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Dr Ricardo José is a specialist in respiratory medicine working as a Consultant at the Royal Brompton Hospital.

Dr José sees patients with all respiratory symptoms including shortness of breath, cough, chest pain and wheeze. He has a special interest in the diagnosis and management of chest infections, bronchiectasis and pulmonary complications associated with cancer therapy.

Dr José holds a Diploma in Anaesthetics from the Colleges of Medicine of South Africa, Postgraduate Certificate in Public Health from the University of Manchester, and PhD in Respiratory Infection, Inflammation and Immunity from University College London (UCL).

He specialised in both respiratory medicine and general internal medicine as an academic clinical fellow and clinical lecturer at UCL, and was awarded a prestigious Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Training Fellowship to conduct his research. He has also been recipient of awards from the European Respiratory Society, Royal Society of Medicine and Academy of Medical Sciences.

Dr José is an elected member of the British Thoracic Society Council, member of the BTS Standards of Care Committee, past member of the BTS Science and Research Committee, and member and deputy clinical immunologist of the North West London sub-regional immunoglobulin assessment panel. He is also a Honorary Associate Professor at UCL.

He undertook an observership at the MD Anderson Cancer Centre in Houston, USA, in 2015 and 2019.

Areas of interest

Cough; Breathlessness; Wheeze; Bronchiectasis; Chest infections; Pneumonia; Primary and secondary immunodeficiency; Primary ciliary dyskinesia; Fungal lung infection; Airway disease due to fungal sensitisation (e.g. allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis); Non-tuberculous mycobacteria; Pneumonia;
Pulmonary complications of cancer (solid organ and haematological malignancy) and cancer therapy

Medical secretaries

• Rezena Wolbourn
• Royal Brompton Hospital Sydney Street London SW3 6NP
• 020 3918 5746
• info@londonchestspecialist.co.uk