Himender Makker is Consultant Physician in Respiratory and Sleep Medicine ( Full time Private practice) He has extensive experience in Respiratory and Sleep Medicine and worked as NHS Consultant at the University College London and the North Middlesex University Hospitals from July 1997 till July 2024.

He has a specialist experience in management of lung cancer, sleep disordered breathing and difficult asthma. He managed COVID patients during the pandemic and contributed to the post COVID service.

He conducted research into "Mechanism of exercise induced asthma" for DM at the University of Southampton. He supervised MSc and MD research fellows for projects on mechanisms of neuropsychological impairment in sleep apnoea. He has presented his research at the National and International meetings. He has published original papers, book chapters and books on lung cancer and sleep apnoea.

He has peer-reviewed MRC grant applications, project reviews for American Thoracic Society. Recently NICE Specialist Committee member to Advisory committee on home testing devices for Obstructive Sleep Apnoea.

He was honorary Senior Lecturer in Medicine at the UCL and Associated Professor in Medicine at St Georges Undergraduate Medical School (Granada). He was Director of Research or Development at the NHS trust and received an MBA in Health services management.

CONDITIONS TREATED:

RESPIRATORY

• 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

SLEEP

Disturbed sleep

• Loud disruptive snoring
• Gasping and choking and pauses in breath (sleep apnoea)
• Restless legs (Periodic limb movement syndrome)
• Nightmare and acting out dreams (REM sleep behaviour disorders)
• Sleepwalking, talking & nightmares (Parasomnia)
• Sleepwalking, talking & nightmares (Parasomnia)

Unable to sleep

• Insomnia –difficulty with sleep initiation and maintenance
• Jet lag
• Shift work
• Disturbed sleep rhythm (Owl and lark)

Unable to stay awake during daytime (Excessive daytime sleep/tiredness)

• Narcolepsy
• Idiopathic hypersomnia

 

• Asthma-exercise-induced, chronic severe and occupational
• Breathlessness - chronic/unexplained
• Cough - recurrent/persistent
• Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
• Lung cancer - diagnosis and staging
• Respiratory infections
• Respiratory failure

Sleep:

• Excessive daytime sleepiness
• Disturbed sleep
• Obstructive sleep apnoea 
• Obesity hypoventilation syndrome
• Periodic limb movement syndrome 
• Narcolepsy
• REM Sleep Disorder (Parasomnia)
• Insomnia

• American Thoracic Society
• Anglo-French Medical 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