Consultant Profile

Dr Syed Hassan FRCP FCCP

Practising at: Ashford and Canterbury

Specialties: Respiratory Medicine, Sleep Medicine, Pleural Disease, Asthma, COPD, Pulmonary Hypertension, Pulmonary Embolism

Special clinical interests:
His clinical interests span a wide range of respiratory conditions, including
• Diagnosis & Survaillance of lung cancer
• Pleural diseases such as water on lungs or pleural effusion or disorders of lining of lung
• Asthma or Allergy related breathing problems
• COPD
• Interstitial lung disease, Pulmonary Fibrosis
• Obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA)
• Pulmonary hypertension.
• Managing chronic respiratory failure
• Breathlessness
• Pulmonary embolism (PE)
• Sleep-related disorders
• CPAP and BiPAP therapy.
• Lung related complications of COVID-19 / Long COVID

Current NHS and /or university posts: Consultant Pulmonologist

Year of first medical qualification and medical school attended: 2015 College of Physicians & Surgeons , Pakistan

Current membership(s) of professional, national and regional bodies:
Dr. Hassan’s expertise and contributions to the field have been recognised by leading institutions, earning him Fellowships from the American College of Chest Physicians, the College of Physicians & Surgeons Glasgow, and the College of Physicians of London.

He is also a member of the Academy of Medical Educators UK, the Pleural Society UK, the British Thoracic Society, and the British Medical Association.

Background Information

Dr Syed Hassan is a highly experienced Consultant Pulmonologist with dual specialist accreditation in Respiratory Medicine and Internal Medicine with additional expertise in Sleep Medicine. He works as a substantive Consultant at East Kent NHS Trust covering Kent and Canterbury Hospital and William Harvey Hospital Ashford, bringing over a decade of expertise in respiratory and sleep care to his patients. 

Dr Hassan is proficient in many advanced diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, including Endobronchial Ultrasound (EBUS), EUS-Bronchoscopy, bronchoscopy, medical thoracoscopy, and diagnostic thoracic ultrasound. He is skilled in the insertion and removal of indwelling pleural catheters (IPC/PleurX) and chest drains, as well as performing ultrasound-guided procedures.

Dr Hassan received his specialist training in Respiratory Medicine across renowned institutions in London and the Southeast, including Nottingham University Hospital, Guy’s Hospital (Lung Cancer , Airway diseases and Sleep Medicine), and St Thomas’s Hospital (Critical Care, Pleural Diseases). His training included rotations at Harefield Hospital (lung transplantation), and King’s College Hospital, (cystic fibrosis). He has also worked in Maidstone Hospital and Medway Maritime Hospital.

In addition to his clinical practice, Dr Hassan has held multiple educational roles, including being a Clinical Lecturer, Clerkship Director, and Associate Professor of Medicine. He serves as an examiner for the Royal College of Physicians and holds professional qualifications in Clinical Research, Medical Education, and Clinical Leadership.

Dr Hassan has extensive interventional and non interventional experience in investigation and management of multiple Respiratory and Sleep disorders and has been trained in prestigious centres in UK and Ireland.