MBBS, MD, DNB (Pulmonary Medicine)

MNAMS, MRCP (UK), FAPSR

European Diploma in

Adult Respiratory Medicine

Consultant Transplant Pulmonologist

EXPERIENCE OF 11 YEARS

MORE THAN 200 LUNG TRANSPLANTS

SPECIALITY IN DISEASE AND INTERESTS:

All aspects of Lung transplantation ranging from candidate selection, immunosuppression profile to management of CLAD

All chronic respiratory diseases including COPD, ILD, asthma, bronchiectasis, occupational lung diseases and pulmonary vascular diseases

Management of tuberculosis – drug resistant as well as susceptible cases.

Assessment for long term oxygenation and non invasive ventilation

Pulmonary interventional procedures like bronchoscopy, thoracoscopy and endobronchial ultrasound

Management of obstructive sleep apnea

Pre operative pulmonary optimisation

EXPERIENCE:

Resident, Pulmonary Medicine, TNMC and Nair Hospital, Mumbai – June 2011 till April 2014

Assistant Professor, Grant Medical College and JJ Hospital, Mumbai – Sept 2014 till Sept 2015

Clinical Assistant, Pulmonary Medicine, Sir H N Reliance Hospital, Mumbai – Sept 2015 till Oct 2016

Senior registrar, ICU, Fortis Hospital, Mumbai – Nov 2016 till July 2017

Junior Consultant, Pulmonary Medicine, Holy Spirit Hospital, Mumbai – July 2017 till Dec 2018

Consultant, Pulmonary Medicine, Holy Spirit Hospital, Mumbai – Jan 2019 till Jan 2020

International Training Fellow, Lung Transplantation, Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester, UK – March 2020 till Dec 2021

Senior Clinical Fellow, Thoracic Oncology and Interventional Pulmonology, Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester, UK – Feb 2022 till July 2022

AWARDS AND ACCOLADES:

1st international student to be awarded the medal of IP Pavlov for outstanding academic excellence in Ryazan, Russia

Cultural Secretary of Indian students in Ryazan, Russia

1st ranker in Mumbai division in Pulmonary Medicine, BYL Nair Hospital, Mumbai

2nd ranker in the state of Maharashtra in Pulmonary Medicine, BYL Nair Hospital, Mumbai

2nd prize in Residents’ Scientific Paper Presentation in BYL Nair Hospital, Mumbai

Underwent exclusive and dedicated training for lung transplantation in Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester, UK