Consultant Pulmonologist, Allergy and Sleep Medicine Specialist
Qualifications:
MBBS - Dr. SM CSI Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram
MD Pulmonary Medicine - M P Shah Government Medical College, Jamnagar
Diploma in Allergy and Asthma - CMC Vellore and International asthma services Colorado
Fellowship in intensive care medicine - Apollo Hospitals and Medvarsity
Fellow of American College of Chest Physicians
Edinburgh sleep medicine course (Edinburgh University and Sleep consultancy UK)
National sleep medicine course (ISSR)
Training in Bronchoscopy and Thoracoscopy (CMC Vellore)
MRCP SCE (UK)
Areas of Speciality:
Obstructive Airway Diseases, Asthma, COPD, Allergic disorders
Pulmonary Infections - Pneumonia, Tubercolosis, Pleural Diseases - Pleural effusion
Sleep Medicine, Interstitial Lung Diseases,
Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Management,
Bronchoscopy,
Pulmonary Critical Care
Published Scientific Papers:
Presented papers in national conference NESCON held in Mumbai during the years 2014 and 2015.
Presented paper on an original study in TB and HIV in the Gujarat state conference of physicians association APGCON in the year 2015.
Presented a poster on a case study in tracheobronchomegaly in CRITICON, state conference of ISCCM, Gujarat chapter in the year 2014.
Got 2nd position in the Gujarat state level PG quiz competition in Respiratory diseases in the year 2015.
Two published papers in thoracic endoscopy journal (Official National Journal of Indian Association of Bronchology):
MunierKunh syndrome - A rare case of tracheobronchomegaly (Thoracic Endoscopy, January — June 2016, Volume 1, Issue 1,67-69)
Bronchogenic carcinoma: multifaced endoscopic encounter (Thoracic Endoscopy 2016; 1: 115-118)
Published paper in a peer-reviewed journal — Journal of Muthoot Health care, Hemoptysis - a rare presentation of rupture of thoracic aortic aneurysm, June 2019
Membership & Awards:
Member of Amerian College of Chest Physicians (ACCP)
European Respiratory Society (ERS)
India Medical Association (IMA)
Indian Chest Society (ICS)
Academy of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine (APCCM)
Kottayam Respiratory Society (KRS)
IMA Gold Medallist for best outgoing PG Student - 2016