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Professor Richard Leach

MBChB MD FRCP

Special interests:

Chest infection, Coughs, Asthma, Breathlessness, COPD, Post-viral syndrome fatigue, Obesity hypoventilation, Respiratory medicine, Nutrition, Weight issues, Complex multi-comorbid disease management, Post critical illness management, Critical care

Professional Biography

Professor Richard Leach is a Consultant Physician at King Edward VII’s Hospital and has been a Consultant Physician at Guys and St Thomas Hospital Trust (GSTT) since 1994.

He is currently Clinical Director for Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at GSTT and Clinical Academic Lead for Acute Medicine for KCL and was made an Honorary Reader in Medicine at Kings College London in 2015.

Previously, Professor Leach was Clinical Director for Acute Medicine from 2009-18. In the GSTT and Medway Foundation Trust (MFT) support collaboration he was an Associate Medical Director at MFT from 2015-18.

Professor Leach is on the European Specialist Registers for General (Internal), Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine and has extensive experience as a general and respiratory physician contributing to both high dependency and intensive care medicine. He has sub-specialty interests in COPD, asthma, cough, respiratory failure, sarcoidosis, multiple co-morbidity conditions and critical care medicine.

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