Dr Biswajit Chakrabarti

Consultant Respiratory Physician MD FRCP

Dr Chakrabarti completed his undergraduate training at the Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine in London in 1998 prior to undertaking specialty training in respiratory medicine. This included a research fellowship in the field of COPD and ventilation at Aintree University Hospital followed by a period as a clinical lecturer in respiratory medicine where he completed an MD thesis in the field of non- invasive ventilation in COPD under the supervision of Professor Peter Calverley.

Dr Chakrabarti undertakes a weekly sleep clinic in his NHS practice and has been trained both in the management of sleep disordered breathing conditions such as obstructive sleep apnoea as well as more complex conditions such as restless legs syndrome, narcolepsy and parasomnias. Dr Chakrabarti is one of the principal ventilation consultants in a tertiary level regional Ventilation Unit dealing with neuromuscular conditions and in "Difficult Weaning". He is also Clinical Lead for Pneumonia at Aintree University Hospital leading a group dedicated to reducing mortality from this condition as well as Advancing Quality regional Community Acquired Pneumonia lead. Dr Chakrabarti's research interests primarily focus on the use healthcare technology of intelligent clinical decision support system software to implement guideline level care as well as Sleep disorders, COPD and Ventilation.