About Himender Makker
Dr Himender Makker 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.
Expertise
- Cough
- Breathlessness
- COPD
- Asthma
- Lung Cancer
- Recurrent Respiratory Infections & Bronchiectasis
- Chronic Ventilatory/Respiratory Failure
- Obstructive Sleep Apnoea
- Periodic Limb Movement Syndrome
- Restless Legs Syndrome
- REM Sleep Behaviour Disorder
- Parasomnia
- Insomnia
- Jet Lag
- Shift Work Sleep Disorder
- Disturbed Sleep Rhythm
- Narcolepsy
- Idiopathic Hypersomnia
Overview
- Age of patients seen
- 18+
- Languages spoken
- English
- Research highlights
Books
Case History in Lung Cancer;Himender Makker, Adam Ainley, Sanjay Popat, Julian Singer, Martin Hayward and Antke Hagena, Oxford University Press November, 2018.
Perioperative Management of Obstructive Sleep Apnoea: Editor -Vladimir Macavei, Himender Makker - Co-Author Lambert Academic Publishing June 2017
Case histories in Sleep Medicine Himender Makker, Matthew Walker, Hugh Selsick, Bhik Kotecha, and Ama Johal: Oxford University Press. Published March 2015
ReviewsMakker H, Latchford C. Unexplained Breathlessness. Pulse February 2024
Brown J, Makker HK. An approach to excessive daytime sleepiness in adults. BMJ. 2020 Mar 27;368:m1047. doi: 10.1136/bmj.m1047. PubMed PMID: 32220833.
- Professional memberships
Royal of Physician, London
British Thoracic Society
European Respiratory Society
British Sleep Society
- Certifications and Awards
North Middlesex University Hospital (NMUH) Trust Chairman’s 1998
NMUH-High Intensity Work Supplementation award 2001
NMUH-Clinical Excellence award (Level 5) 2010
Project grant £5,000 by R&D committee of North Middlesex hospital 1999
Research Grant £ 70,000, CRDC, UCLH Special Trustees 2001
Lung Cancer Service Annual Funding £ 44,000, NHS Executive 1999
Sleep Service Annual funding £170,000, Enfield &Haringey PCT 2008
NMUH GREATIX Respiratory team award 2020
NMUH GREATIX Personal Award 2021
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