An initial consultation with Dr Ben Marshall is from £300.
Dr Ben Marshall
General Medicine and Respiratory Consultant
FRCP, Phd, MBBS
Specialises in
- Respiratory Disorders
- Interstitial Lung Disease
- Pneumonia
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I was appointed as a Consultant in Respiratory and General Medicine at Southampton University Hospital in March 2000. I trained at St Mary’s Hospital Medical School in London and qualified in 1988.
My postgraduate training was based primarily in North Thames, although I spent two years in Southampton. I undertook my PhD at the National Heart and Lung Institute in London, where I studied novel tuberculosis (TB) vaccines.
I am on the tuberculosis control board for the south of England, advising on matters related to tuberculosis including strategies to reduce transmission. I also am on the tuberculosis strategy board for the Wessex area.
I am a member of the Medical Advisory Committee at Spire Southampton Hospital and a member of the Education Academy at the Royal College of Physicians, London, with 10 years of contributions to the ‘Doctors as Educators’ programme.
In the last ten years, I have lead my clinical service at a time of expansion and helped to develop both clinical services and a new biomedical research centre.
My awards include being appointed Honorary Associate Professor at the University of Southampton Faculty of Medicine in 2017, receiving the Brian Leatherdale Teaching Award for Best Clinical Teacher in 2016, and being granted the Award of Fellowship of the Academy of Medical Educators in 2017.
General Medical Council Number: 3342899
Treatment information
Some of the principal treatments carried out by Dr Ben Marshall at Spire include:
General medicine
Respiratory medicine
Other treatments
General Medicine
Respiratory disorders; Tuberculosis; Interstitial Lung disease; Acute Medicine, Sarcoidosis, Pulmonary infections/ pneumonia
Respiratory Medicine
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Clinical interests
General medicine
Lung cancer
Qualification and professional memberships
MRCP / Royal College of Physicians / 1991
Member of the Royal College of Physicians
DTM&H / Royal College of Physicians / 1992
Diploma in tropical medicine and hygiene
PhD / University of London / 1999
PhD in immunology and molecular genetics
FRCP / Royal College of Physicians / 2004
Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians
Diploma / Southampton Solent University / 2014
Diploma in medical leadership
FAcadMEd / Academy of Medical Educators / 2017
Fellow of the Academy of Medical Educators
Professional memberships
British Thoracic Society
Royal Society of Tropical Medicine/Hygiene
Royal College of Physicians (RCP)
American Thoracic Society
British Medical Association
Research and publications
I am active in three areas of research. In the division of clinical experimental science, I am involved with clinical and basic science research in the field of interstitial lung diseases, collaborating with Professors Donna Davies, Luca Richeldi and Ratko Djukanovic in furthering understanding of pathophysiological mechanisms underpinning pulmonary fibrosis and sarcoidosis.
I am a principle investigator for a basic science study in this area (Pathophysiological mechanisms of pulmonary fibrosis- REC no. 07/H0607/73). This work was published this year in JCI Insights, looking at the three dimensional characterisation of fibroblastic foci in the disease idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. I am also a clinical investigator in a number of clinical trials and clinical research projects pertaining to idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. I am a member of the SORT IPF consortium, bringing together leading academic clinicians from a number of clinical research centres nationally.
Additionally, within the CES division, I am a principle investigator for a research project investigating novel diagnostic techniques in tuberculosis (an investigation into the immune response to tuberculosis infection and development of novel diagnostic markers - REC number 13/SC/0043). I collaborate with Professor Paul Elkington and Dr Salah Mansour in a number of research projects exploring immunological mechanisms contributing to pathogenesis, protective immune responses and pathophysiological mechanisms in tuberculosis. We have set up a research programme to obtain clinical samples from patients attending the tuberculosis outpatient service in Southampton.
We published a study in 2016 examining the changes in conformation of human CD1c receptors in the recognition by self-reactive T cells in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
I have recently been involved in medical education research within the medical education unit, supervising two medical students doing fourth year BMedSci degrees. The focus of this research is to validate the acceptability of current educational initiatives within the BM4 programme to students, such as the introduction of personality type indicator tools and peer feedback into years 1 and 2 of this programme.
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Contact information
| Telephone | Self-pay 0238 008 2816 |
| Private secretary | Jill Langer |
| Private secretary fax | 0238 076 4369 |
| Private secretary email | jill.langer@spirehealthcare.com |