Respiratory medicine consultants
Dr Andrew Barlow
Clinical Lead for Respiratory Medicine at West Hertfordshire Teaching
Hospitals NHS Trust
Clinical Director for Cancer, West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Chairman of the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Lung Cancer NCG
General information:
Name, qualifications:
Dr Andrew Barlow, FRCP, MSc, MB ChB (with honours), BSc Hons (Pharmacology: 2.1)
Practising at:
Watford General Hospital
Specialty:
Respiratory Medicine
Sub-specialty:
Respiratory Allergy
Special clinical interests:
- Interventional bronchoscopy including EBUS and mediastinal EUS. I am the lead for this important service integral to the accurate staging of lung cancer and the diagnosis of unexplained mediastinal lymphadenopathy. I have presented on EBUS at numerous International conferences, most recently BTOG 2015 and I am a regular faculty member for the prestigious EBUS Live Course hosted at UCH (2014, 2016).
- Thoracic Ultrasound. I am an advanced ultrasound practitioner having performed in excess of 3000 ultrasound-guided biopsies. I am competent to perform pleural thoracocentesis, in-dwelling pleural catheter insertion, intercostal chest drain insertion and pleural vent insertion. I co-run the new ambulatory pleural service with Dr knight and will be training in medical thoracoscopy.
- I am the clinical lead for Non-Invasive Ventilation and authored the recent policy update for NIV
- I lead on the project to establish a respiratory/medical HDU at West Herts.
Current posts (NHS, University):
- Consultant Chest Physician, West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
- Honorary Clinical Lecturer at UCH
- PACES examiner for the Royal College of Physicians
Year of first medical qualification:
The Victoria University of Manchester: BSc Pharmacology: 1988
University of Sheffield Medical School: MB ChB with honours: 1996
Imperial College London: MSc Respiratory Medicine: 2005
Current membership(s) of professional, national and regional bodies:
- British Thoracic Society
- British Medical Association
- General Medical Council
Contact details:
- Direct telephone number:
- Secretary's name: Mrs Madeleine Balaam
- Secretary's telephone number: 01923 217698
- Secretary's email address: wherts-tr.respiratory@nhs.net
Background
Professional Profile
In leading the department through the recent expansion, I am genuinely optimistic about the future. Recent developments, including the recruitment of four new consultants, mean we are well placed to deliver high quality, patient-centred care.
On-going plans for the department include the expansion of our already successful EBUS/EUS service, the evolution of our ambulatory pleural service to include medical thoracoscopy, the development of our sub-specialty outpatient services including sleep medicine and domiciliary NIV and the establishment of a respiratory/medical HDU to support the acute services at West Herts.
