Dr Simon Merritt

Dr Simon Merritt is a Consultant in Respiratory, General and Sleep Medicine. He is currently a full time Consultant in Respiratory, General and Sleep Medicine at the Conquest Hospital and on the sleep section committee of the Royal Society of Medicine. He has also joined forces with a local cognitive behavioural psychotherapist, with the aim of improving the nature of services provided to treat insomnia within that part of the UK, developing a state-of-the-art evidence-based course for the treatment of Insomnia. In addition to the diagnosis and treatment of respiratory and sleep disorders, he is also interested in screening for OSA in high risk patients.

Dr Merritt is dual accredited in General (Internal) Medicine and Respiratory Medicine. He trained at United Medical and Dental School of Guy's and St Thomas's Hospitals, London, gaining a BSc in Psychology, before graduating with Honours in 2000. After completing his general medical training in East London, he undertook specialist training at the Kent and Sussex, Lewisham, St. Thomas' and Conquest Hospitals. During his time at St.Thomas', he spent three years working in the Sleep Disorders Centre and the Lane Fox Unit, carrying out innovative research into the connection between OSA and severe Diabetic Retinopathy, and also into the physiology of breathing in the very obese.

• Non-Invasive Ventilation

• Asthma
• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
• Narcolepsy
• Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSA)
• Pleural Effusion
• Pulmonary Fibrosis
• Sleep Disorders