Doctor Profile

• Physical therapies & rehabilitation in COPD
• Asthma & allergy – immunotherapy & newer treatments
• lung cancer
• Health economics
• Clinical research

• Member, Institute ethics committee

• Recipient of Roberta Habolla International Award for Best Research Project in Asthma.
• Award from APCCM (Academy of Pulmonary and Critical Care medicine) for contribution in Pulmonary Medicine.
• Fellow of International Clinical Epidemiology Network (INCLEN) US, member
• Member ICS
• Member IMA
• President of Indian Clinical Epidemiology Network (IndiaCLEN)
• TAPCCM lifetime achievement award – March 2022
• National Felicitation for lifetime contribution in the field of Tuberculosis- NATCON 2023 on 2/2/2024

Title	Journal / Book	Publication details (Year, Volume, Page No. etc.)	Authorship 1st / 2nd / Other	State /Reg / Nat / Int	Indexed in
Cost effective Management of Drug Resistance in Pulmonary Medicine	Pulmon	2001, Vol 3	1st	Nat	Medline
Quality Of Life And COPD Management	Lung india	2001; 19(2): 5-6	1st	Nat	Quality Of Life And COPD Management
Ethics and Economics in Medicine	Lung India	2002;20:33-5	1st	Nat	PubMed Central, , SCOPUS, Web of Science
INCLEN Knowledge Management plus in MDR-TB-The Structure and Process involved in the Development of a Novel Clinical Practice Guidelines(CPG) for MDR-TB	Pulmon	2004, Vol 6	1st	Nat
Guidelines for MDR-TB Management based on knowledge Management plus Package of INCLEN	Pulmon	2005, Vol 7	1st	Nat
Clinico Radiological Characteristics influencing the treatment outcome of interstitial lung disease in tertiary care centre	Pulmon	2007, Vol 9	2nd	Nat
Diagnosis of small airway disorders	Pulmon	2008, Vol 10	1st	Nat
Diagnosis of Small Vessel Diseases of the Lung	Pulmon	2008, Vol 10	1 st	Nat
Clinical characteristics and mortality patterns of MDRTB patients in India	European respiratory journal	2011;38(Suppl 55):p2625	1st	Int
Daily therapy with fixed drug combinations under RNTCP-concerns and apprehensions among stakeholders in the back ground of Global End TB strategy  in India	Pulmonary medicine	2015; 117(2): 52-59	1st	Nat	Index Copernicus
Outcome of patients presenting as sputum AFB smear negative and Xray Chest lesion in a tertiary care centre	World Journal of Pharmaceutical Research	2018, Vol 7, Issue 17, 1304- 1311	2nd	Int
Bedside decision making- How can we make the cognitive short cuts more efficient?	Pulmon	2021, 23(2), p 78-82	1st	Nat
Outcome of aeroallergen evaluation by skin antigen testing followed by counselling on preventive behaviour in Chronic Respiratory Allergy in a tertiary care setting: An observational cohort study.	Pulmon	2022,  24(1), p 16-25	1st	Nat

Topic	Guest lecture / Oral / Poster / Convener of Workshop	Name of the event	Conference / CME / Workshop	Venue	Dates	Level
Medical Research	Chair	Metanoia 17	Conference	SGMC and RF	Oct 2017	National
Research in Tuberculosis	Conducted	Dissemination workshop on research in Tuberculosis	Workshop	Trivandrum	2017
Tuberculosis	Convened	Newer Developments in RNTCP	2019	SGMC& RF	24 Oct 2019	Regional
NAPCON	Chair	NAPCON	Conference	Cochi	22-24 Nov 2019	National
ERS International Congress	Attended	ERS International Congress	Conference	Madrid, Spain	28 Sept  - 2 Oct 2019	International
		Medicolegal and ethical aspects of Clinical Practice	CME	SGMC& RF	30/10/2019
		Pulmonology update – 2019	CME	SGMC &RF	2019
Recent Advances in TB Management	Chair	Recent Advances in TB Management	CME	SGMC and RF	21 March 2022
Allergy and Immunology	Chair/ Oral	PULMOCON	Workshop	Trivandrum, Cosmopolitan Hospital	2023
		NAPCON	Conference	Hyderabad	1-3 Dec 2023
Research Paper Presentation		National Conference of IMA	Conference	Trivandrum	2023
		Joint Effort for TB elimination	CME	SGMC &RF	25/9/2023
		SGPCON	CME	SGMC &RF	10/11/2023
Scientific Paper Presentation	Chair	National Conference of IMA- Tharang	Conference	Kovalam, Trivandrum	27,28 Dec 2023
Pulmonary Rehabilitation		NATCON	Conference	Thrissur	2,3,4 Feb 2024

Project	Completed / Ongoing	Funded Y / N	Collaborated Y / N	Published Y / N
Asthma CBT	Ongoing	N	N	N
Sepsis	Ongoing	N	N	N
Economic impact copd	Ongoing	N	N