Dr Adrian Draper
Consultant Chest Physician
Dr Adrian Draper MB BS MD FRCP is a Consultant Chest Physician, Department of Chest Medicine, St. George's Hospital NHS Trust, Spire St. Anthony's Hospital and Parkside Hospital, Wimbledon.
Education & Training
He graduated from the University of London and trained in respiratory and general medicine in a variety of London hospitals. He undertook research, for an MD thesis, into occupational asthma at Royal Brompton Hospital and completed his training at St George's Hospital, where he was appointed as a consultant physician. His clinical practice includes all aspects of lung disease.
Employment & leadership roles
Dr Draper has been a Consultant Physician with a specialist interest in lung diseases at St George's Hospital in 2003. He is clinical director for specialist medicine, lead clinician for respiratory and lung cancer services at St George's Hospital and was chair of the South West London Cancer Network Lung Tumour Working Group until 2012. Dr Draper undertakes clinics at Queen Mary's Hospital, Roehampton. He is also undertakes a rapid access clinic at St George's and contributes to the interstitial lung disease service. He has contributed to the development of "near patient tests" in the form of ultrasound of the chest at St George's Hospital. This allows rapid and safe investigation of chest disease in the clinics and on the wards. Dr Draper is an advanced life support instructor for the UK resuscitation council. Dr Draper has lectured widely and contributed to courses in thoracic ultrasound and chest radiology at St George's Hospital. He contributes to and supervises clinical research with original works being presented at national and international meetings.