Clinical expertise
Dr Sundeep Kaul’s work and clinical interests in respiratory medicine include:
- chronic and acute respiratory failure
- asthma
- allergy
- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
- bronchiectasis
- lung cancer
- interstitial lung disease (ILD)
- pulmonary hypertension
- sleep disorders
- neuromuscular disease
- infections such as tuberculosis, atypical mycobacteria and fungal disease
- bronchoscopy
- intercostal drain insertion
- weaning from invasive ventilation
- peri-operative optimisation
- breathlessness
Dr Kaul has looked after over 2,000 patients with COVID ranging from home, to ward, intensive care and long COVID.
He has over 350 patients in his post/long COVID clinic in which he performs a systematic structured evaluation. He has coined the term ‘total body optimisation’ as he applies a holistic personalised approach to the management of all his patients.
Dr Kaul is a member of:
- the faculty for the master’s in palliative care course at King’s College London
- the guideline writing groups for the British Thoracic Society and Royal College of Physicians
- education and governance in the department of critical care at Harefield Hospital (lead)
- London Respiratory Network clinical leadership group
Locations
Our specialist provides care at these locations:
Biography
Dr Sundeep (Sunny) Kaul is a consultant in intensive care and respiratory medicine based at Harefield Hospital, who treats private and NHS patients.
He studied at the University of Birmingham, graduating in 1995 and then went on to undertake postgraduate training in Oxford, Leicester and London. He studied for a PhD at King’s College London, which focused on non-invasive ventilation and patient ventilation interactions.
After completing a Darzi Fellowship and gaining accreditation in general internal, respiratory and intensive care medicine, he was appointed as a consultant in intensive care and respiratory medicine at Harefield Hospital.
Teaching
Dr Sundeep Kaul has given around 60 talks in primary care, as well as delivered courses on acute respiratory failure and non-invasive ventilation in secondary care institutions around the UK. He has been invited to speak at the British Thoracic Society’s short course on non-invasive ventilation for 4 years running. Dr Kaul has also given lectures on motor neurone disease and respiratory muscle weakness and management of candidiasis in intensive care.
He has delivered over 100 talks on COVID in various settings.
