis: a rare case presentation and tailored managementApproaches. Respirology Case Reports (accepted for publication).
2020Ing MK, Williamson JP. Con: Bronchoscopy is essential for pulmonary infections in patients with haematological malignancies - Pro/Con Debate. Breathe 2020;16: 200210.
Xu J, Onga HX, Traini D, Williamson JP, Byrom M, Dos Reis LG and Young PY. Paclitaxel-eluting silicone airway stent for preventing granulation tissue growth and lung cancer relapse in central airway pathologies. Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery. Accepted 13 Aug 2020doi.org/10.1080/17425247.2020.1811224
Valipour A, Fernandez-Bussy S, Ing AJ, Steinfort DP, Snell GI, Williamson JP, et al. Bronchial Rheoplasty For Treatment of Chronic Bronchitis: 12 Month Results from a Multi-Center Study. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2020.
Ferreira D, Prasad Y, Vedam H, Baraket N, Ghosh S and Williamson JP. A Foreign Body Experience. Respirology Case Reports 2020; 8 (6) e00606
Williamson JP, Colt H. Training in interventional pulmonology – what we have learned and a way forward. Respirology 2020 Sep;25(9):997-1007
Shelley She, Daniel Steinfort, Paul Leong, Alvin Ing, Williamson JP, Barton Jennings, Tajalli Saghaie. Transbronchial Cryobiopsy in interstitial lung disease diagnosis - a standardised protocol. J Bronchology Interv Pulmonol. 2020 Jan;27(1):36-41
Ing AJ, Hersch N, Sullivan C, Saghaie T, Williamson JP. Reversal of Collateral Ventilation using endobronchial polymer sealant in a patient with emphysema undergoing Endoscopic Lung Volume Reduction (ELVR) with valves: a case report and proof of concept. J Bronchology Interv Pulmonol. 2020 Jan;27(1):e14-e16.
Troy L, Grainge C, Corte TJ.. Williamson JP.... Ing AJ, Saghaie T, ..Lau E. Diagnostic accuracy of transbronchial lung cryobiopsy for interstitial lung disease diagnosis (COLDICE): a prospective, comparative study. The Lancet Respiratory Medicine: 2020 Feb;8(2):171-181.
2019Yang L, Hsu K, Saghaie T, Williamson JP, Ho-Shon K, and Ing AJ. Changes in ventilation and perfusion following lower lobe Endoscopic Lung Volume Reduction (ELVR) with endobronchial valves in patients with severe COPD. The Clinical Respiratory Journal April 2019. 13(7) DOI: 10.1111/crj.13031
Pneumocystis jirovecii in a patient on dose-dense chemotherapy for early breast cancer. Khoo C, Gilchrist J, Williamson JP, Paul M, Kefford R. Respirology Case Reports. 2019 Jul 5;7(7):e00459.
Cryobiopsy versus open lung biopsy in the diagnosis of interstitial lung disease (COLDICE): protocol of a multicentre study. Troy LK, Grainge C, Corte T, Williamson JP, Vallely MP, Cooper W, Mahar AM, Lai S, Mulyadi E, Torzillo PF, Salamonsen M, Don G, Myers J, Raghu G, Lau EMT and the COLDICE Investigator Team. BMJ Open Respiratory Research. 2019;6:e000443. doi:10.1136/bmjresp-2019-000443.
Transbronchial lung cryobiopsy: a novel confirmatory tool to diagnose asbestos related pulmonary fibrosis. Zajaczkowska M, Johnson A, Gallur L, Shin J, Henderson C, Williamson JP. Respirology Case Reports. 2019; 7 (1):e00380
Outcomes of an initiative to improve patient safety of small bore thoracostomy tube insertion. Santos C, Gupta S, Baraket M, Collett PJ, Xuan W, Williamson JP. Internal Medicine Journal. 2019: 49(5):644-649
2018Improvements in gas transfer capacity are associated with improvements in ventilation and perfusion matching. Hsu K, Williamson JP, Peters MJ, Ing AJ. Journal of Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology. 2018; 25(1):48-53Shafiee S, Adno A, French B, Johansson C, Frankel A, Williamson JP. Central airway obstruction caused by adenoid cystic carcinoma in pregnancy: a case report and review of the literature. Respirology Case Reports. 2018; 6 (5):e00317. doi: 10.1002/rcr2.317
Sivakumar S, McNally A, Tobin J, Williamson JP, Aneman AA. An observational cohort study of outcomes in patients admitted to the intensive care unit for acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Internal Medicine Journal. 2018; 48(8): 944-950
Xu J, Ong HX, Traini D, Byrom M, Williamson JP, Young P. The utility of 3D-printed airway stents to improve treatment strategies for central airway obstructions. Drug Dev Ind Pharm. 2019 Jan;45(1):1-10
2017Sasson SC, Russo R, Chung T, Chu G, Hunyor I, Williamson JP, Murad A, Kane A, Riminton S, Limaye S. Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging indeterminate/ negative cardiac sarcoidosis revealed by 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography: two case reports and a review of the literature. Journal of Medical Case Reports. 2017; 11(291): doi: 10.1186/s13256-017-1453-6
Al-Falahi Z, Williamson JP, Dimitri H. Atrial Fibrillation and Sleep Apnoea: Guilt by Association? Heart, Lung and Circulation. 2017; 26: 902–910
Williamson JP, Ing A, Saghaie T. Bronchoscopic procedures for COPD: a breath of fresh air. Respiratory Medicine Today. 2017; 2(1): 24-28
Williamson JP, Twaddell SH, Lee YCG, Salamonsen M, Hew M, Fielding David, Nguyen P,Steinfort D, Hopkins P, Smith N, Grainge C. Thoracic ultrasound recognition of competence – aposition paper of the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand. Respirology. 2017; 22:405-408.
Williamson JP, Grainge C, Parameswaran A, Twaddell SH. Thoracic ultrasound: What non-radiologists need to know. Current Pulmonology Reports. 2017; 6(1):39-47
Tong JY, Golzan M, Georgevsky D, Williamson JP, Graham SL, Farah CS, Fraser CL. Quantitative Retinal Vascular Changes in Obstructive Sleep Apnea. Am J Ophthalmol. 2017; 182:72-80
2016Ing M, Oliver RA, Oliver BG, Walsh WR, Williamson JP. Evaluation of transbronchial lung cryobiopsy size and freezing time: a prognostic animal study. Respiration. 2016;91(1):34-9 Dobler CC, Chidiac R, Williamson JP and Jelfs PJ. Repeat exposure to active tuberculosis and risk of re-infection. Med J Aust 2016; 204 (2): 77-78.
2015 and priorMaw M, Harvey M, Harrington Z, Baraket M, Montgomery R, and Williamson JP. Endobronchial deposits of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia - an unusual cause of central airway obstruction. Respirol Case Rep. 2015; 3 (2): 41–43. Mahasneh T, Harrington Z, Williamson JP, Alkhawaja D, Duflou J and Shin JS. Intravascular large B-cell lymphoma complicated by invasive pulmonary aspergillosis: a rare presentation. Respirology Case Rep. 2014; 2 (2):67-9 Mulrennan SA, Williamson JP, Ling IT, Phillips MJ. Endobronchial ultrasound: a review of use in a tertiary institution as a diagnostic tool in mediastinal, hilar and peripheral lung lesions. Journal of Interventional Oncology 2011: 1(1): 40-46PhD Associated
Williamson JP, McLaughlin RA, Noffsinger WJ, James AL, Baker VA, Curatolo A, Armstrong JJ, Regli A, Shepherd KL, Marks GB, Sampson DD, Hillman DR, Eastwood PR. Elastic properties of the central airways measured using anatomical optical coherence tomography. American Journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 2011: 183: 612-619 (Editorialised) Coxson HO, Eastwood PR, Williamson JP and Sin DD. Phenotyping airway disease with optical coherence tomography. Respirology 2011:16(1): 34-43 Williamson JP, Phillips MJ, McLaughlin RA, Noffsinger WJ, Armstrong JJ, Baker VA, Curatolo A, Noble PB, West AR, Sampson DD, James AL, Hillman DR, Eastwood PR. Bronchoscopic applications of anatomical optical coherence tomography. Respirology 2010: 15(supp1): A24. Williamson JP, Phillips MJ, Hillman DR, Eastwood PR. Managing obstruction of the central airways. Internal Medicine Journal 2010: 40(6): 399-410. Williamson JP, Armstrong JJ, McLaughlin RA, Noble PB, West AR, Becker S, Curatolo A, Noffsinger WJ, Mitchell HW, Phillips MJ, Sampson DD, Hillman DR, Eastwood PR. Measuring airway dimensions during bronchoscopy using anatomical optical coherence tomography. Eur Respir J 2010: 35(1): 34-41. Williamson JP, James AL, Phillips MJ, Sampson DD, Hillman DR, Eastwood PR. Quantifying tracheobronchial tree dimensions: methods, limitations and emerging techniques. European Respiratory Journal 2009; July; 34:1-14 (Editorialised) Williamson JP, McLaughlin RA, Phillips MJ, Armstrong JJ, Becker S, Walsh JH, Sampson DD, Hillman DR, Eastwood PR. Using optical coherence tomography to improve diagnostic and therapeutic bronchoscopy. Chest 2009; July; 136:272-276. Noble PB, West AR, McLaughlin RA, Armstrong JJ, Becker S, McFawn PK, Williamson JP, Eastwood PE, Hillman DR, Sampson DD and Mitchell HW. Airway Narrowing Assessed by Anatomical Optical Coherence Tomography In Vitro: Dynamic Airway Wall Morphology and Function. J Appl Physiol 2009; 108(2) 401-411. Williamson JP, Illing R, Gertler P and Braude S. Near drowning treated with therapeutic hypothermia. Med J Aust 2004; 181:500-1. (Editorialised) McLaughlin RA, Armstrong JJ, Becker S, Walsh JH, Kirkness J, Jain A, Leigh MS, Williamson JP, Hillman DR, Eastwood PR, Sampson DD. Respiratory gating of endoscopic OCT images of the upper airway, Proc. SPIE, 19th International Conference on Optical Fibre Sensors (OFS-19), Vol. 7004, 70045V (2008). Editors: David Sampson, Stephen Collins, Kyunghwan Oh, Ryozo Yamauchi McLaughlin RA, Williamson JP, Phillips MJ, Armstrong JJ, Becker S, Hillman DR, Eastwood PR, Sampson DD. Applying anatomical optical coherence tomography to quantitative 3D imaging of the lower airway. Opt Express 2008: 16(22): 17521-17529. Book chapter reviewer: (Respiratory and Sleep) for Clinical Examination 7th Edition, Churchill Livingstone, 2014
Arulanantham J, Officer C, O’Connor C, Baillie T, Bass S, Williamson JP and Carew A. Localised tracheobronchial amyloidosis: a rare case presentation and tailored managementApproaches. Respirology Case Reports (accepted for publication).
2020Ing MK, Williamson JP. Con: Bronchoscopy is essential for pulmonary infections in patients with haematological malignancies - Pro/Con Debate. Breathe 2020;16: 200210.
Xu J, Onga HX, Traini D, Williamson JP, Byrom M, Dos Reis LG and Young PY. Paclitaxel-eluting silicone airway stent for preventing granulation tissue growth and lung cancer relapse in central airway pathologies. Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery. Accepted 13 Aug 2020doi.org/10.1080/17425247.2020.1811224
Valipour A, Fernandez-Bussy S, Ing AJ, Steinfort DP, Snell GI, Williamson JP, et al. Bronchial Rheoplasty For Treatment of Chronic Bronchitis: 12 Month Results from a Multi-Center Study. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2020.
Ferreira D, Prasad Y, Vedam H, Baraket N, Ghosh S and Williamson JP. A Foreign Body Experience. Respirology Case Reports 2020; 8 (6) e00606
Williamson JP, Colt H. Training in interventional pulmonology – what we have learned and a way forward. Respirology 2020 Sep;25(9):997-1007
Shelley She, Daniel Steinfort, Paul Leong, Alvin Ing, Williamson JP, Barton Jennings, Tajalli Saghaie. Transbronchial Cryobiopsy in interstitial lung disease diagnosis - a standardised protocol. J Bronchology Interv Pulmonol. 2020 Jan;27(1):36-41
Ing AJ, Hersch N, Sullivan C, Saghaie T, Williamson JP. Reversal of Collateral Ventilation using endobronchial polymer sealant in a patient with emphysema undergoing Endoscopic Lung Volume Reduction (ELVR) with valves: a case report and proof of concept. J Bronchology Interv Pulmonol. 2020 Jan;27(1):e14-e16.
Troy L, Grainge C, Corte TJ.. Williamson JP.... Ing AJ, Saghaie T, ..Lau E. Diagnostic accuracy of transbronchial lung cryobiopsy for interstitial lung disease diagnosis (COLDICE): a prospective, comparative study. The Lancet Respiratory Medicine: 2020 Feb;8(2):171-181.
2019Yang L, Hsu K, Saghaie T, Williamson JP, Ho-Shon K, and Ing AJ. Changes in ventilation and perfusion following lower lobe Endoscopic Lung Volume Reduction (ELVR) with endobronchial valves in patients with severe COPD. The Clinical Respiratory Journal April 2019. 13(7) DOI: 10.1111/crj.13031
Pneumocystis jirovecii in a patient on dose-dense chemotherapy for early breast cancer. Khoo C, Gilchrist J, Williamson JP, Paul M, Kefford R. Respirology Case Reports. 2019 Jul 5;7(7):e00459.
Cryobiopsy versus open lung biopsy in the diagnosis of interstitial lung disease (COLDICE): protocol of a multicentre study. Troy LK, Grainge C, Corte T, Williamson JP, Vallely MP, Cooper W, Mahar AM, Lai S, Mulyadi E, Torzillo PF, Salamonsen M, Don G, Myers J, Raghu G, Lau EMT and the COLDICE Investigator Team. BMJ Open Respiratory Research. 2019;6:e000443. doi:10.1136/bmjresp-2019-000443.
Transbronchial lung cryobiopsy: a novel confirmatory tool to diagnose asbestos related pulmonary fibrosis. Zajaczkowska M, Johnson A, Gallur L, Shin J, Henderson C, Williamson JP. Respirology Case Reports. 2019; 7 (1):e00380
Outcomes of an initiative to improve patient safety of small bore thoracostomy tube insertion. Santos C, Gupta S, Baraket M, Collett PJ, Xuan W, Williamson JP. Internal Medicine Journal. 2019: 49(5):644-649
2018Improvements in gas transfer capacity are associated with improvements in ventilation and perfusion matching. Hsu K, Williamson JP, Peters MJ, Ing AJ. Journal of Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology. 2018; 25(1):48-53Shafiee S, Adno A, French B, Johansson C, Frankel A, Williamson JP. Central airway obstruction caused by adenoid cystic carcinoma in pregnancy: a case report and review of the literature. Respirology Case Reports. 2018; 6 (5):e00317. doi: 10.1002/rcr2.317
Sivakumar S, McNally A, Tobin J, Williamson JP, Aneman AA. An observational cohort study of outcomes in patients admitted to the intensive care unit for acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Internal Medicine Journal. 2018; 48(8): 944-950
Xu J, Ong HX, Traini D, Byrom M, Williamson JP, Young P. The utility of 3D-printed airway stents to improve treatment strategies for central airway obstructions. Drug Dev Ind Pharm. 2019 Jan;45(1):1-10
2017Sasson SC, Russo R, Chung T, Chu G, Hunyor I, Williamson JP, Murad A, Kane A, Riminton S, Limaye S. Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging indeterminate/ negative cardiac sarcoidosis revealed by 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography: two case reports and a review of the literature. Journal of Medical Case Reports. 2017; 11(291): doi: 10.1186/s13256-017-1453-6
Al-Falahi Z, Williamson JP, Dimitri H. Atrial Fibrillation and Sleep Apnoea: Guilt by Association? Heart, Lung and Circulation. 2017; 26: 902–910
Williamson JP, Ing A, Saghaie T. Bronchoscopic procedures for COPD: a breath of fresh air. Respiratory Medicine Today. 2017; 2(1): 24-28
Williamson JP, Twaddell SH, Lee YCG, Salamonsen M, Hew M, Fielding David, Nguyen P,Steinfort D, Hopkins P, Smith N, Grainge C. Thoracic ultrasound recognition of competence – aposition paper of the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand. Respirology. 2017; 22:405-408.
Williamson JP, Grainge C, Parameswaran A, Twaddell SH. Thoracic ultrasound: What non-radiologists need to know. Current Pulmonology Reports. 2017; 6(1):39-47
Tong JY, Golzan M, Georgevsky D, Williamson JP, Graham SL, Farah CS, Fraser CL. Quantitative Retinal Vascular Changes in Obstructive Sleep Apnea. Am J Ophthalmol. 2017; 182:72-80
2016Ing M, Oliver RA, Oliver BG, Walsh WR, Williamson JP. Evaluation of transbronchial lung cryobiopsy size and freezing time: a prognostic animal study. Respiration. 2016;91(1):34-9 Dobler CC, Chidiac R, Williamson JP and Jelfs PJ. Repeat exposure to active tuberculosis and risk of re-infection. Med J Aust 2016; 204 (2): 77-78.
2015 and priorMaw M, Harvey M, Harrington Z, Baraket M, Montgomery R, and Williamson JP. Endobronchial deposits of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia - an unusual cause of central airway obstruction. Respirol Case Rep. 2015; 3 (2): 41–43. Mahasneh T, Harrington Z, Williamson JP, Alkhawaja D, Duflou J and Shin JS. Intravascular large B-cell lymphoma complicated by invasive pulmonary aspergillosis: a rare presentation. Respirology Case Rep. 2014; 2 (2):67-9 Mulrennan SA, Williamson JP, Ling IT, Phillips MJ. Endobronchial ultrasound: a review of use in a tertiary institution as a diagnostic tool in mediastinal, hilar and peripheral lung lesions. Journal of Interventional Oncology 2011: 1(1): 40-46PhD Associated
Williamson JP, McLaughlin RA, Noffsinger WJ, James AL, Baker VA, Curatolo A, Armstrong JJ, Regli A, Shepherd KL, Marks GB, Sampson DD, Hillman DR, Eastwood PR. Elastic properties of the central airways measured using anatomical optical coherence tomography. American Journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 2011: 183: 612-619 (Editorialised) Coxson HO, Eastwood PR, Williamson JP and Sin DD. Phenotyping airway disease with optical coherence tomography. Respirology 2011:16(1): 34-43 Williamson JP, Phillips MJ, McLaughlin RA, Noffsinger WJ, Armstrong JJ, Baker VA, Curatolo A, Noble PB, West AR, Sampson DD, James AL, Hillman DR, Eastwood PR. Bronchoscopic applications of anatomical optical coherence tomography. Respirology 2010: 15(supp1): A24. Williamson JP, Phillips MJ, Hillman DR, Eastwood PR. Managing obstruction of the central airways. Internal Medicine Journal 2010: 40(6): 399-410. Williamson JP, Armstrong JJ, McLaughlin RA, Noble PB, West AR, Becker S, Curatolo A, Noffsinger WJ, Mitchell HW, Phillips MJ, Sampson DD, Hillman DR, Eastwood PR. Measuring airway dimensions during bronchoscopy using anatomical optical coherence tomography. Eur Respir J 2010: 35(1): 34-41. Williamson JP, James AL, Phillips MJ, Sampson DD, Hillman DR, Eastwood PR. Quantifying tracheobronchial tree dimensions: methods, limitations and emerging techniques. European Respiratory Journal 2009; July; 34:1-14 (Editorialised) Williamson JP, McLaughlin RA, Phillips MJ, Armstrong JJ, Becker S, Walsh JH, Sampson DD, Hillman DR, Eastwood PR. Using optical coherence tomography to improve diagnostic and therapeutic bronchoscopy. Chest 2009; July; 136:272-276. Noble PB, West AR, McLaughlin RA, Armstrong JJ, Becker S, McFawn PK, Williamson JP, Eastwood PE, Hillman DR, Sampson DD and Mitchell HW. Airway Narrowing Assessed by Anatomical Optical Coherence Tomography In Vitro: Dynamic Airway Wall Morphology and Function. J Appl Physiol 2009; 108(2) 401-411. Williamson JP, Illing R, Gertler P and Braude S. Near drowning treated with therapeutic hypothermia. Med J Aust 2004; 181:500-1. (Editorialised) McLaughlin RA, Armstrong JJ, Becker S, Walsh JH, Kirkness J, Jain A, Leigh MS, Williamson JP, Hillman DR, Eastwood PR, Sampson DD. Respiratory gating of endoscopic OCT images of the upper airway, Proc. SPIE, 19th International Conference on Optical Fibre Sensors (OFS-19), Vol. 7004, 70045V (2008). Editors: David Sampson, Stephen Collins, Kyunghwan Oh, Ryozo Yamauchi McLaughlin RA, Williamson JP, Phillips MJ, Armstrong JJ, Becker S, Hillman DR, Eastwood PR, Sampson DD. Applying anatomical optical coherence tomography to quantitative 3D imaging of the lower airway. Opt Express 2008: 16(22): 17521-17529. Book chapter reviewer: (Respiratory and Sleep) for Clinical Examination 7th Edition, Churchill Livingstone, 2014