Consultant Physician in Respiratory Medicine, North Middlesex University and UCLH Trust Hospital.
Dr Makker trained at Southampton General Hospital and at Birmingham Heartlands Hospital and is an Honourary Senior Lecturer at University College London. He has a special interest in sleep apnoea and developed the UCLH sleep service. He provideS in-house sleep training, developed care pathways and established protocol and guidelines for the management of sleep apnoea.
His sleep research group was established in collaboration with colleague neuropsychologists and medical physicists in order to investigate the neuropsychological impairment associated with sleep apnoea. The findings from this research are presented at conferences and published in peer review journals.
Dr Makker has detailed experience from studying sleep apnoea at the highest level. He works to raise awaress of the disease and is often on raadio and TV.