Areas of Expertise:

• Airway Interventions and Tracheal Stenting

• Tuberculosis

• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

• Asthma

• Allergy-Related Respiratory Diseases

• General Pulmonology and Chest Medicine

Education and Training:

• Postgraduate Training in Pulmonology, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College, Mumbai

• Medical Graduation, Grant Medical College, Mumbai

Awards and Accolades:

• Recipient of the Young Scientist Award from the Indian Tuberculosis Society

• Honoured with the COVID Warrior Trophy by the Governor of Maharashtra for dedicated service during the COVID-19 pandemic

• Pioneered India’s first tracheal stent insertion for benign tracheal stenosis in 1999

• Delivered more than 500 guest lectures at national and international scientific forums

• Organised and chaired more than 30 national and international conferences, including NAPCON 2016, attended by over 3,000 delegates

• Invited to deliver several orations and keynote addresses at national medical conferences

• Served as Secretary General, Association of Physicians of India, from 2022 to 2025

• Past President, Geriatric Society of India

• Secretary General, Academy of Advanced Medical Education

• Editorial Board Member and Assistant Editor, Journal of the Association of Physicians of India and Chest, Indian Edition

Memberships:

• Fellow, Chest Council of India

• Fellow, American College of Chest Physicians

• Fellow, Royal College of Physicians, London

• Fellow, Geriatric Society of India

• Fellow, Indian College of Physicians

• Fellow, National College of Chest Physicians

Research and Publications:

• Authored and co-authored more than 50 research publications, scientific articles and book chapters in Pulmonology and Respiratory Medicine.