Dr Swapna Mandal

Job title

Consultant respiratory physician

Related services

Respiratory medicine

Location

Royal Free Hospital

Biography

Dr Mandal qualified in medicine at Guy’s, King’s and  St Thomas’ medical school, following graduation she specialised in respiratory medicine.

Dr Mandal has a sub-specialist interest in sleep and ventilation. She has spent four years pursuing research in this field at a renowned sleep and ventilation centre, particularly in individuals with obesity and sleep disordered breathing. She has set up a joint respiratory and palliative advanced respiratory care clinic for patients with chronic respiratory conditions requiring input from both specialties. She is also the clinical lead for lung function services across the trust and has introduced innovative diagnostic pathways.  She currently sits on the BTS Sleep SAG. She continues her pursuit of academic interests in sleep and ventilation medicine and is supervising several

Special interests

  • Sleep disordered breathing
  • Obesity
  • Complex breathlessness
  • Lung Function
  • Respiratory Physiology

Languages

English

GMC number

6077117

• A cohort study to identify simple clinical tests for chronic respiratory failure in obese patients with sleep disordered breathing. S. Mandal, E. Suh, E. Boleat, W. Asher, M. Kamalanathan, K. Lee, A. Douiri, P.B. Murphy, J. Steier, N. Hart. BMJ Open Respiratory Research 2014;1e000022
• Admission prevention in COPD: non-pharmacological management. E. Suh, S. Mandal, N. Hart, BMC medicine 2013; 11:247
• E. Suh, S. Mandal, R. Harding, M. Ramsay, M. Kamalanathan, K. Henderson, K. O’Kane, A. Douiri, N. Hopkinson, M.I. Pollkey, G. Rafferty, P.B. Murphy, J. Moxham, N. Hart. Neural respiratory drive predicts clinical deterioration and safe discharge in exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Thorax 2015;70:1123-1130.
• Jaffer, A; Devani, N; Brown, J; Mandal, S; Lipman, M; (2017) HIV and respiratory illness in the antiretroviral therapy era. Annals of Research Hospitals , 1 , Article 43. 10.21037/arh.2017.09.05
• M. Ramsay, S. Mandal, E. Suh, J. Steier, A. Douiri, P. Murphy, M. Polkey, A. Simonds, N. Hart. Parasternal Electromyography to Determine the Relationship between Patient-Ventilator Asynchrony and Nocturnal Gas Exchange during Home Mechanical Ventilation Set Up. Thorax 2015;70:946-952.
• Mandal S, Suh E, Harding R, Vaughan-France A, Ramsay M, Connolly B, Bear D, MacLaughlin H, Greenwood S, Polkey M, Elliott M, Chen T, Douiri A, Moxham J, Murphy PB, Hart N. Nutrition and Exercise Rehabilitation in Obesity hypoventilation syndrome (NERO): a pilot randomised controlled trial. Thorax 2018;73:62-69.
• Mansell SK, Cutts S, Hackney I, Wood MJ, Hawksworth K, Creer D, Kilbride C, Mandal S. Using domiciliary non-invasive ventilator data downloads to inform clinical decision-making to optimise ventilation delivery and patient compliance. BMJ Open Respiratory Research 2018;5:e000238. doi: 10.1136/bmjresp-2017-000238
• Medium-term cost-effectiveness of an automated non-invasive ventilation outpatient versus a standard fixed level non-invasive ventilation set-up in obese patients with chronic respiratory failure: a protocol description, S. Mandal, G. Arbane, P . Murphy, MW Elliott, JP. Janssens, JL. Pepin, Jf. Muir, A. Cuvelier, M. Polkey, D. Parkin, A. Douiri, N. Hart., BMJ Open 2015;5:4 e007082 doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2014-007082 ePub ahead of print
• Neural respiratory drive predicts clinical deterioration and safe discharge in exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. E. Suh, S. Mandal, R. Harding, M. Ramsay, M. Kamalanathan, K. Henderson, K. O’Kane, A. Douiri, N. Hopkinson, M.I. Pollkey, G. Rafferty, P.B. Murphy, J. Moxham, N. Hart. Accepted for publication by Thorax
• Obesity hypoventilation syndrome: does the current definition need revisting? N. Hart, S. Mandal, A. Manuel, B. Mokhlesi, JL Pepin, A, Piper, J.Stradling. Thorax 2013; 69:1: 83-84
• Parasternal Electromyography to Determine the Relationship between Patient-Ventilator Asynchrony and Nocturnal Gas Exchange during Home Mechanical Ventilation Set Up. M. Ramsay, S. Mandal, E. Suh, J. Steier, A. Douiri, P. Murphy, M. Polkey, A. Simonds, N. Hart
• Provision of Home Mechanical Ventilation and Sleep Services for England Survey.S. Mandal, E. Suh, M. Davies, I. Smith, T.M. Maher, M.W. Elliott, A.C. Davidson, N. Hart. Thorax 2013;68:9;880-881
• The Use of a Prospective Audit Proforma to Improve Door-to-Mask times for Acute Exacerbations of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Requiring Non-Invasive Ventilation.. Mandal, T.Q. Howes, M. Parker, C.M. Roberts. COPD: Journal of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease 2014: 11 (6):645-651.
• Mandal S & Kent BD. Obstructive sleep apnoea and coronary artery disease. Journal of Thoracic Disease 2018;; 10 (suppl 34):S4212-¬S4220
• Mansell SK, Cutts S, Hackney I, Wood MJ, Hawksworth K, Creer D, Kilbride C, Mandal S. Using domiciliary non-¬invasive ventilator data downloads to inform clinical decision-¬making to optimise ventilation delivery and patient compliance. BMJ Open Respiratory Research 2018;;5:e000238. doi: 10.1136/bmjresp-¬ 2017-¬000238
• Mandal S, Suh E, Harding R, Vaughan-¬France A, Ramsay M, Connolly B, Bear D, MacLaughlin H, Greenwood S, Polkey M, Elliott M, Chen T, Douiri A, Moxham J, Murphy PB, Hart N. Nutrition and Exercise Rehabilitation in Obesity hypoventilation syndrome (NERO): a pilot randomised controlled trial. Thorax 2018;;73:62-¬69.
• Jaffer, A;; Devani, N;; Brown, J;; Mandal, S;; Lipman, M;; (2017) HIV and respiratory illness in the antiretroviral therapy era. Annals of Research Hospitals , 1 , Article 43. 10.21037/arh.2017.09.05