Katie Zakis

Katie works in the specialist ILD service at Wythenshawe Hospital, part of the Manchester University Foundation Trust, which is among the largest ILD services in the UK, serving Greater Manchester and Cheshire. Her daily role is mostly clinically focussed, seeing new and follow-up patients in clinic, supporting a network of nursing teams and developing and expanding the nursing service which leads on antifibrotic prescribing and palliative care. She also provides education to respiratory colleagues across primary and secondary care.

Katie is a non-medical prescriber, and is working towards an MSc in Respiratory Practice. She has presented research nationally and internationally about innovations in ILD nursing. She has a special interest in palliative care, and is a member of the UK Palliative Care ILD Group (UP-ILD).