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Specialises in

• Sleep disorders

Offers

• Face-to-face consultations
• Video and telephone consultations

About me

Dr. Ian Stone qualified in medicine from Imperial College School of Medicine in 2003 with honours in Physiology and obtaining a Bsc Hons in Pharmacology and Toxicology.

He undertook his training in London, with time spent at The London Chest, Royal Brompton and Harefield, St. Bartholomew’s, The Royal Free, The Royal London and St Mary’s Hospitals.

He was subsequently awarded a fellowship to undertake research into the effects of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, a smoking related lung disease, and its treatment on cardiac structure and function using advanced imaging techniques including cardiac MRI. The work undertaken was, to be presented at international conferences and resulted in multiple peer-reviewed publications and awards including those from the British Lung Foundation. For this work he was awarded a PhD degree from the University of London.


Prior to taking up his current post at Northwick park and Central Middlesex Hospitals, Dr Ian Stone was the Consultant co-lead for the development of Integrated Respiratory Services in the Borough of Hillingdon. He was involved in GP training and organised public and patient education events. As part of that role Dr Stone worked as a Consultant at Harefield Hospital in sleep medicine and was the co-lead for the development of the unexplained breathlessness service.

Dr Stone manages patients with the entire range of respiratory conditions. He is currently the Trust Lead at LNWUH NHS trust for Sleep Medicine where over 500 sleep studies are undertaken and personally reported by Dr Stone. He is currently a member of the NICE guideline development committee for Sleep Apnoea and Sleep Disordered Breathing.

Dr Stone is the Lead Consultant for Community Respiratory support services in Brent.

Dr Stone has extensive experience of acute, general and emergency medicine. He is involved in the acute on-call rota at Northwick Park admitting up to 50 emergencies per day. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and a member of the British Thoracic Society and European Respiratory Society.

Areas of interest

As a Consultant Respiratory Physician he is consulted about cough; breathlessness; wheezing; sputum; coughing up blood; chest pains; snoring

He treats patients with chest problems including persistent cough; breathlessness; asthma; chronic bronchitis and emphysema; COPD; lung cancer; pulmonary fibrosis; chest infections; pneumonia; TB; bronchiectasis; pulmonary nodules; pleural disease; pleural effusion; pulmonary embolism; sarcoidosis; pneumothorax and sleep apnoea.

He is an experienced bronchoscopist including standard and endobronchial ultrasound guided - EBUS - biopsies and undertakes respiratory, sleep studies and cardio-pulmonary exercise testing.

Medical secretaries

• Della D'Silva
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