Rate My Professor Nick Saltos

Nick Saltos is a Conjoint Associate Clinical Professor in the Faculty of Medicine and Public Health at the University of Newcastle. He obtained his Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) from the University of Sydney in 1964. His early career began at Royal Newcastle Hospital, where he served as Resident Medical Officer from 1965 to 1970 and Fellow in Medicine from 1970 to 1971. Between 1971 and 1973, he undertook postgraduate training in London, earning fellowships from the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP), the Royal College of Physicians of the United Kingdom (FRCP), the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (FRCPI), and the College of Chest Physicians of the United States (FCCP). Upon returning to Australia, he worked as Physician at Royal Newcastle Hospital from 1974 to 1991 before transferring to John Hunter Hospital, where he practiced as Physician from 1991 to 2017 and founded the Hunter Lung Cancer Clinic. Since 2017, he has held the position of Honorary Medical Officer at John Hunter Hospital.

At the University of Newcastle, Saltos was appointed Clinical Lecturer upon the establishment of the Medical School in 1977, advancing to Senior Lecturer and eventually Conjoint Associate Clinical Professor. His career emphasized hospital-based clinical medicine, undergraduate and postgraduate teaching in respiratory and general medicine, with limited but notable research contributions. Key publications include 'Hypersensitivity pneumonitis in a mouldy house' (Medical Journal of Australia, 1982), 'Acute exercise is associated with reduced exhaled nitric oxide in asthmatic children' (Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 2015), contributions to the Manual of Asthma Management (1995 and 2000), and papers on eosinophilic meningitis (1975), chronic cough mechanisms (1997), and airway inflammation in asthma (2000). Saltos received the Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in 2019 for significant service to medicine and education, the Teaching Excellence Award from the Faculty of Medicine and Public Health in 2017, and the 50th Anniversary Medal from the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand in 2017. A Festschrift in 2016 celebrated his enduring impact on regional respiratory medicine through clinical practice, education, and clinic development.