Current NHS consultant posts held
Consultant Physician in Respiratory and General Medicine.
Research interests
COVID - currently leading the HEAL COVID trial at Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Trust in addition to being a co investigatior for the RECOVERY trial.
Pulmonary Fibrosis - Leading TIPAL study at CHFT.
Personal interests
I enjoy spending time with my family, travelling and also interior design.
Awards received
FRCP - fellow at the Roycal College of Physicians UK
(Additional) Languages spoken
Publications
1. Walker J et al. 2020 The role of cpap as a potential bridge to invasive ventilation and as a ceiling of care for patients hospitalised with COVID 19 an observational study. PLOS ONE Dec 2020 pp1-15.
1. Biswas, A., Markey, P. and Jacob, B. 2016. Six Minute Walk Test Distance: Is It A
Good Predictor Of Mortality?. In C66.'WALK THIS WAY'-UPDATE ON EXERCISE
TESTS AND PULMONARY REHABILITATION (pp. A5724-A5724). American
Thoracic Society.
2. Kennedy, M.P.T., Quinn, J.A., Biswas, A.R., Rothwell, A.E.J., Scally, A., Cheyne, L.
and Canister, M.E.J., 2016, January. Factors affecting sensitising EGFR mutation
rate and cell type in stage IIIB/IV lung cancer. In LUNG CANCER (Vol. 91, pp. S22-
S23).
3. Aslam R, Biswas A, Blaxill PP74 Follow-up Of Lung Cancer Patients Post Surgery
Thorax 2014;69:A108.
4. Biswas, A. and Meghjee, S.P., 2015. Haematuria and loin pain, could this be
tuberculosis?. BMJ case reports, 2015, p.bcr2014205810.
5. Patel, P., Biswas, A. and Varma, R., 2013. Comparison Of Predictive Models For
Community-Acquired Pneumonia: CURB-65 Versus SMART-COP. In A49.
COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA AND HEALTHCARE-ASSOCIATED
PNEUMONIA: TREATMENT AND OUTCOMES (pp. A1687-A1687). American
Thoracic Society.
6. Harkin, L., Biswas, A. and Meghjee, S., 2013. A follow up retrospective analysis on
the use of lidocaine during bronchoscopy in a UK district hospital. European
Respiratory Society
7. Biswas, A., 2010. Respiratory-The diagnosis and management of pneumothorax.
Geriatric Medicine (London), 40(3), p.131.
8. S. M. H. Kazmi, R. Ahmed, R. Sarkar, I. Nguyen, A. Biswas, A. de Ramon, M. Elliot,
M. Babores (Warrington, United Kingdom). A multi-centre survey of knowledge of
non invasion ventilation (NIV) use in COPD. Eur Respir J 2010; 36: Suppl. 54,
9. Biswas, A. and Thakur, A.K., 2008. An unusual presentation of atrial myxoma in an
elderly patient: a case report. Cases journal, 1(1), p.384.
10. (2011) The Dying patient: optimizing the care pathway/ care of terminally ill patients.
The Association of Physicians of India, Postgraduate Medicine
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