Education

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

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)

Skills / Expertise

• Flexible videobronchoscopy & Rigid bronchoscopy- Tracheal stenting
• EBUS (Both Linear & Radial) guided procedures and associated procedures
• Thoracoscopy/ Pleuroscopy
• Lung biopsy
• Pleural biopsy
• Thoracocentesis/ Pleurodesis
• Pulmonary function testing
• Pulmonary rehabilitation

Publications

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

Research & Presentations

• Clinico radiological & microbiology profiles in acute exacerbation of bronchiectasis
• Paper presentation, CHESTCON, Bhadrak, Odisha
• Paper presentation, CHESTCON, Cuttack, Odisha

Memberships

• Lifetime member of Odisha Chest society
• Annual member of ACCP (American college of Chest Physician)
• Member of APSA (Association of Pulmonologist of Sima-Andhra
• Life time member of ISDA ( Indian Sleep Disorders association)

Awards & Recognition