Mohammed Munavvar

Mr Munavvar Job title: Consultant Chest Physician and Director of R&D

Department: Chest Medicine

Telephone number: 01772 522416 / 8268 / 2412

Primary medical qualification: MBBS (1987)

Other qualifications: MD DNB FRCP FRCP Edin

Year of registration: 1993

GMC number: 4324056

Career history: Consultant Chest Physician, Royal Preston Hospital since 1999. Dr Munavvar has been in post as the Secretary for the European Association for Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology (EABIP) since 2014, and we are delighted to announce that as of 2017, he has been named President-Elect of the association; a role that he will fill for two years before taking on the honour of President.

Specialist areas: Interventional Bronchoscopy, Thoracoscopy, TB, Lung Cancer, Sarcoidosis, Mesothelioma and other respiratory diseases

Specialist interests: As above

Research interests: Innovative techniques in bronchoscopy, thoracoscopy, pleural diseases

Clinics: General Respiratory, Lung Cancer, TB and Pleural diseases

Languages spoken: English, Urdu, Hindi, Tamil

  1. New equipment to detect lung cancer earlier than ever before

    EBUS

    We are the first hospital outside London, to install new cutting-edge technology used to detect early signs of lung cancer.

  2. Our Consultants win national clinical excellence awards

    Two of our consultants have been recognised for their clinical excellence. 

  3. Consultant appointed President-elect of worldwide clinical society

    Consultant has been elected to be President of an international clinical society

  4. Consultant appointed into high profile national role

    A member of staff at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has been appointed into a high profile, national role with international reach.

  5. World renowned chest doctor to host Eid charity lunch

    Renowned local chest physician Dr Mohammed Munavvar, who is President of the European Association of Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology (EABIP), is to host a lunch to celebrate Eid that will also raise funds for the Rosemere Cancer Foundation, a charity which helped him bring new kit for the better diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer to the Royal Preston Hospital before any other hospital – NHS or private - in the country had it.

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