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About me
Dr Makker is a Consultant Physician in Respiratory and General Medicine at the North Middlesex University and University College London NHS Trust Hospital. His clinical practice includes full range of respiratory and sleep disorders. He has special interest in sleep disorders, lung cancer and asthma.
He provides sleep study service and manages wide range of sleep disorders including obstructive sleep apnoea and obesity hypoventilation syndrome. He has developed protocols for management of sleep disorders, provides specialist training in sleep medicine, runs sleep medicine courses and published extensively including book chapters and book on Case histories in Sleep Medicine.
He has led busy lung cancer service since 1997 and supported national lung cancer audit, clinical trials and published book on Case histories in Lung Cancer.
He trained in General and Respiratory Medicine at Cardiff, Manchester and Birmingham University Hospitals and obtained specialist experience in sleep disordered breathing and asthma (brittle and occupational).
He worked as Clinical research fellow at Southampton University for DM thesis into Mechanisms of Exercise induced asthma.
He has developed local NHS Trust guidelines for Ambulatory Management of Pulmonary Embolism
He is examiner for Royal College of Physicians, Malta Medical School and St. Georges University School of Medicine, Grenada.
He peer reviews original research articles and grant applications for MRC and NIHR, chairs scientific sessions at respiratory conference (APSR, ERS) and member of Peer review subcommittee of American Thoracic Society.
Areas of interest
Long covid;Lung disease; Respiratory disorders; Sleep Disorders / apnoea; Lung cancer; Cough-persistent, chronic, recurrent and coughing up blood; Breathlessness-persistent, chronic, unexplained; COPD -assessment for home neubliser, portable oxygen, long term oxygen, fitness for flying and surgical interventions; Asthma-exercise-induced asthma, chronic severe/poorly controlled asthma and work related/occupational asthma; Lung cancer- screening, diagnosis and staging; Recurrent respiratory infections and bronchiectasis; Chronic Ventilatory/Respiratory failure-assessment for home oxygen treatment, CPAP and Non-invasive Ventilation (NIV) BiPAP
Medical secretaries
About me
(Additional) Languages spoken
- Hindi
- Fluent
- Panjabi, Punjabi
- Fluent
Publications
PUBLICATION
Books
1. Case History in Lung Cancer; Himender Makker, Adam Ainley, Sanjay Popat, Julian Singer,
Martin Hayward and Antke Hagena, Oxford University Press November, 2018.
2. Perioperative Management of Obstructive Sleep Apnoea: Editor -Vladimir Macavei,
Himender Makker - Co-Author Lambert Academic Publishing June 2017
3. Case histories in Sleep Medicine Himender Makker, Matthew Walker, Hugh Selsick, Bhik
Kotecha, and Ama Johal: Oxford University Press. Published March 2015
Book Chapters
1. Makker HK. Epidemiology of Obstructive Sleep Apnoea. In: Manual on TB, HIV and Lung
Health” 2009; 516-533. Editor Professor VK Arora
2. Makker HK. Light induced Fluorescence Endoscopy (LIFE)-System and constraints. In:
Practical Approach to Critical Respiratory Medicine” 2006; 517-521 Editor Professor VK Arora
3. Makker HK. Management of Obstructive Sleep Apnoea. In: Practical Approach to Critical
Respiratory Medicine. 2006; 614-620 Editor Professor VK Arora
4. Makker HK, Holgate ST. Immune Response in Human Pathology: Hypersensitivity In; A
Textbook of Immunopharmacology Editors: Professor Nijkamp & Dr Parnham 1997
5. Makker HK, Holgate ST. Pathophysiology: Role of Mediators in Exercise-induced asthma.
Allergic and Respiratory disease in Sports Medicine, 1994 Editor Professor JM Weiler
6. Beasley R, Makker HK, Holgate ST A critique of single mediator-based interventions:
Alternative approach to future therapy In; Lipid mediators in Allergic Disease of the
Respiratory Tract. Editor C Robinson, 1993
My qualifications & training
Qualifications
- MSc (Epidemiology) & Postgraduate Diploma LSHTM
University of London 2006
- MBA (Health Services) Greenwich School of Management
University of Hull 2005
- FRCP
Royal College of Physicians 2001
- CCST (Gen &Res Med)
General Medical Council 1996
- DM
University of Southampton 1994
- MRCP
Royal College of Physicians 1987
- MD (General Medicine)
University of Delhi 1985
- MBBS
University of Delhi 1982
GMC registration
Reference number 3411230
Affiliations / memberships
American Thoracic Society, British Society of Thoracic Oncology, British Thoracic Society,
British Sleep Society, British Medical Association, Expert Witness Society, European
Respiratory Society, International Association for Study of Lung Cancer, Royal Society of
Medicine
My private practice
Practice hours
Practice
Day
Hours
Appt Bookings
- Ambrose LaneHARPENDENAL5 4BP
- Monday
- 12:30
- 15:00
- 07730 145512
- BMI The Cavell Hospital, EN2 7PR
- Monday
- 16:00
- 19:00
- 07730 145512
- BMI The Cavell Hospital, EN2 7PR
- Thursday
- 16:00
- 19:00
- 07730 145512
- Hatfield AvenueHatfieldAL10 9UA
- Monday
- 10:00
- 11:30
- 07730 145512
- Hatfield AvenueHatfieldAL10 9UA
- Friday
- 17:00
- 18:30
- 07730 145512
Post treatment communication
Following treatment of a Bupa member, I will communicate with GPs
in line with Department of Health, GMC and appropriate professional bodies
guidelines.
In the event of an urgent query following treatment, Bupa members should use the
following contact details
07730145512
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