Dr Timothy Leung

About Dr Timothy Leung

Dr Timothy Leung is a consultant psychiatrist based in London. As the consultant psychiatrist for the largest specialist heart and lung centre in the UK, he is one of the few specialists with a focus on heart and lung psychiatry. He has particular expertise in assessing and treating mental health difficulties in people with physical health problems, including those in people with heart attack, heart failure, congenital heart disease, asthma, COPD, cystic fibrosis, interstitial lung disease and heart or lung transplants. He treats a wide spectrum of mental health difficulties, including depression, anxiety and panic, adjustment disorders, stress, obsessive-compulsive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, and psychosis. Dr Leung obtained his medical qualification at the University of Cambridge, also completing an intercalated degree in Physiology and Psychology with First Class Honours. His higher General Adult Psychiatry training was on the Maudsley Training Programme, where he gained specialist experience across several specialist areas. This included renal, dermatological and bariatric psychiatry at Guy’s Hospital and diabetes psychiatry at King’s College Hospital, as well as in perinatal psychiatry, early intervention in psychosis, and the National ADHD and Autism service and National Psychosis service. In addition to his clinical practice, Dr Leung is passionate about medical education. He has completed fellowships in undergraduate medical education and postgraduate educational quality improvement. He has formal roles as educational supervisor of undergraduate medical students at King’s College London and postgraduate psychiatrists on the Maudsley Training programme, and as an examiner for the Membership of the Royal College of Psychiatrists final exam. Always keen to continue his own learning, Dr Leung has completed a Postgraduate Diploma in Medical Education with Distinction from the University of Cambridge and a Master of Science in Healthcare Leadership and Commissioning with Distinction from Brighton and Sussex Medical School. Dr Leung has published several journal articles, including a national survey of adaptations to undergraduate psychiatry teaching during the pandemic, and presented at international conferences such as the European Congress of Psychiatry and Royal College of Psychiatrists International Congress.