
Dr Rahul Bhatnagar
MB ChB, PhD, FHEA
Expertise
Current positions
Associate Professor in Respiratory Medicine
Bristol Medical School (THS)
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Research interests
Dr Rahul Bhatnagar is a Consultant Respiratory Physician at North Bristol NHS Trust, an Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Bristol Academic Respiratory Unit, and an Adjunct Professor of Respiratory Medicine at the University of Southern Denmark.
He has research interests in clinical trials in pleural disease, with an emphasis on malignant effusions and their management; pleural infection; novel diagnostics; and thoracic ultrasound. He regularly organises and teaches on pleural courses for the British Thoracic Society and European Respiratory Society, and lectures both nationally and internationally.
He previously led the IPC-Plus and TAPPS randomised trials, co-leads the International Collaborative Effusion Database project, and was named as a Royal College of Physicians Quincentennial Lecturer in 2018.
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
Epigenomic Methods to Improve Personalised Treatment in Patients with Lung Cancer and Malignant Pleural Effusion
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (THS)Dates
01/01/2024 to 31/12/2026
NIHR Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB) Programme: PB-PG-1217-10106 – Thoracoscopic Talc Poudrage + Indwelling Pleural Catheters versus Thoracoscopic Talc Poudrage only in Malignant Pleural Effusion (R-TACTIC).
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Bristol Medical School (THS)Dates
01/09/2019 to 31/08/2022
Thesis supervisions
Publications
Recent publications
20/01/2025Diagnostic Accuracy of Shear Wave Elastography in Predicting Malignant Origins of Pleural Effusions in Emergency Departments
Diagnostics
Local Anaesthetic Thoracoscopy Practice in the UK in 2024
Respiration
Professional Standards in Thoracic Ultrasound - EFSUMB Position Paper
Ultraschall in der Medizin
Thoracic Ultrasound - EFSUMB Training Recommendations, a position paper
Ultraschall in der Medizin
Con
Breathe (Sheffield, England)




