Suite 22, Level 6
Mater Medical Centre
293 Vulture Street
South Brisbane QLD 4101
Professional Profile
Dr Michael Fanning
BPharm · MBBS · FRACGP · FRACP · CertPI · CertIME
Dr Fanning is a consultant Respiratory and Sleep Physician with over a decade of specialist clinical experience across public and private hospital settings in South-East Queensland. He has practised as a Consultant Physician in Respiratory & Sleep Medicine at Mater Hospital South Brisbane since 2013 and serves as Medical Director of one of the larger private respiratory and sleep laboratories in Brisbane.
His clinical expertise spans the full breadth of respiratory and sleep medicine, with particular strengths in occupational lung disease, sleep-disordered breathing, and lung cancer diagnostics. Dr Fanning is an experienced expert witness, having been involved in hundreds of medico-legal cases concerning occupational lung disease.
He is ACIME certified in independent medical examination and permanent impairment assessment (AMA 5th Edition). He holds a Senior Lecturer appointment in the Faculty of Health, Medicine and Behavioural Sciences at The University of Queensland.
Before medical school, Dr Fanning practised as a pharmacist and then following medical school, trained as a general practitioner on Queensland's Darling Downs before returing to Brisbane to commence his physician training. These years give him a breadth of experience that informs his patient-centred, whole-person approach to respiratory and sleep care.
Areas of Clinical Expertise
Qualifications
| Year | Qualification |
|---|---|
| 1997 | Bachelor of Pharmacy (BPharm) — The University of Queensland |
| 2002 | Bachelor of Medicine / Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) — The University of Queensland |
| 2008 | Fellow of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (FRACGP) |
| 2012 | Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FRACP) — Adult Medicine, Respiratory & Sleep Medicine |
| 2022 | Certificate in Permanent Impairment Assessment (CertPI) — AMA 5th Edition, ACIME |
| 2022 | Certificate in Independent Medical Examination (CertIME) — ACIME |
Academic Appointment
Senior Lecturer, Greater Brisbane Clinical School - Mater Hospital Faculty of Health, Medicine and Behavioural Sciences, The University of Queensland
Clinical Career
Professional Affiliations
Selected Publications
Fanning MP, Lehman M, Mai T, et al. Detection of circulating tumour cells in advanced non-small cell lung cancer. Journal of Thoracic Oncology. 2013 Nov; 8(Suppl 2): S477.
Fanning MP, Hukins C. An evaluation of the utility of the Multivariate Apnoea Prediction Questionnaire and the Berlin Questionnaire in predicting obstructive sleep apnoea. Sleep and Biological Rhythms. 2012; 10(Suppl 1): 73.
Fanning MP, Tran K. A case series of morbidly obese patients admitted to intensive care with respiratory failure due to previously undiagnosed obesity hypoventilation or overlap syndrome. Respirology. 2011; 16(Suppl 1): 74.
