Research & Publications
Clinical and Research Skills
Dr. Usman Maqsood is a distinguished respiratory medicine researcher affiliated with Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust. His work focuses on advanced diagnostic and therapeutic techniques in pulmonology. He aims to improve patient outcomes and contribute to the global medical community by advancing respiratory medicine through innovative research and clinical excellence.
Skills and Expertise
- Asthma
- Tuberculosis
- Lung Cancer
- Lung Diseases
- Latent Tuberculosis
- Systematic Reviews
- Malignant Pleural Effusion
- Endobronchial Ultrasound
- Interventional Pulmonology

Publications
Dr. Usman Maqsood has made significant contributions to respiratory medicine through his extensive research. His publications cover advanced diagnostic and therapeutic techniques, often in collaboration with other authors. He has a total of 27 publications. Below are his notable publications:
- Usman Maqsood, R. Twayana, M. Niazi, and Shahbaz Piracha, Respiratory Virtual Clinic: Quality Project Management – Conference: ERS International Congress 2021 abstracts (June 2022)
- Muhammad Bilal Khan Niazi, Olutobi Ojuawo, Ansar Ali, Usman Maqsood, A experience of using intrapleural fibronolytics in a large district general hospital (September 2021)
- Usman Maqsood, Fabio Perrotta, Matthew Nankivell, Bhavani Adizie, Endobronchial Ultrasound-Guided Transbronchial Needle Aspiration for PD-L1 Testing In Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (May 2020)
- N. Maddekar, Usman Maqsood, Shahul Leyakathali Khan, A. Khaliq, Muslimah Azizah Haris, Vaping comes with a price (January 2020)
- Shahbaz Piracha, Usman Maqsood, M Saleem, Muhammad Badar Ganaie, A Raza, P45 A study of burnout and professional fulfillment among respiratory physicians (RP) in United Kingdom – Conference: British Thoracic Society Winter Meeting 2019, QEII Centre, Broad Sanctuary, Westminster, London SW1P 3EE, 4 to 6 December 2019, Programme and Abstracts (December 2019)
- Usman Maqsood, Shahbaz Piracha, Ahmad Raza, Muhammad Niazi, Muhammad Rehan Saleem, Muhammad Badar Ganaie, A study of burnout and professional fulfilment among respiratory physicians (RP) in United Kingdom (UK) – Conference: ERS International Congress 2019 abstracts (September 2019)
- Usman Maqsood, Terence Ho, Karen Palmer, Fiona Eccles, Mohammed Munavvar, Ran Wang, Iain Crossingham, David Evans, Once daily long‐acting beta2‐agonists and long‐acting muscarinic antagonists in a combined inhaler versus placebo for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (March 2019)
- Usman Maqsood, Muhammad Badar Ganaie, Simon Lea, Michael Bankart, Shiva Bikmalla, Muhammad Amin Afridi, Masood Ahmad Khalil, Imran Hussain, Mohammed Haris, How should complete lung collapse secondary to primary spontaneous pneumothorax be managed? (March 2019)
- Fabio Perrotta, M. Nankivell, Usman Maqsood, J. Adizie, M.Elshafi, S. Jafri, M. Munavvar, I. Woolhouse, A. Lerner, Matthew Evison, R. Booton, David R Baldwin, Sam M Janes, L. Yarmus, A. Bianco, Neal Navani , Performance of endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration in PD-L1 testing in patients with NSCLC (January 2019)
- Usman Maqsood, Muhammad Imran Hasan, M. Munavvar, M. Badar Ganaie, Unusual case of bilateral hemotympanum after endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) – Conference: ERS International Congress 2018 abstracts (September 2018)
- Usman Maqsood, Muhammad Badar Ganaie, M. Munavvar, James Redfern, Should we treat every patient with latent TB? Is there a cost to pay? – Conference: ERS International Congress 2018 abstracts (September 2018)
- Sannaan Irshad, Usman Maqsood, Ahmad Kamal, Shahbaz Piracha, Shahul Leyatkh Ali Khan, Nadeem Maddekar, M. Haris, M. Badar Ganaie, Respiratory Medicine trainees’ experience with large bore chest drains: Results from a UK wide national survey – Conference: ERS International Congress 2018 abstracts (September 2018)
- Usman Maqsood, Muhammad Badar Ganaie, M. Munavvar, M. Imran Hasan, Unusual case of bilateral haemotympanum after endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial fine needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) (July 2018)
- Usman Maqsood, Nehal Petal, Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) for near-fatal asthma refractory to conventional ventilation (March 2018)
- Usman Maqsood, David JW Evans, Terence Ho, Karen Palmer, Fiona Eccles, M. Munavvar, Iain Crossingham, Once daily long-acting beta2-agonists and long-acting muscarinic antagonists in a combined inhaler versus placebo for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (January 2018)
- Usman Maqsood, Janet Mills, M. Munavvar, Risk of Jaw Dislocation With Prolonged Endobronchial Ultrasound-guided Transbronchial Needle Aspiration (January 2018)
- Fabio Perrotta, B Adizie, Usman Maqsood, M Elshafi, S Jafri, I Woolhouse, Mohammed Munavvar, Matthew Evison, Richard Booton, David R Baldwin, Sam M Janes, A Bianco, Neal Navani, S100 Utility of endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration for PD-L1 testing in patients with NSCLC – Conference: British Thoracic Society Winter Meeting 2017, QEII Centre Broad Sanctuary Westminster London SW1P 3EE, 6 to 8 December 2017, Programme and Abstracts (December 2017)
- Nicholas Denny, Usman Maqsood, Stephen J Fowler, Mohammed Munavvar, An airway traffic jam: A plastic traffic cone masquerading as bronchial carcinoma (September 2017)
- A Fawzi, N Maddekar, Shahul Leyakathali Khan, Shiva Bikmalla, Walid Osman, Usman Maqsood, Muslimah Azizah Haris, S95 Ambulatory management of pneumothorax: is there a need for a dedicated pleural team-led service? (December 2016)
- Usman Maqsood, Ali Fawzi, Nehal Patel, Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) for near-fatal asthma refractory to conventional ventilation (September 2016)
- Usman Maqsood, Hefin Jones, Daniel Gey Van Pittius, M. Haris, Primary pulmonary plasmacytoma mimicking lung cancer diagnosed on endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS)-guided biopsy (June 2016)
- Usman Maqsood, Sathish Selvaraj, Michael Healy, Kambiz Malcki, Mazhar Chaudri, Diagnostic yield, safety and utilisation of EBUS-TBNA under conscious sedation – Conference: European Respiratory Society, 2013 at Barcelona (September 2013)
- Usman Maqsood, Martin Doherty, Early discharge of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) patients with community respiratory assessment services (RAS) follow-up in a UK DGH – Conference: European Respiratory Society, 2013 at Barcelona (September 2013)
- Sathish Selvaraj, Usman Maqsood, M. Chaudri, P. Brammer, Medical Thoracoscopy experience in a District General Hospital – Conference: Winter Meeting of the British Thoracic Society 2012 Volume: 67 (December 2012)
- Usman Maqsood, Raana Haqqee, Nawaid Ahmad, CKD – A forgotten co-morbidity in COPD – Conference: European Respiratory Society, 2012 at Vienna (September 2012)
- Usman Maqsood, Nawaid Ahmad, Management of Community Acquired Pneumonia in a UK District General Hospital – Conference: European Respiratory Society, 2012 at Vienna (September 2012)
- Zafar Niaz, Anjum Razzaq, Khurram Saleem, Bilal Aziz, Tazeen Nazar, Usman Maqsood, Mir Jalal-Ud-Din, Mumtaz Hasan, Atrial Fibrillation in Mitral Stenosis and its correlation with Left Atrial size, Mitral Valve area and Left Atrial Thrombus (December 2005)

Dr. Usman Maqsood is a highly skilled and experienced Consultant Respiratory Physician based in Birmingham, with over 19 years of expertise in respiratory and general medicine.
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