Professor Mohammed Munavvar
GMC/GDC Number
4324056
Registered
1987
Consultant Chest Physician / Interventional Pulmonologist
Emma.Stevens@lthtr.nhs.uk (Secretary)
Department
Qualifications
MBBS, MD DNB FRCP(Lon), FRCP(Edin)
Specialty Areas
Respiratory Medicine
Specialist Interests
Research and Management of Lung Cancer / Pleural Pathologies / Emphysema / TB and most recently, COVID.
Research
He is actively involved in the evaluation of innovative techniques / tools in Thoracoscopy / Bronchoscopy
Other Professional Roles/Awards/Esteem Markers
National Clinical Excellence Gold Award
Biography
Dr M Munavvar has been a Consultant Chest Physician / Interventional Pulmonologist at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals, Preston, UK for 22 years.
He is President of the European Association of Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology, Chair of the Endorsement Committee of the World Association of Bronchology, Editorial Board Member, Journal of Bronchology, been elected Chair of Interventional Pulmonology for ERS (2021-2024), and works as Regional Speciality Adviser for RCP London. He was President of British Thoracic Society (2020), and Regional Adviser, RCP Edinburgh for 7 years.
He has been the founder / organiser of the Preston Basic Bronchoscopy course for over 15 years, BTS Interventional Bronchoscopy / Thoracoscopy course for more than 10 years, and The Semirigid Thoracoscopy course at Preston. He has been an active faculty member at the ERS and EABIP Interventional Bronchoscopy courses at Athens / Ancona / Lille / Bristol / Oxford.
He chaired the BTS Basic Bronchoscopy Guideline Development Committee, has been a council member of the British Thoracic Society, member of the BTS Education and Training Committee for two terms, Specialist Adviser to NICE Interventional Procedures Committee, Director of Research and Innovation, Training Programme Director for Respiratory Medicine and a member of the BTS Specialist Advisory Group for Interventional Pulmonology
Languages Spoken
English
Urdu
Tamil
Hindi
