Respiratory medicine consultants
Dr Matthew J Knight
Name, qualifications
Dr Matthew J Knight MBE PGCert(Allergy) FRCP
Practising at
West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Health Education East of England, Cambridge
Specialty
Respiratory Medicine
Sub-specialty
Allergy, General Internal Medicine, Medical Education
Professional Memberships
- Royal College of Physicians
- European Respiratory Society
- British Thoracic Society
- American College of Chest Physicians
- Hospital Consultant’s and Specialists Association
- Medical Defence Union
- General Medical Council - 6130119
Clinical Interests
- Unexplained breathlessness
- Cough and wheeze
- Sleep Apnoea and tiredness
- Asthma and respiratory allergies
- Recurrent chest infections
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) / Bronchitis
- Pleural diseases
- Bronchiectasis
- Bronchoscopy
- Lung function
- General Internal Medicine
Contact details
Dr Matthew J Knight MBE PGCert(Allergy) FRCP
Consultant Respiratory Physician
West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust
Watford General Hospital
Dept of Respiratory Medicine – Level 3 PMOK
Vicarage Road
Watford
WD18 0HB
Tel 01923 217 698
Dr Knight can be contacted via the respiratory department – on either 01923 217698 or westherts.respiratory@nhs.net / claire.early@nhs.net
About Dr Knight
Dr Knight has been a consultant at West Herts since 2015 and has an interest in unexplained breathlessness, chronic cough and airways diseases (Asthma, COPD and Bronchiectasis). He regularly performs cardio-pulmonary exercise testing (CPEX) alongside standard clinical assessment.
He is actively involved in research and has published widely over recent years, most latterly around Long Covid, out of hospital management of respiratory diseases and the role of technology in remote care of patients.
Along with Dr Andy Barlow and colleagues from NHSX he pioneered some of the early work on "Virtual Covid Wards", for which he was awarded an MBE.
He qualified from University College London in 2005 and undertook respiratory speciality training in the northwest Thames Respiratory training programme, rotating via the Royal Free, Hammersmith, Royal Brompton, Harefield, Barnet, Northwick Park and Watford General hospitals. He also completed a Postgraduate Certificate in Allergy Medicine at Imperial College London.
He is actively involved with the specialist training and education of junior doctors both locally in Watford and previously at a national level with Health Education England where he was an Associate Postgraduate Dean.
He sits as a non-executive director on the board of Penrose Care, a registered provider of home care services in northwest London and is also the Medical Director at Medefer .
Dr Knight manages patients with a wide range of respiratory problems, but has a particular interest in the following areas of Respiratory Medicine:
- Unexplained Breathlessness
- Cough and wheeze
- Pleural diseases
- Asthma and Respiratory allergies
- Recurrent chest infections and fever
- Sleep Apnoea
- Lung cancer (diagnosis and screening)
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
Dr Knight works closely with his colleagues in the Chest Clinic as well as colleagues in Respiratory Physiology, Cardiology, Physiotherapy, Speech and Language Therapy, Radiology and Thoracic surgery to ensure that patients treated by him receive the best possible care.
Recent publications/media
Dr Knight’s researchgate and google scholar profiles and links to selected articles and papers:
Virtual wards- an account from NHSX
GH Rhys, T Wakeling, SH Moosavi, JP Moore, H Dawes, M Knight, ...
Clinical Medicine 22 (3), 203
Accuracy of Rapid Point-of-Care Antibody Test in patients with suspected or confirmed COVID-19
R Vancheeswaran, ML Willcox, B Stuart, M Knight, H Kandil, A Barlow, ...
Journal of Infection 84 (1), 94-118
Post-acute covid-19 in primary care
M Knight, R Vancheeswaran
bmj 375
A Kalin, B Javid, M Knight, M Inada-Kim, T Greenhalgh
Systematic reviews 10 (1), 1-13
Racial discrepancies in oximetry: where do we stand?
MJ Knight, CP Subbe, M Inada-Kim
Anaesthesia
F Chua, R Vancheeswaran, A Draper, T Vaghela, M Knight, R Mogal, ...
Thorax 76 (7), 696-703
Ambulatory management of secondary spontaneous pneumothorax: a randomised controlled trial
SP Walker, E Keenan, O Bintcliffe, AE Stanton, M Roberts, J Pepperell, ...
European Respiratory Journal 57 (6)
Authors’ reply to Moyle and Ashworth
M Knight, T Greenhalgh, NJ Fulop, M Inada-Kim
bmj 373
Remote management of covid-19 using home pulse oximetry and virtual ward support
T Greenhalgh, M Knight, M Inda-Kim, NJ Fulop, J Leach, ...
bmj 372
Long Covid- recommendations and priority research questions - a report to the House of Lords Long Covid sub committee.
NA Francis, B Stuart, M Knight, R Vancheeswaran, C Oliver, M Willcox, ...
BMJ open 11 (3), e045356
F Chua, A Draper, M Knight, R Mogal, J Singh, LG Spencer, E Thwaite, ...
Thorax 76 (Suppl 1), A228-A229
SS Shah, A Gvozdanovic, M Knight, J Gagnon
JMIR formative research 5 (1), e23190
Long COVID: a primer for family physicians
T Greenhalgh, M Knight
American family physician 102 (12), 716-717
S Shah, A Gvozdanovic, M Knight, J Gagnon
Value in Health 23, S582
A Kalin, B Javid, M Knight, M Inada-Kim, T Greenhalgh
NA Francis, B Stuart, M Knight, R Vancheeswaran, C Oliver, M Willcox, ...
Late Breaking Abstract-Randomised trial of ambulatory management of primary spontaneous pneumothorax
R Hallifax, E Mckeown, P Sivakumar, I Fairburn, C Peter, A Leitch, ...
European Respiratory Journal 56 (suppl 64)
Management of post-acute covid-19 in primary care
T Greenhalgh, M Knight, M Buxton, L Husain
bmj 370
RJ Hallifax, E McKeown, P Sivakumar, I Fairbairn, C Peter, A Leitch, ..
The Lancet 396 (10243), 39-49
Randomised Trial for Ambulatory Management of Primary Spontaneous Pneumothorax
R Hallifax, E McKeown, P Sivakumar, I Fairbairn, C Peter, A Leitch, ...
A24. EPIDEMIOLOGY, DIAGNOSIS, AND TREATMENT IN PLEURAL DISEASE AND IP, A1124 …
What is the efficacy and safety of rapid exercise tests for exertional desaturation in covid-19
T Greenhalgh, B Javid, M Knight, M Inada-Kim
Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine, Nuffield Department of Primary Care …
T Greenhalgh, B Javid, M Knight, M Inada-Kim
The Rocket Pleural Vent in Pneumothorax
M Knight, P Yunger, Z Wu, A Barlow
European Respiratory Journal 54 (suppl 63)
K Roy, K Groom, N Read, C Cucciniello, M Knight
Thorax 73 (Suppl 4), A60-A61
K Roy, H Kandil, M Knight, M Thapa, K Groom
European Respiratory Journal 52 (suppl 62)
K Roy, K Groom, M Knight
European Respiratory Journal 52 (suppl 62)
The role of a pleural service in optimising pleural disease management
M Knight, L Yazbeck, S Hanger, O Butters, D Creer
European Respiratory Journal 44 (Suppl 58)
MJ Knight, PJ Hyatt
Endocrine Abstracts 12
B Javid, M Knight, M Inada-Kim
What is the efficacy and safety of rapid exercsie tests for exertional desaturation in covid-19?
T Greenhalgh, B Javid, M Knight, M Inada-Kim
Proof that virtual clinics can reduce waiting lists - HSJ opinion
A Virtual hospital model can help tackle the Covid pandemic - HSJ opinion
Coronavirus patients will need to be monitored for a year - Daily Telegraph newspaper
Everything doctors know so far about treating coronavirus - Daily Telegraph newspaper
Watford General treated hundreds of Covid-19 patients in virtual hospital - Gazette local newspaper
https://www.thehtn.co.uk/2020/06/12/huma-supports-nhsx-remote-monitoring-trials/
https://www.med-technews.com/news/virtual-wards-created-for-remote-monitoring-of-covid-19-pati/
https://www.nhsx.nhs.uk/blogs/early-data-nhsx-tech-enabled-remote-monitoring-pilot/
Clinical Trials
https://www.southampton.ac.uk/medicine/academic_units/projects/cerabtc-19.page
https://www.southampton.ac.uk/medicine/academic_units/projects/cerrnatc-19.page
Randomised ambulatory management of primary pneumothorax (RAMPP) RAMPP study
(Randomised ambulatory management of primary pneumothorax)
The use of an ambulatory device in treatment of pneumothoraces caused by underlying lung disease
HiSPEC trial – The use of an ambulatory device in the treatment of pneumothoraces caused by underlying lung disease
