Prof. Pallav Shah

Imperial College, London

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Professor Pallav Shah is currently Professor of Respiratory Medicine at Imperial College, London, He is a Senior Consultant Physician at the Royal Brompton Hospital. He qualified in Medicine at Guy’s Hospital Medical School, London and trained in pulmonology at the Royal Brompton Hospital.

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Professor Shah is active in both the research and the development of new treatments. He has developed several novel therapies; which include endobronchial valves, endobronchial coils, Vapor and Aeriseal sealant for emphysema, lung denervation for COPD, cryospray and pulsed electrical field therapy for chronic bronchitis, and bronchial thermoplasty for asthma. He is currently developing robotic guided ablation of lung tumours.

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He has over 300 papers and several books – including his contribution as sectional editor of the thoracic section of Grays Anatomy (39th & 40th editions) and as sectional editor for respiratory section of the Oxford textbook of Medicine (6th edition). He also the author of an Atlas of Flexible Bronchoscopy and chief editor of Essentials of Clinical Pulmonology. He is a fellow of the European Respiratory Society. He thinks of himself as “Jack of All Trades & Master of None”.