Pulmonologist in Bhubaneshwar

Field(s) of Expertise

• Pulmonary interventions:
  • Rigid Bronchoscopy (Tracheal Stenting/Dilatation, Foreign body removal)
  • EBUS guided procedures (TBNA & associated procedures)
  • Fiber-optic Bronchoscopy and associated procedures (TBNA, TBLB, EBB, BAL)
  • Bronchial Thermoplasty
  • Thoracoscopy/Pleuroscopy (both Therapeutic & Diagnostic)
  • Cryobiopsy
  • Pleural Biopsy
  • Thoracic/ICD tube placement
  • Thoracocentesis/ Pleurodesis
• Polysomnography/ Sleep study/ DISE
• Pulmonary function testing
• Pulmonary Rehabilitation
• Critical Care:
  • Ventilator management (Invasive & Non-invasive)
  • ICU/Bed side Ultrasound procedures (Thorax)
  • Bedside 2D Echocardiography
  • Bedside Bronchoscopy
• Allergy testing

Research and Presentations

• Clinico radiological & microbiology profiles in acute exacerbation of bronchiectasis
• Paper presentation, CHESTCON 2011, Bhadrak, Odisha
• Paper presentation, CHESTCON 2012, Cuttack, Odisha
• As Organizing faculty for EBUS & Thoracoscopy workshop, CHESTCON 2018
• As Guest faculty & Speaker at API annual meet 2019, BBSR Attended various National & International Conferences, CME & Workshops regarding Asthma, COPD, Interstitial lung diseases, Oncology, Critical care, Intervention Pulmonology, Tuberculosis & Sleep medicine

Publications

• Case Report: Tracheobronchopathia osteochondroplastica -innocuous but distressing, British Medicine Journal, 2013

Education

• MBBS - Veer Surendra Sai Medical College, Sambalpur, Odisha (2007)
• MD (Pulmonary Medicine) - Srirama Chandra Bhanj Medical College, Cuttack, Odisha (2012)

Awards and Recognitions

• One of the Best Outgoing Post-graduate Student in 2012 from the Department of Pulmonary Medicine, S.C.B. Medical College, Cuttack, Odisha
• Best Senior Resident in Dept. of Pulmonary Medicine, SGPGI, Lucknow in 2015
• First to initiate Thoracoscopic procedures, first to perform Pleurodesis & Intrapleural streptokinase installation in Corporate hospitals of Bhubaneswar, Odisha

Languages Known

Hindi, English and Oriya

Fellow/Membership

• Lifetime member of Odisha Chest society
• Annual member of ACCP (American College of Chest Physicians)
• Member of APSA (Association of Pulmonologists of Sima-Andhra
• Lifetime member of ISDA ( Indian Sleep Disorders Association)

Past Positions

• Junior Resident, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Srirama Chandra Medical College, Cuttack, Odisha (3 years)
• Senior Resident, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Critical & Sleep Disorders, Sanjay Gandhi PG Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow (3 years)
• Consultant, Pulmonology, Kanumuri Superspeciality Hospital, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh (1 year)