Dr. Nabil Jarad

Dr Nabil Jarad, PhD, FRCP Consultant General and Respiratory Physician

Executive Summary

Dr Nabil Jarad is a Consultant General and Respiratory Physician based at Gloucestershire Hospitals. Recognized among the top National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) principal investigators in the UK, he possesses clinical and academic expertise in respiratory medicine, chronic lung disease management, and interventional pulmonary therapies.

Clinical Specialties & Expertise

• Airway & Parenchymal Diseases: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Asthma, Cystic Fibrosis, and Bronchiectasis.
• Interventional Pulmonology: Diagnostic bronchoscopy and bronchoscopic lung volume reduction therapies (endobronchial valves and coils for severe emphysema).
• Occupational & Environmental: Industrial and occupational lung diseases, asbestos-induced lung fibrosis.
• Medicolegal: Expert witness services in general respiratory medicine and medical negligence.

Education & Professional Qualifications

• MD (First Class Honours): Damascus University (1982)
• PhD in Respiratory Medicine: Imperial College London / London University (1993)
• Fellowship: Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (FRCP London) (2003)
• Clinical Training: Completed postgraduate clinical training at teaching hospitals across London, including the Royal London Hospital, St Bartholomew’s, Brompton Hospital, and the Royal Free Hospital.

Leadership & Academic Roles

• Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer: University of Bristol - 2000
• Leadership Roles:President / President-Elect of the Bristol Medico-Chirurgical Society
  Editor-in-Chief, West of England Medical Journal
  
• Founder and former Lead for the Regional Cystic Fibrosis Centre and Community COPD Service in Bristol
  
• National and International Examiner for the Royal College of Physicians
  
• Former Southwest Regional Advisor for the Royal College of Physicians (RCP)
  
• Former Clinical Director of the Cystic Fibrosis Southwest Network
  
• Chair of the Southwest General and Acute Medicine Training Committee
  
• Former Deputy Chair of the Research Committee of the British Thoracic Society (BTS)
  

Research & Publications

• Author of over 50 original peer-reviewed manuscripts and 100+ abstract presentations, and several review articles and textbook chapters.
• Published extensively in leading journals such as Thorax, American Journal of Critical Care and Respiratory Medicine, British Journal of Industrial Medicine, Chronic Respiratory Disease, and the Quarterly Journal of Medicine.
• Primary areas of published research include COPD, bronchiectasis, lung fibrosis, occupational lung diseases, and bronchoscopic volume reduction therapies.