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Dr Mark Slade
2016-04-13
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13th April 2016
I suffer from on going allergy symptoms that at their worst affect my everyday life, affecting my skin, lower respiratory, upper respiratory and also affects my hearing. I am nose blind and can no longer taste. I have regularly seen ENT and have seen a Dermatologist. Neither of these consultants have been interested in my symptoms as a whole issue and I was becoming more and more frustrated and disheartened with the situation. I visited Dr Slade last week because of on going asthma, caused by the allergies, and the asthma could not be controlled with Clenil and Ventolin inhalers so I have been regularly prescribed steroids by my own GP. Dr Slade went through all of my symptoms, listened carefully and asked me lots of questions. He drew a mini family tree, parents, siblings and my children and wrote down their allergies. He then listened to my chest and checked my hands and wrists. He then explained very simply that we cannot control the asthma and other symptoms with intermittent steroids but instead we need a long term plan of action. These are the words I have been waiting to hear for the last 15 months! At last, a Doctor that is taking me seriously. He explained in simple terms that as there are no conclusive tests to find out all of the things I am allergic to, we need to control the symptoms and suggested two types of medication, to see which one works best with a review in 8 weeks time. I understood the instructions he gave me with regards to both medications and I left his office feeling positive.
Dr Mark Slade
2016-04-06
Person
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6th April 2016
Dr Slade has been tremendously helpful with my treatment and I couldn't have wished for a better doctor. He is professional, highly knowledgeable and takes the time to listen very carefully to get to the bottom of the problem. He has been very kind and understanding, I couldn't have been in better hands. The NHS are really lucky to have such an amazing doctor at Cheltenham.
Dr Mark Slade
2016-04-01
Person
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5
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1st April 2016
Dr Slade presented himself as a respectful human being. He clearly saw me as a person, not as a "case" he had to treat. He behaved as a person and with gentle humour. He was kind and his inteligence was used to make me feel he was on my side, not to put him somehow "above" me. He was humble and kind and it was a huge relief. A very rare experience and I am grateful we have people like Dr Slade in the NHS.
Dr Mark Slade
2016-03-29
Person
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29th March 2016
He was kind and took great care to explain the results of my scan and show me pictures of the scan from various angles. I felt I was being given quality time. I do not think I could have been given better care. I wish more consultants were like this.
Dr Mark Slade
2016-02-28
Person
5
5
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28th February 2016
He was very helpful and understanding. He was also very trustworthy and i would recommend him to anyone.
Specialises in
- Chest Medicine
- Internal (General) Medicine
Profile
I am now working part-time as a locum consultant in acute medicine at Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, having retired from full-time work in August 2018. Between December 2014 and August 2018 I was a consultant respiratory physician at Gloucestershire Hospitals, with a special interest in lung cancer and interventional pulmonology. From July 2008 until December 2014 I practised in general respiratory medicine at Cambridge University Hospitals (Addenbrooke's) and in specialist respiratory medicine at Papworth Hospital. I studied medicine in London at Guy’s Hospital before completing my training in Oxford, Sydney, Cambridge and Norwich. I worked as a consultant physician at the Oxford University Hospitals from 2000-08 before moving to Papworth to pursue my specialist interests in lung cancer. I was Medical Director at Papworth from January 2013 to December 2014.
Education and Training
BA, Physics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge 1979
MA 1983
MBBS (Distinction in Medicine) United Medical and Dental Schools of Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospitals, London 1991
MRCP London 1994
FRACP 1998
FRCP 2007
Recent and Important Publications
Survival in Patients With Malignant Pleural Effusions Who Developed Pleural Infection: A Retrospective Case Review From Six UK Centers.
Bibby AC, Clive AO, Slade GC, Morley AJ, Fallon J, Psallidas I, Pepperell JC, Slade MG, Stanton AE, Rahman NM, Maskell NA.
Chest. 2015 Jul 1;148(1):235-41. doi: 10.1378/chest.14-2199.
Therapeutic bronchoscopy for malignant central airway obstruction: success rates and impact on dyspnea and quality of life.
Ost DE, Ernst A, Grosu HB, Lei X, Diaz-Mendoza J, Slade M, Gildea TR, Machuzak MS, Jimenez CA, Toth J, Kovitz KL, Ray C, Greenhill S, Casal RF, Almeida FA, Wahidi MM, Eapen GA, Feller-Kopman D, Morice RC, Benzaquen S, Tremblay A, Simoff M; AQuIRE Bronchoscopy Registry.
Chest. 2015 May;147(5):1282-98. doi: 10.1378/chest.14-1526.
Management of pneumothorax and prolonged air leak.
Slade M.
Semin Respir Crit Care Med. 2014 Dec;35(6):706-14. doi: 10.1055/s-0034-1395502. Epub 2014 Dec 2.
Clinical outcomes of indwelling pleural catheter-related pleural infections: an international multicenter study.
Fysh ET, Tremblay A, Feller-Kopman D, Mishra EK, Slade M, Garske L, Clive AO, Lamb C, Boshuizen R, Ng BJ, Rosenstengel AW, Yarmus L, Rahman NM, Maskell NA, Lee YC.
Chest. 2013 Nov;144(5):1597-602. doi: 10.1378/chest.12-3103
Symptom management in patients with lung cancer: Diagnosis and management of lung cancer, 3rd ed: American College of Chest Physicians evidence-based clinical practice guidelines.
Simoff MJ, Lally B, Slade MG, Goldberg WG, Lee P, Michaud GC, Wahidi MM, Chawla M.
Chest. 2013 May;143(5 Suppl):e455S-97S. doi: 10.1378/chest.12-2366.
Clinical management of older people with non-small cell lung cancer in England.
Beckett P, Callister M, Tata LJ, Harrison R, Peake MD, Stanley R, Woolhouse I, Slade M, Hubbard RB.
Thorax. 2012 Sep;67(9):836-9. doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-200994. Epub 2012 Jul 6.
PMID:22771514
Du Rand, I. A., Barber, P. V., Goldring, J., Lewis, R. A., Mandal, S., Munavvar, M., Rintoul, R. C., Shah, P. L., Singh, S., Slade, M. G. and Woolley, A. (2011) British Thoracic Society guideline for advanced diagnostic and therapeutic flexible bronchoscopy in adults. Thorax 66 Suppl 3, p.iii1-21.
Oltmanns, U. and Slade, M. (2011) Tracheobronchial stenting. Br J Hosp Med (Lond) 72, p.318-324.
Slade, M. G., Rahman, N. M., Stanton, A. E., Curry, L., Slade, G. C., Clelland, C. A. and Gleeson, F. V. (2011) Improving standards in flexible bronchoscopy for lung cancer. Eur Respir J 37, p.895-901.
Slade MG, Rahman NM, Stanton AE, Curry L, Slade GC, Clelland CA, Gleeson FV. Improving standards in flexible bronchoscopy for lung cancer. European Respiratory Journal 2010.
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