Prof Michael Crooks is a respiratory physician and academic working at Hull York Medical School, University of Hull and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. He is Clinical Lead for the Humber and North Yorkshire Respiratory Network and chairs the Hull and East Yorkshire Respiratory Education Group.

He leads the Hull and East Yorkshire Integrated COPD Service and the Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Respiratory Virtual Ward and is a member of the local asthma service. He undertakes applied health research relating to the diagnosis and management of airways diseases, such as asthma and COPD, and their exacerbations.