Areas of Expertise

Current : Consultant Interventional Pulmonology & Critical Care at KD Hospital, Ahmedabad.

Areas of Interest

End Stage Lung Disease & Lung Transplantation

Diagnostic and Therapeutic Bronchoscopy including Cryo-lung Biopsy

Endobronchial Ultrasound (EBUS)

Medical Thoracoscopy & Pleural procedures

Interstitial Lung Disease

Critical Pulmonary Medicine

COPD & Asthma Management

Sleep Disorders

Lung Cancer

Presentations & Publications

“Comprehensive and analytical study of pleural effusion in lung cancer” Thesis topic during MD course.

“Prevalence of active TB disease and latent TB infection in patient of diabetes mellitus at tertiary care hospital of south India” thesis topic during post-doctoral fellowship.

Presented a poster titled “prevalence of active TB disease and latent TB infection in patient of diabetes mellitus at tertiary care hospital of south India” in winter symposium on TB research at CMC Vellore.

Presented an oral presentation titled “prevalence of active TB disease and latent TB infection in patient of diabetes mellitus at tertiary care hospital of south India” CMCH Research Day at CMC Vellore.

“Familial interstitial pulmonary fibrosis: First case series from India” published in lung india

Got 1st prize in poster presentation at APCB, BALI, Indonesia titled “Role of balloon bronchoplasty in benign tracheobronchial stenosis”

Got 3rd prize in poster presentation at Bronchocon 2017, Vellore titles “ Role of chemical pleurodesis in hepatic hydrothorax: case series from tertiary care centre of Gujarat”