Dr Kanwar Pannu
Consultant Respiratory Physician
MBBS, FRCP
I have been a Consultant Respiratory Physician for over 10 years, working at Basildon University Hospital. Prior to that, I completed five years of general (internal) medicine and respiratory medicine training in the London deanery. I have a passion for patient-centred care and have a particular interest in unexplained breathlessness and chronic cough.
I specialise in treating a range of respiratory symptoms including breathlessness, cough and wheeze. My clinical practice covers a broad spectrum of respiratory conditions such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease including chronic bronchitis and emphysema, asthma, bronchiectasis, interstitial lung disease, snoring and sleep apnoea, lung nodules, pleural effusions (fluid around the lungs) and lung cancer. My special interests include chronic cough, airways diseases, sleep-disordered breathing, conditions of the lining of the lungs (pleural diseases) and lung cancer. I am an accomplished interventional pulmonologist with expertise in bronchoscopy and other advanced interventional procedures.
I have performed > 1,000 bronchoscopic procedures including flexible bronchoscopy and more advanced endobronchial ultrasound bronchoscopy with needle aspirations (EBUS-TBNA). I have performed >500 pleural procedures including aspirations, chest drain insertions including indwelling pleural catheter.
Treatment information
Some of the principal treatments carried out by Dr Kanwar Pannu at Spire include:
General medicine
Respiratory medicine
- Bronchoscopy
- Asthma treatment
Other treatments
- Breathlessness
- Bronchiectasis
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease including chronic bronchitis and emphysema
- Cough
- Interstitial lung disease
- Pleural effusions (fluid around the lungs)
- Snoring and sleep apnoea
- Wheeze
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Additional information
Clinical interests
Respiratory medicine
Special clinical interests: Airways diseases, Chronic cough, Conditions of the lining of the lungs (pleural diseases), Lung cancer, Sleep-disordered breathing.
Qualification and professional memberships
MBBS / Gulbarga University, India / 2000
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery
MRCP (UK) / Royal College of Physicians, London, UK / 2006
Membership of the Royal College of Physicians
SCE (Respiratory Medicine) / Royal College of Physicians, London & British Thoracic Society, UK / 2010
Special Certificate examination (Respiratory Medicine)
PG Cert in Medical Education / University College London & Royal College of Physicians, London / 2018
Postgraduate Certificate in Medical Education
Professional memberships
Current NHS posts
Basildon University Hospital.
Personal profile
Outside of my professional life, I enjoy cricket, badminton, traveling, and spending time with my wife and two children.
Contact information
| Private secretary | Alopi Patel |