Suveer Singh

Professor Suveer Singh is a distinguished academic and clinician serving as Professor of Practice in Respiratory and Intensive Care Medicine at Imperial College London's Faculty of Medicine, Department of Surgery & Cancer. He also holds a dual role as Consultant in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine at Royal Brompton Hospital and the Chelsea & Westminster NHS Foundation Trust in London, where he has delivered frontline care for over 20 years, including during the critical phases of the COVID-19 pandemic.

His educational background includes:

• BSc (Honours) from Rayne Institute, Guys and St Thomas' Hospitals, London (1988-1989)
• MBBS from Guys and St Thomas' Hospitals Medical School, London (1986-1992)
• PhD in Physiological Flow Studies from Imperial College (National Heart and Lung Institute)/Royal Brompton Hospital, London (1995-1999)
• EDIC (European Diploma in Intensive Care Medicine) from European Society of Intensive Care Medicine, Brussels (2002-present)
• DICM (Diploma in Intensive Care Medicine, UK) from Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine (2002-present)
• FRCP (Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians) (2007-present)
• FFICM (Fellowship of the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine) (2011-present)
• FHEA (Fellowship of the Higher Education Authority) (2021)

Professor Singh's research spans multiple critical areas of respiratory and intensive care medicine. His clinical and research interests focus on severe acute respiratory failure (SARF), ECMO, ventilation technology, and acute respiratory infections. He has pioneered work in early diagnostic markers for ventilator-associated pneumonia, burns inhalation injury, advanced bronchoscopy techniques (including EBUS and interventional procedures), antibiotic stewardship, and post-intensive care disorders. His approach integrates clinical practice with research to advance evidence-based care in critical settings.

His current research programme encompasses five key themes:

• Bronchoscopy in ITU - development of standards and improved competency (RASeCAL)
• Microcirculation visualisation in Cardiogenic Shock
• Critical care Infection - Rapid diagnostics in VAP (VAPrapid, Inhale), Molecular interventions (MRC INFINIT), Behavioural influence in antibiotic stewardship (WHYSTOP), ECMO infection
• Burns inhalation Injury / Burns ICU - international Collaborative group
• TASTE-ICU

Professor Singh has been widely recognized for his contributions to medical education and clinical practice:

• Imperial College Award for Teaching Excellence for NHS Teachers 2013
• Imperial College Students Academic Choice Awards 2018, 2019
• Imperial College Distinguished NHS Teacher nominee 2014, 2015, 2016
• Imperial College School of Medicine Half way house Guest Speaker 2017
• Fellowship of the Higher Education Authority (FHEA) 2021

As an active clinical researcher, Professor Singh serves as chief and principal investigator for multicentre trials including the Inhale and Inhale-covid studies on early diagnostic markers in pulmonary infection and sepsis, weaning from ECMO, and bronchoscopic lung volume reduction studies. He has completed the HICF-Welcome funded VAP/VAP2 multicentre studies and several COVID-related ICU publications and guidelines through the PHOSP study. He supervises numerous BSc, MSc, PhD, and MD Fellows in academic research within Critical Care and Respiratory Medicine, focusing on biomarkers for early diagnosis of VAP, burns inhalation injury, abdominal sepsis, and the role of microvesicles in burns injury, respiratory failure, and sepsis. His research has been supported by grants from the National Institute of Academic Anaesthesia and the Westminster Medical School Joint Research committee.

Professor Singh leads the SARF/ECMO follow-up clinic and is a member of the national, platinum-marked Royal Brompton ECMO-SARF service. He founded the Bronchoscopy for Intensive Care (BrIC) national training course and serves in leadership roles including Chair of the ICU Research, audit and Data group (ICURAD) at Royal Brompton, former director of Clinical Studies for undergraduate medicine at Chelsea & Westminster, and Chair of the Imperial Undergraduate Clinical Forum. He is actively involved with the European Respiratory Society Respiratory Critical Care Special Advisory Section and faculty for the International Advanced Bronchoscopy Course.