Dr Himender Makker
Consultant Respiratory Physician
DM FRCP
I have been a Consultant Physician in Respiratory and Sleep Medicine at the North Middlesex University and University College London NHS Trust Hospital since 1997. My clinical practice includes a full range of respiratory and sleep disorders. I have a special interest in sleep disorders, lung cancer and asthma.
I provide a sleep study service and manage a wide range of sleep disorders including obstructive sleep apnoea and obesity hypoventilation syndrome. I have developed protocols for management of sleep disorders, provide specialist training in sleep medicine, run sleep medicine courses and have published extensively - including book chapters and a book on Case Histories in Sleep Medicine.
I have led busy lung cancer services since 1997 and supported a national lung cancer audit, clinical trials and published a book on Case Histories in Lung Cancer. I have developed local NHS Trust guidelines for Ambulatory Management of Pulmonary Embolism.
I am an examiner for the Royal College of Physicians, Malta Medical School and St George's University School of Medicine, Grenada. I peer review original research articles and grant applications for MRC and NIHR, chair scientific sessions at respiratory conferences (APSR, ERS) and am a member of the Peer Review Subcommittee of American Thoracic Society.
Treatment information
Some of the principal treatments carried out by Dr Himender Makker at Spire include:
Respiratory medicine
- Allergy testing
Other treatments
- Long COVID - breathlessness, fatigue and cognitive impairment
- Respiratory and sleep medicine
- Respiratory conditions - Chronic severe asthma, exercise induced asthma, lung cancer screening, diagnosis and staging, chronic cough, recurrent respiratory infections, bronchiectasis
- Sleep disorders - snoring, obstructive sleep apnoea, obesity hypoventilation syndrome, insomnia, narcolepsy
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Important information about COVID-19 tests
COVID-19 testing or antibody tests are not available as a standalone service at Spire Harpenden Hospital.
Additional information
Clinical interests
Chest medicine
Lung cancer
Qualification and professional memberships
MBBS / University of Delhi, India / 1982
Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery
MD (General Medicine) / University of Delhi, India / 1985
Doctor of Medicine
MRCP / London / 1987
Royal College of Physicians London
DM / University of Southampton / 1994
Doctorate of Medicine
CCST / London / 1996
Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training
FRCP / Royal College of Physicians London / 2001
Fellowship of Royal College of Physicians
MBA / University of Hull / 2005
Health Services
MSc / London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine / 2006
Epidemiology
Professional memberships
Professional leadership
NICE Committee Member - Automated home testing devices for diagnosing obstructive sleep apnoea/hypopnoea syndrome (2023 - 2024)
Co-Vice Chairman & Member of Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Ethics Committee, London (2003 - 2009)
Director of Research and Development North Middlesex University Hospital (2001 - 2005)
Clinical Lead - Sleep Service and Lung Cancer Service
Current NHS posts
University College London Hospital NHS Trust.
Contact information
| Private secretary | Robyn Smith |
| Private secretary telephone | 07784 359 351 |
| Private secretary email | drmakkersecretary@hotmail.com |