Dr Sam Hare

Dr Sam Hare is a Consultant Chest Radiologist and Lead for Chest Radiology at the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. Sam also represents the Royal College of Radiologists (RCR) on the British Lung Foundation Lung Taskforce, as well as being an executive committee member of the British Society of Thoracic Imaging (BSTI). After completing formal radiology training in the UK between 2004-2009 he undertook a thoracic radiology fellowship in North America (2009-2010). Sam was subsequently appointed to the position of consultant thoracic radiologist at The Ottawa Hospital in Canada specialising in: (i) complex lung biopsy techniques and (ii) lung cancer screening & diagnosis. He returned to the NHS in 2011 and currently runs the innovative ambulatory lung biopsy service at the Royal Free London NHS Trust. The ambulatory lung biopsy service has been recognised with several national prizes: NHS Innovation Challenge Prize for Cancer Care; BMJ Award for Cancer Team of the Year; HSJ Acute Sector Innovation award. Through his role at BSTI, Sam has helped develop national and international guidance on radiology protocols for the COVID19 pandemic.

Michael Ayeni