Dr Bhashkar Mukherjee

Professional statement

Dr Bhashkar Mukherjee is a leading consultant physician in respiratory and general (internal) medicine based in London who specialises in Pulmonary Fibrosis and Pulmonary Hypertension and has extensive experience in all aspects of respiratory medicine, including pleural disease,  asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), sleep apnoea and  lung cancer. With over 20 years' experience, Dr Mukherjee is an expert in advanced diagnostic techniques for respiratory conditions, such as cardiopulmonary exercise testing and bronchoscopy procedures, and also has considerable knowledge in critical care and chronic disease management.

Dr Mukherjee, who consults privately at The Blackheath Hospital ,  The London Clinic and The Lister Hospital, originally qualified from the University of Cambridge, where he also obtained a PhD in Functional Neuroimaging as part of the institution’s prestigious MB/PhD programme. He was awarded membership to the Royal College of Physicians, and notably undertook both his general medicine and his higher specialist respiratory training in London centres for thoracic medicine, including Royal Brompton Hospital, Hammersmith Hospital, Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital, and King’s College Hospital. 

Alongside his dedicated private practice, Dr Mukherjee is a consultant at the Royal Brompton Hospital National Pulmonary Hypertension Service and at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, where he is also part of a nationally-accredited service for interstitial lung disease and he is also an active member of the British Thoracic Society and the European Respiratory Society.