Dr Dean Creer

Respiratory medicine specialist in London & Hertfordshire

MBChB FRCP (UK)

GMC: 4000860

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Dr Dean Creer is an established and reputable chest (respiratory medicine) specialist (pulmonologist) based in London with extensive expertise in breathing problems, cough, chest infections and lung nodules as well as having a special interest in bronchiectasis, non-tuberculous mycobacterial lung disease and tuberculosis including latent tuberculosis. He privately practises at Hendon Hospital (part of Circle Health Group), One Welbeck Hospital, and Spire Bushey Hospital. His NHS base is Royal Free London Foundation Trust NHS trust where he is a consultant respiratory and general physician.

Graduating from the University of Cape Town Medical School in 1991, Dr Creer completed his specialist medical training in London, including renowned institutions such as the Royal Free Hospital, the London Chest Hospital, and St Bartholomew’s Hospital. He holds fellowship status with the Royal College of Physicians and has been a specialist respiratory and general medicine physician since 2004.

Dr Creer's breadth of respiratory expertise encompasses the assessment and management of the common respiratory symptoms, including cough, breathing difficulties and wheezing. He has specialist skills in clinical assessment and interpreting diagnostic tests such as chest x-rays, chest CT scans, and breathing tests, He has extensive experience in the investigation of lung nodules, in the investigation of potential lung cancers and lung cancer screening. He also performs advanced procedures including bronchoscopy and endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS-TBNA), having conducted over 2000 procedures. As a tuberculosis specialist he has specialist knowledge relating to the interpretation and management of people with positive tuberculosis related blood tests (IGRA).

Dr. Creer is a member of the British Thoracic Society (BTS), the European Respiratory Society (ERS) and the American Thoracic Society (ATS).

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Credentials

GMC: ‍4000860

Professional experience

• More than 30 years of experience
• Consultant respiratory physician, One Welbeck Hospital
• Consultant respiratory physician, Spire Bushey Hospital
• Consultant chest physician, Circle Hendon Hospital
• Consultant respiratory and general physician, Royal Free London Foundation Trust

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Sub-specialties

• Bronchiectasis
• Respiratory tract (chest) infections
• Non-tuberculous mycobacteria pulmonary disease
• Tuberculosis and latent TB infection

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Education

• FRCP (UK)
• MB ChB, University of Cape Town (1991)

Publications and conferences

• COVID-19: a retrospective cohort study with focus on the over-80s and hospital-onset disease. Brill SE, Jarvis HC, Ozcan E, Burns TLP, Warraich RA, Amani LJ, Jaffer A, Paget S, Sivaramakrishnan A, Creer DD. BMC Med. 2020 Jun 25;18(1):194. doi: 10.1186/s12916-020-01665-z. PMID: 32586323
• Managing high clinical suspicion COVID-19 inpatients with negative RT-PCR: a pragmatic and limited role for thoracic CT. Tavare AN, Braddy A, Brill S, Jarvis H, Sivaramakrishnan A, Barnett J, Creer DD, Hare SS. Thorax. 2020 Jul;75(7):537-538. doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2020-214916. Epub 2020 Apr 21. PMID: 32317269
• Fluoroquinolones and isoniazid-resistant tuberculosis: implications for the 2018 WHO guidance. Stagg HR, Bothamley GH, Davidson JA, Kunst H, Lalor MK, Lipman MC, Loutet MG, Lozewicz S, Mohiyuddin T, Abbara A, Alexander E, Booth H, Creer DD, Harris RJ, Kon OM, Loebinger MR, McHugh TD, Milburn HJ, Palchaudhuri P, Phillips PPJ, Schmok E, Taylor L, Abubakar I; London INH-R TB study group. Eur Respir J. 2019 Oct 10;54(4):1900982. doi: 10.1183/13993003.00982-2019. Print 2019 Oct. PMID: 31371444
• Improved treatment completion for tuberculosis patients: The case for a dedicated social care team. Izzard A, Wilders S, Smith C, Wickers M, Hart T, Dos Santos J, Booth H, Creer D, Cropley I, Lozewicz S, White J, Lipman M. J Infect. 2021 Mar;82(3):e1-e3. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2020.12.019. Epub 2020 Dec 24. PMID: 33359406
• Systemic air embolism as a complication of percutaneous lung biopsy. Tavare AN,Patel A, Saini A, Creer DD, Hare SS. Br J Hosp Med (Lond). 2018 Feb 2;79(2):106-107. doi: 10.12968/hmed.2018.79.2.106. PMID: 29431489

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Professional membership

• Royal College of Physicians (RCP)
• British Thoracic Society (BTS)
• European Respiratory Society (ERS)
• American Thoracic Society (ATS)

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Languages spoken

English