I see patients with a variety of symptoms including:
- Cough
- Wheeze
- Breathlessness
- Chest tightness or chest pain
- Snoring
- Breathing problems/choking at night
I specialise in the following lung & breathing conditions:
- Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA)
- Asthma
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
- Emphysema
- Chest infections including tuberculosis (TB)
- Pneumonia
- Pleural effusion
- Pneumothorax
- Pulmonary embolism (PE)
- Sarcoidosis
- Lung fibrosis (scarring of the lungs)
- Bronchiectasis
- Asbestosis and mesothelioma
- Lung cancer
- Incidental lung nodules/shadows on lungs
- Fitness to fly
- Fitness for surgery & pre-operative optimisation
Sometimes it is necessary to involve other specialist Consultants in a patient's care and I have close links with the following specialties:
- ENT (ear, nose & throat) surgeons
- Cardiothoracic surgeons
- Cardiologists
- Oncologists (cancer specialist)