Dr John Corless was appointed as a Consultant Respiratory Physician in 2001 and has been based at Wirral University Teaching Hospital since 2004. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and of the American College of Chest Physicians.
He is the Associate Medical Director at Wirral Hospitals with responsibility for the Medical Division. He maintains a busy and varied clinical practice managing patients with asbestos-related lung disease, thoracic malignancy, severe asthma and COVID19. He also has extensive experience of managing general medical conditions.
Dr Corless has been acting as a medical expert witness in personal injury claims for almost 20 years dealing mainly with asbestos-related conditions and matters of life expectancy. He is a member of the Expert Witness Institute.