Dr Alex Chapman

MB BS 1997 Newcastle; MRCP 2000; FRACP 2014

Dr Alex Chapman is an experienced respiratory and general physician with a wealth of experience from the UK and NZ. He has Southern Cross Affiliation but welcomes referrals from all sources.

Alex has a wide experience in the field of general respiratory medicine, including difficult asthma, smoking related disorders, respiratory infection, cancer, interstitial and occupational lung disease. He has always retained his general acute medical expertise throughout a busy career within hospital medicine.

His interest lies in difficult diagnosis and interventional procedure including; thoracic ultrasound, bronchoscopy, endobronchial ultrasound guided techniques and cardiopulmonary exercise testing.

He welcomes referrals of unexplained breathlessness or cough.

Alex currently runs his private consultations from Shore Surgery, Milford.

General respiratory medicine including:

• difficult asthma
• smoking related disorders
• respiratory infection
• cancer
• interstitial and occupational lung disease
• thoracic ultrasound and bronchoscopy, including the new technique of endobronchial ultrasound
• diagnosing and treating unexplained cough
• interpreting cardiopulmonary exercise tests in diagnosing the causes of breathlessness.

Respiratory Physician

21 October 2011

Internal Medicine