Umesh B L

Consultant Pulmonologist 

 Since 2016, working in a busy 400 bedded hospital, using my knowledge in both Respiratory and General Internal Medicine. This encompasses clinical, procedural, managerial and leadership skills.

 Involved in day to day running of the wards, managing acute patients in HDU/ITU and also acute take.

 Conducting general and specialist chest clinics i.e. Asthma, COPD, NIV and Cancer

 Perform bronchoscopy, EBUS and ultrasound chest drain insertion.

 Offer specialist advice for respiratory referrals

 Present at Lung MDT and Respiratory radiology meeting

 Participate in a 1:12 on-call rota for General Internal Medicine

 Conduct COPD and Asthma MDT

 Teach medical students, ACP and junior doctors

 Educational and clinical supervisor for junior doctors

 Presenting teaching sessions in respiratory department and grand rounds

 Conducting refresher sessions for primary care

 Fully confident in managing large multi-disciplinary teams: comfortable working under  pressure, in particular dealing effectively with constraints of capacity vs demand.

MBBS, MRCP, MRCP(Respiratory Medicine), CCT(Respiratory and General Internal Medicine), FRCP