Professor Neal Navani, Consultant Respiratory Physician

 

Private diagnosis, treatment and care for all types of respiratory illness

Professor Navani is a busy Respiratory Medicine Consultant at University College London Hospital (UCLH), which is an internationally recognised centre of excellence. He also sees private patients at The Physicians’ Clinic, The London Clinic and at OneWelbeck, one of the foremost private clinics in central London. Professor Navani is also available for video consultations for private patients in the UK and internationally.

Professor Navani’s clinical practice at both centres involves treating patients with common conditions such as chronic cough, asthma and smoking-related lung disease including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). He is also an internationally recognised expert in managing lung cancer, carrying out bronchoscopy procedures and also specialises in lung problems in patients with other cancers.

Professor Navani’s specialties include

  • Investigating and treating chronic cough
  • Screening at-risk patients for early stage lung cancer using the latest techniques
  • Using bronchoscopy and endobronchial ultrasound as a tool for diagnosing respiratory conditions

Professor Navani developed the endobronchial ultrasound service at UCLH and he is one of the leading world experts in this area of respiratory diagnostics. He has lectured around the world on the diagnosis of lung conditions including lung cancer.

Professor Navani is Chair of the Lung Cancer Service at University College London Hospital and Clinical Director for the Centre for Cancer Outcomes in North London. He has a large research portfolio built on competitive research funding and supervises PhD students in cancer and data science. He is one of the authors of the National NICE guideline for lung cancer and was appointed as Senior Clinical Lead at the Royal College of Physicians for measuring national standards of lung cancer care. He is the co-chair of the British Thoracic Society lung nodule guideline.

Professor Navani diagnoses and treats:

  • Cough
  • Breathlessness
  • Lung nodules
  • Asthma
  • Abnormal X-ray or CT scan
  • COPD
  • Emphysema
  • Pneumonia and lung infections
  • Tuberculosis
  • Acute and chronic bronchitis
  • Lung fibrosis
  • Sarcoidosis
  • Bronchiectasis
  • Lung cancer
  • Pulmonary embolism
  • Pneumothorax
 

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