Respiratory

• Speciality: respiratory consultant.
• Sub-speciality: lung cancer, pleural effusion, cough, breathlessness, COPD, asthma, sleep apnoea.
• Special clinical interests: Lung cancer Lead at Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust Pleural Lead, GHH NIV Lead (interest in respiratory failure), complex airway disease (excessive dynamic airway collapse/tracheobronchomalacia) (EDAC/TBM).
• Current NHS and /or university posts: respiratory and general medicine consultant,
  Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, Good Hope Hospital
• Year of first medical qualification: MBBS June 2000, Jordan University of Science and Technology.
• Current membership(s) of professional, national and regional bodies: Royal College of Physicians (RCP), British Thoracic Society (BTS), Midland Thoracic Society (MTS),European Respiratory Society (ERS).

I currently work as a respiratory consultant based at Good Hope Hospital. I took charge of the lung cancer lead role in December 2015 and currently thriving to maintain high standards of lung cancer care delivery. I have set up an outpatient clinic to deal with patients with pleural effusions (admission avoidance). I have special interest in breathlessness, respiratory failure and complex airway disease (COPD, asthma, EDAC/TBM).

In my leisure time, I enjoy playing tennis with my son and value family time. I have family members in 4 different countries (Jordan, America, Bahrain and UAE) which keeps life interesting and having a lot to look forward to. I enjoy watching football and strongly support Liverpool. I have acquired LFC membership and along with my son, we try to get to some matches at Anfield in Liverpool when time allows.

My overseas experience has helped me work in the NHS in many ways. Working in Jordan, a country known for its limited resources, meant I had to provide best and safest possible patient care with the available logistics.

I am constantly self-critical of my practice against patient outcomes. This has helped me develop and refine both my skills and knowledge. I have on so many occasions called patients to check on their progress after an introduction of a new treatment or to inform them of test results.

• Speciality: paediatrics
• Sub-speciality: paediatrics respiratory medicine.
• Special clinical interests: childhood asthma, cough, wheeze, allergies, recurrent chest, infections, sleep disturbances, cystic fibrosis, bronchiectasis.
• Current NHS and /or university posts: consultant in paediatric respiratory medicine
  Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Hospital NHS Trust.
• Year of first medical qualification: 2000
• Current membership(s) of professional, national and regional bodies: general medical council, Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health.

I am a paediatric respiratory consultant specialising in conditions affecting children’s lungs and airways. My NHS practice is at the respiratory department of Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Hospital where I manage children with a variety of chest and lung problems including chronic wheeze, toddler wheeze, severe asthma, cystic fibrosis, bronchiectasis and rare lung diseases.

I am the lead for the difficult asthma service and respiratory research. I specialise in childhood asthma including severe asthma, wheeze in toddlers, prolong cough in children, recurrent chest infections, allergy and sleep disorders in children.

My respiratory training was at the Royal Brompton Hospital, London and Bristol Children’s Hospital and Children’s Hospital for Wales, Cardiff. I have completed research in children with severe asthma at Imperial College London and Royal Brompton Hospital leading to MD(Res) degree from Imperial College, London.

I have presented my asthma research work at many international and national conferences and published in a number of peer-reviewed journals. I was awarded the American thoracic society abstract scholarship in 2015 and I am the principal investigator for several children’s lung research projects.

I see patients referred by GPs and colleagues from other paediatric specialities. During the initial consultation which can last up to 45 min, the family have an opportunity to discuss their concerns, I perform a detailed clinical examination and formulate and discuss the management plan. The letter summarising the consultation will be sent to the referring doctor and a copy will be sent to the family.

I am married with two young boys. As a family, we are keen on long walks, cycling and we try hard to balance work commitments and school with spending time together, music and sports. I love football and stand-up comedy.