Qualification
MBBS DTCD DNB ( Respiratory diseases) FCCP ( USA)Languages
English • Hindi Kannada Telugu MalayalamWork Experience
20 Years Experience Overall (15 years as specialist)Awards & Achivements
• Topper in physiology -- Dr. Rani Kanaka Memorial Award during First phase MBBS.• Second prize at BRONCOCON 2006 bronchoscopy quiz program held at Chennai.
• First prize in spirometry interpretation
state-level CME held at Coimbatore.
• Second prize in Chest Radiology quiz
at NAPCON 2007
Chandigarh.
• Part of RRNI and coinvestigator in following ongoing studies APPRISE- A antibiotic Prescribing practices and prevalence of antibiotic resistance in various Intensive care units across multiple centers in India.
• EMBARC INDIA (The European Multicentre Bronchiectasis Audit and Research Collaboration in India)
• involved in International Clinical Trials on Asthma as Principal Investigator.
Memberships
• American thoracic society.• European Respiratory society.
• ISCCM
• Indian chest society.
Area of Interest
• Pulmonology• Critical Care
• Sleep Medicine