Dr Marcus Anthony Pittman : General (internal) medicine , Respiratory medicine

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Dr Marcus Anthony Pittman

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Specialises in

Sleep disorders

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Face-to-face consultations
Video and telephone consultations

About me

I have been a Consultant Physician in Sleep, Respiratory, and General Medicine since 2014. My Private Practice is at the Spire Wellesley Hospital in Southend-on-Sea, Essex.

I trained in the UK, graduating from Guy's, King's, and St Thomas' School of Medicine, and completed post graduate training in London and the East of England, including three years as a Research Fellow in Cambridge. As well as my private practice, I also work at the internationally renowned King's College Hospital, where I am Co-Lead for Clinical Governance.

I specialise in all aspects of Respiratory and Sleep medicine, including patients with snoring, excessive sleepiness, chronic cough, breathlessness, wheeze and prolonged or recurrent chest infections. I also perform and interpret a wide range of investigations, including home sleep monitoring and lung function tests.

I teach and supervise all years of medical students at King's College London. I am a supervisor to all grades of doctors in post-graduate training and I am trained in hospital leadership (at Keele University) and have had experience as Clinical Lead and Clinical Director.

I continue to contribute to research and am well published in the field of Respiratory and Sleep medicine. I have received a number of awards, including as Top Teacher, voted by the junior doctors at Basildon Hospital in 2016, and was highly commended in the annual British Medical Journal awards in 2019.

Areas of interest

Snoring; Sleep Apnoea; Insomnia; Excessive Sleepiness; COPD; Asthma; Lung Cancer; Breathlessness; Cough; Chest Infections.

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About me

Current NHS consultant posts held

King's College Hospital, London.

Research interests

Sleep apnoea.

Personal interests

Walking, swimming, philosophy, and theology.

Awards received

Highly Commended for Cancer Care, British Medical Journal Annual Awards, 2019.

Top Teacher to Junior Doctors Award 2016.

Publications

Do medical patients know the name of their consultant? Published in Clinical medicine 2009.

Central Sleep Apnoea. 2017. In Challenging Concepts in Respiratory Medicine. Oxford University Press.

Loculated Pneumothorax Due To A Rare Combination Resulting In An Interesting Radiograph, published in Clinical Respiratory Journal 2016.

Meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials of oral mandibular advancement devices and continuous positive airway pressure for obstructive sleep apnoea-hypopnoea, published in Sleep Medicine Reviews 2015.

Validation Of The Stop-bang Questionnaire As A Screening Tool For Sleep Apnoea In Patients Undergoing Ablation For AF, published in Thorax 2014.

A crossover randomised controlled trial of oral mandibular advancement devices for obstructive sleep apnoea-hypopnoea, published in Thorax 2014.

Management of Airway Stenoses With Biodegradable Stents After Lung Transplantation, published in The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation 2014.

Referral Patterns and Outcomes For Patients Treated in a National Centre Specialising in Weaning From Invasive Mechanical Ventilation, published in Thorax 2012

Chest radiography as a predictor of prognosis in COVID-19, published in Journal of Clinical Images and Medical Case Reports, 2022.

COVID-19: mobilising CT as a frontline management tool, published in British Journal of Radiology 2020.

Fulminant Neisseria meningitidis septicaemia with purpura fulminans requiring limb amputation, published in I D Cases, 2019.

Gallstone Ileus Following Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography and Endoscopic Sphincterotomy, published in Digestive Diseases and Sciences 2007.

Placebo Effect of Mandibular Advancement Devices, published in European Respiratory Journal 2025.

Lung Cancer Screening Programme and Pandemic Influences on the Pattern of Referrals to a Thoracic Oncology Service, published in European Respiratory Journal 2022.

Characteristics of patients in a home ventilation outreach service. potential drivers behind health inequality in non-invasive ventilation, published in Thorax, 2023.

Assessing the Impact of Weekend Admission on Length of Stay in Patients Presenting with Unilateral Pleural Effusion, American Thoracic Society 2015.

Nurse specialist led sleep pathway is clinically and cost effective compared to a pathway delivered by consultants, published in Thorax 2022.

Effectiveness of straight to test and post CT scan triage of lung cancer patients, published in Thorax, 2019.

My qualifications & training

Qualifications

Member of The Royal College of Physicians Royal College of Physicians 2006
Bachelor of Divinity University of London 2023
Bachelor of Science, Neuroscience University of London 2000
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery University of London 2003
Associate of King's College King's College Lopndon 2003
Fellow of The Royal College of Physicians Royal College of Physicians 2018

Additional training

International Sleep Medicine Certificate British Sleep Society 2013
Consultant Leadership Programme, Healthcare Leadership Keele University 2018
Polysomnography Training European Sleep School 2014

GMC registration

Reference number 6077833

Professional bodies (positions held - last 3 yrs)

Sleep Specialist Advisory Group British Thoracic Society 2022

Details of entry to specialist register

GMC Register: Respiratory and General Medicine , 2014

Affiliations / memberships

British Thoracic Society
British Sleep Society
European Respiratory Society

My private practice

Information for healthcare professionals (Bupa patients only, last 12 months)

Procedures completed

22029
Home sleep study including reporting - (1-5)

Spire Wellesley Hospital (1-5)

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