Designation:

• Professor – Dept of Resp Med, Velammal Medical College, Madurai
• Senior Consultant Interventional Pulmonologist - VMC Speciality Hospital, Madurai
• Consultant - Chest Clinic, Ramanathapuram
• Consultant - PR Chest Clinic, Madurai.

Qualifications & Certifications:

• MBBS: K.S. Hegde Medical Academy, Mangalore, 2009
• DTCD : Sri Ramachandra Medical College, Chennai, 2012
• DNB (Respiratory medicine & TB/Pulmonary Medicine): Chest Hospital, Calicut, 2014
• EDRM : European Diploma in Respiratory Medicine, University of Bern, Switzerland, 2019

Significant work experience and achievements:

• FCCP : Fellowship in American College of Chest Physicians, USA,2013
• MNAMS: National Academy of Medical sciences
• FAPSR: Fellow of Asian Pacific Society of Respirology, 2021

International Presentation:

• Pulmonary Nocardiasis – Case presentation at IMPACT 2019, Madrid, Spain
• A Rare manifestation of Tropical Endemic infection – Oral presentation at CHEST congress, Bologna, Italy, 2021
• Tracheobronchopathia Osteocondroplastica: A rare case of Bronchiectasis - Poster presentation at CHEST congress, Bologna, Italy, 2021

Awards:

• Young Scientist Award (Indian Chest Society) – Third prize at NAPCON , 2010, Jodhpur.
• First prize in Quiz competition held at KAPCON (Karnataka state conference of pulmonologist ) 2013 , Mangalore

Area of interest: Interventional Pulmonology, Allergy, Sleep Medicine