About The Doctor
Consultation timings: Monday - Saturday 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Designation: Consultant Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Educational Qualifications:
- MBBS – Govt. Theni Medical College/The Tamil Nadu Dr. MGR Medical University
- DNB (Pulmonary Medicine) – Kerala Institute of Medical Sciences, Trivandrum/National Board of Examinations, New Delhi
- IDCCM (Critical Care) – Kerala Institute of Medical Sciences, Trivandrum/Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine
Field Expertise:
- General Pulmonology – Asthma, COPD, Bronchiectasis, Pneumonia, Sleep Disordered Breathing, Interstitial Lung Disease, Post Covid Sequelae
- Pulmonology Diagnostic Procedures – Bronchoscopy, Pleural Fluid tapping/Biopsy, Image guided Biopsy.
- Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program.
- Critical Care Medicine – Resuscitating and Managing Critically Ill Patients – Including Mechanical Ventilation and Hemodynamic monitoring.
Procedures Done:
- Bronchoscopy
- Pleuroscopy
- Intercostal Drain – Large bore, Small bore, Pig Tail Catheters
- Intubation
- Central Venous and Arterial catheter insertions
Academics:
Presentations:
- Latent TB Screening in prospective liver transplant patients – Oral paper presentation in National TB Conference – December 2019, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
- Fatal Spontaneous Clostridium Myonecrosis in an immunocompetent host – Poster presentation - CritCare ISCCM 2020.
- Etiological and Clinical Profile of Virus Associated Community Acquired Pneumonia in Adults – Poster Presentation in CHEST International Congress – June 2020.
- Clinical Profile of Viral Pneumonia in Kerala-Oral Paper presented in Pulmoncon May 2018, Kottayam, Kerala.
- Podium Presentation in NAPCON 2019, as part of finalist on National Talent Search Competition, conducted in Kochi, Kerala.
Publications:
- Etiological and Clinical Profile of Virus Associated Community Acquired Pneumonia in Adults-Chest 2020 Jun: 157 (6):A55.
- Lung Abscess Caused by an Unusual Organism-Salmonella Enterica Serovar Anatum. Indian J Chest Dis Allied Sci 2022:64:33-36.
- A red herring, a wild-goose chase and an unexpected diagnosis of concomitant malignancy and sarcoidosis-Lung India Sep-Oct 2020:37 (5):437-440.
- A rare entity of acute exacerbation of Pulmonary Sarcoidosis following mediastinoscopy and biopsy. Pulmon Vol. 22, Number 1, (Jan – Apr) 2020.
- An Unusual Variant of Adenocarcinoma Lung. Pulmon Vol 22, Number 1, (Jan-Apr) 2020.
- Utility of EBUS TBNA in Mediastinal Lymphadenopathy in a tertiary care Centre –Pulmon Sep-Dec 2018.
Awards and Achievements:
- Secured 1st prize in State Level Quiz conducted in Amritha PG Update 2020.
- Secured 2nd prize in National level quiz conducted in CMC Vellore, September 2019.
- National Talent Search Competition 2019 Finalist.
- Best Outgoing Student in DNB Broad Speciality in Kerala Institute of Medical Sciences, Trivandrum 2020.
Professional Body Memberships:
- Indian Chest Society
- Academy of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
- Association of Pulmonologist, Tamil Nadu
- European Respiratory Society
- American College of Chest Physicians
