Dr David Evans is a Consultant in Respiratory and General Internal Medicine at Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals (part of Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust) and West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. He undertakes acute and in-patient duties at Watford Hospital as well as outpatient clinics at Hemel Hempstead, St Albans and Harefield Hospitals. Private appointments are available at Spire Harpenden and Spire Bushey Hospitals.
He is an Honorary Senior Lecturer in Respiratory Medicine at the National Heart & Lung Institute. His research interests include computational flow dynamic studies of small airways disease and meta-analyses of published evidence for airway disorders and asthma, collaborating with the Cochrane Airways Group. He has published on these subjects as well as tuberculosis, bronchial sepsis/bronchiectasis and asthma, in peer-reviewed international journals including the New England Journal of Medicine, and has contributed to textbooks in respiratory medicine.
Dr Evans has held roles within the British Thoracic Society, including membership of the BTS Professional Standards Committee, BTS Workforce Committee and latterly the BTS Occupational & Environmental Disease Committee. He has specific expertise in asbestos-related disorders, work-related asthma and toxic inhalation injuries, and undertakes medico-legal practice. He has been an examiner for the Royal College of Physicians for 15 years.
He trained at St Mary’s Hospital, London, before an MD thesis at the National Heart & Lung Institute, and was a Senior Registrar at Royal Brompton and St George’s Hospitals. He has been a consultant physician since 1999.
Conditions assessed include
- Cough
- Unexplained breathlessness
- Asthma
- Allergy
- Smoking-related lung disorders, including COPD
- Chest infection, including pneumonia, bronchitis and bronchiectasis
- Lung cancer
- Snoring and sleep apnoea
- Lung fibrosis, including sarcoidosis
- Pleural conditions, including pneumothorax and pleural effusion
- Pulmonary embolism (blood clots)
Professional memberships
Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians · British Thoracic Society · British Medical Association