Department of Pulmonary Medicine

A) TEACHING FACULTY 

1. Dr.Nagaraja .C  MBBS,MD,DTCD,FCCP(USA)  ,   Professor & HOD

 2. Dr.ShashiBhushan .B.L. MBBS,MD,FCCP(USA) Associate Professor

 3. Dr.Basavaraju .T.J  , MBBS,MD Assistant Professor

 4. Dr.Ashok kumar Gudagunti  MBBS, MD

Assistant Professor

Post graduate Residents

1. Dr.Nandish. C
2. Dr.Roshan. S.R
3. Dr.Aswin.C.P
4. Dr.Guru Prasad .T.J

Nurses Name

1. Smt.Sarojini,,,,,Nursing Superintendent- Grade II
2. Smt.Padmkshi,,,,Senior Staff nurse

 

Nursing Staff on contract

1. Ms.Soumya B .D
2. Ms.Soukya
3. Mr.Dadhu K. F
4. Ms.Shruthi
5. Ms.Sudha
6. Ms.Roopa M N
7. Ms.Soumya T T
8. Smt. Padma
9. Ms.Sujathamani
10. Mr.Manoj L
11. Mr.Ravi kumar
12. Smt.sulochana

Group D

1. Mr.G .Chandra kumar

RNTCP Staff

1. Dr.Shanthi,MBBS – Medical officer.
2. Mr.Venkatesh–Health visitor.
3. Mr.Santosh-Health visitor.
4. Mr. Chetan- Lab Technician.

B) FACILITIES AVAILABLE 

 OUT PATIENT BLOCK- Available at Room no 50, OPD- B Block ,Victoria Hospital .

a)      OPD Timings: 9am to 4pm – All working days

                                           9am to 1pm -Sundays and General holidays.

b)     Activities:    

 

• Routine outpatient examination with advice
• Pulmonary Function Testing(PFT)
• Demonstration Room-use of inhalers ,peakflow meter , incentive spirometer etc
• Emergency  First Aid- Nebulisation, oxygen therapy  & other emergency medications etc
• Minor procedures- Pleural Tapping , FNAC Lymph node.
• DOTS Facilities(RNTCP) –At  room no .56 –Sputum AFB exam, local DOTS,etc
• Pulmonary Fitness for Different Surgical procedures (all departments)
• Special clinics- Bronchial Asthma – every tuesdays

1. COPD – . – every Thursdays

 

• Seminar room with Audio Visual aids cum department library facilities.
• HIV counselling for TB-HIV coinfection
• Following other diseases are treated in the department

Tuberculosis (Pulmonary & extra pulmonary )

Bronchial asthma

COPD

Bronchiectasis

Interstitial lung disease

Occupational lung disease

Pulmonary hypertension

Diagnosing bronchogenic carcinoma

Pulmonary Eosinophilia

Sleep related breathing disorders

Pleural effusion /Hydropneumothorax

Pneumonias

Lung Abscess

Empyema and other rare diseases ,etc

  IN PATIENT BLOCK

• Wards for in-patients with 60 bed strength – Available at 6^th and 7^th floors of the centenary building(tower block) with all required treatment facilities. 
• Adequate space available for staff accomadation.
• Demonstration room  with  teaching Aids available.
• Minor procedure room for ICD, pleural tapping, FNAC of lymph node/lung.
• Brochoscopy facilities -starting shortly
• Sleep lab- Planned to start.
• Facilities for management of H1N1 flu with all facilities(6 bed strength)
• Doctors on duty available round the clock to handle emergancies .

C)  CLINICAL MATERIAL

• Average OPD-  65 to 70 /day     
• Average Admissions-3 to 4 /day           

D)    ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES

a) Publications ( 2 international  & 4 national):

list of articles published

1. 1.      “Hydrogen peroxide in exhaled breathe condensate”

 A clinical st udy –lung india –vol29.issue 2^nd April ,June 2012

1. 2.      “Resistant pattern in Drug Resistant pulmonary Tuberculosis”

Journal of post graduate medicine july2011 vol 57issue 3

1. 3.      “Pattern of drug resistance and treatment outcome in multi drug resistant Pulmonary tuberculosis”

Indian journal of chest diseases and allied sciences2012 vol54

“Novel H1N1 influenza epidemics with lessons from a tertiary care in Bangalore “

The internet journal of pulmonary medicineTM ISSN:1531-2984.

1. 4.      “A rare case of hemangiioendothelioma of hemangioendoothelioma of pleura”

Journal of pulmon vol12 issue 2may –August 2010

1. 5.      Study to asses factors contributing to compliance of aerosol therapy in Bronchial Asthma

The internet journal of pulmonary medicine vol 12 ,1^st November 2010.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dr.Nagaraja .C , Professor & HOD (Additional activities)

• Working as Head of the Department since November 2002
• Working as a nodal officer  for RNTCP– Implementation  RNTCP in attached hospitals of Bangalore Medical college and Research institute   since 10 years.
• Working as a state task force chairman RNTCP Karnataka –implementation RNTCP in all Medical colleges of Karnataka state since February 2013.
• Participated as a Faculty in the state level CME on Tuberculosis held on 30^th &31^st of August 2013 at Department of Pulmonary Medicine JJMMC,Davangere,Karnataka –     KMC has Granted 4 credit hours vide letter no :KMC/11/CME/112/2013 dated 13/08/2013.
• Participating as speaker to lecture on topic RNTCP-Role of NGO& Public Private Partnership in the month of march 2014-World TB Day.
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c)      Time table for UG & PG Courses

Under Graduate Course

1)      MBBS

Batches		Faculty
Batch 1(1-52)	10/2/14 to 23/2/2014	Staff & PGs
Batch 2(53-104)	24/2/14 to 09/3/2014	Staff & PGs
Batch3(105-126)	10/3/14 to 23/3/2014	Staff & PGs
Batch4(157-222)	24/3/14 to 06/4/2014	Staff & PGs

 

2) Started BSc respiratory care technology course from 2013-14 with 2 students undergoing training at present (Annual intake -20 students)

Post Graduate Course

2012 -13 batch General medicine Post Graduates posted to this Department  from 01/01/2014 to 31/01/2014 and were engaged in both bedside clinical training and subject seminars.

      Post Graduate Seminars For January 2014

                  Chairperson: Dr.Nagaraja.C

 

c) Current Academic Year Calendar of events for Academic and Non  Academic 

activities

-Currently  post graduate diploma (DTCD) course available in the department         with 2 admissions per year& is MCI recognised.

                          

– Initiated  the process to start  MD Pulmonary Medicine course for the current academic year itself.

-Following  is the proposed time table for the ongoing PG course , 

 

 

 

 

 

d) Post Graduate Examination

Details of University Exams/ consolidated  PG results

 

e) Department Library Details

Total no. of  BOOKS – 70

Total no. of JOURNALS -06

BOOKS
1	Domenico	Drug for the Treatment of Respiratory Disease	1ed/2003	1
2	Johnston	Asthma :Critical Debates	2002	1
3	DOUGLAS	Macleod’s clinical examination	12ed/2009	1
4	Goodman	Felson’s Principles of Chest Roentgenology	3ed/2007	1
5	Crapo	Bone’s Atlas of Pulmonary medicine	3ed/2005	1
6	TOMASHEFSKI	Dail & Hammar’s Pulmonary Pathology,3/ed, Vol-1	3ed/2008	1
7	Driscoll	Lung Cancer Volume 1	2003	1
8	ANTHONY	CROFTON & DOUGLAS’S RESPIRATORY DISEASES, VOL-1	5ed/2002	1
9	ANTHONY	CROFTON & DOUGLAS’S RESPIRATORY DISEASES, VOL-2	5ed/2002	1
10	Glynn.M	HUTCHISON’S CLINICAL METHODS	23ed/2012	1
11	Cairo J.M	Pilbeam’s Mechanical Ventilation	5ed/2012	1
12	GOLDMAN	CECIL MEDICINE VOL-1	24ed/2012	1
13	Kryger	Princ Prct Of Sleep Medicine	5ed/2011	1
14	Mason	Textbook of Respiratory Medicine, Vol-1	5ed/2010	1
15	Mason	Textbook of Respiratory Medicine, Vol-2	5ed/2010	1
16	TOMASHEFSKI	Dail & Hammar’s Pulmonary Pathology,Vol-2	3ed/2008	1
17	Driscoll	Lung Cancer Volume 2	2003	1
18	Hansell	Imaging Disease of the Chest	5ed/2010	1
19	Argenziano	Lung Volume Reduction surgery	2002	1
20	Miller	Diagnostic Thoracic Imaging	2006	1
21	FAUCI	HARRISON’S PRINCIPLES OF INTERNAL MEDICINE VOL-1	18ed/2012	1
22	FAUCI	HARRISON’S PRINCIPLES OF INTERNAL MEDICINE VOL-2	18ed/2012	1
23	Chokroverty	Sleep Disorders Medicine	3ed/2009	1
24	Kryger	Atlas Clinical Sleep Medicine	2010	1
25	Schaaf	Tuberculosis: A Comprehensive Clinical Reference (Hb)	2009	1
26	Rustom Jal Vakil	Physical Diagnosis	14ed/2012	1
27	Light’s	T/b of Pleural Diseases	5ed/2007	1
28	Ruppel	Manual of Pulmonary Function Testing	10ed/2013	1
29	Paul Marino	T/b of ICU	3ed/2007	1
30	Braen	Manual of Emergency Medicine	6ed/2011	1
31	Parker	Teaching Atlas of Chest Imaging	2006	1
32	Loddenkemper	Medical Thoracoscopy Pleuroscopy,	2011	1
33	S.K.Sharma	Tuberculosis	2ed	1
34	Fishman’s	Fishman’s Pulmonary Medicine, Vol-1		1
35	Fishman’s	Fishman’s Pulmonary Medicine, Vol-2		1
36	D.Behera	T/b of Respiratory Medicine		1
37	Alal Fein	Respiratory Emergencies		1
38	Donner	Pulmonary Rehabilitation	2005	1
39	Benjamin Felson	T/b of Radiology		2

40 Mahesdh & Vidyasagar     Principles and interpretation of x- rays                                                 1

41  Dr.Asfaq Hasan     Understanding mechanical ventilation                                                              1

42 Dr.Mehra   Clinical challenges in heart failure                           

43 Barrero                  Electrophysiology for Doctors                       

44 Purvish                   Oncology Knowledge bank –Lung Cancer                 

45 Dr.Asfaq Hasan      The Slow Stain                        

46        Medical Clinics –Pre diabetes and Diabetes prevention                              

47        Respiratory Medicine -3 Clinical Publishing                         

48        Hodgkin           Pulmonary Rehabilitation Guidelines to Success                  

49         Dave lynes      Management of COPD                                  

50          Reichmann & Tanne             Time Bomb                            

51           Behera                     Text book of Pulmonary Medicine                

52           Arora            Practical approach to Respiratory diseases                          

53            Davis                       Case Presentation in Clinical tuberculosis                

54          Clinics in Chest Medicine     ARDS              

55             Clinics in Chest Medicine  Asthma                       

56             Clinics in Chest Medicine  Pulmonary consideration in organ &hematopoietic stemcell                                                                     transplantation

57             Clinics in Chest Medicine  Lung in extreme environment                       

58            Clinics in Chest Medicine   Pneumonia in hospital setting                       

59            Clinics in Chest Medicine   Lung cancer               

60            Clinics in Chest Medicine   Respiratory tract infections ,Advances in      

                                                                  diagnosis,management & prevention     

61            Clinics in Chest Medicine   Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension                  

62           Clinics in Chest Medicine    Health care Disparities ,Respiratory health in minorities                

63           Clinics in Chest Medicine    Pleural diseases                     

64        Expert reviews on the clinical management of COPD                                  

65        Year book of Pulmonary Diseases      2011               

66        Year book of Pulmonary Diseases      2010               

67        Year book of Pulmonary Diseases      2007               

68        Year book of Pulmonary Diseases      Allergy, Asthma and clinical immunology2006                     

69        Year book of Pulmonary Diseases      Allergy  2004              

70        Respiratory care clinics                                                                                                                2

 

 

JOURNALS

 

2013
1	Chest	F
2	Tuberculosis	F
3	Indian Journal of Tuberculosis	I
4	Thorax	F
5	Lung India	I
6	The International Journal of TB & Lung Disease	F
7	Indian Journal of Chest Disease & Allied Sciences	I
8	American Journal of Respiratory Diseases	F
9	Clinics in Chest Medicine	F

 

f)  Details of Charges for the procedures

SL.NO.	Code.no		General ward Rs.	Special ward Rs.
1	01950	Pumonary Function Test	100/-	150/-
2	01951	Pleural Biopsy	300/-	500/-
3	01952	Pleural Aspiration	300/-	500/-
4	01953	Bronchoscopy(fibre optic)	600/-	800/-
5	01954	Peak Expiratory Flow Rate	30/-	50/-
6	01955	Intercostal Drainage for draining purpose	500/-	1000/-
7	01956	Sleep studies including Titration and polysomnography	1000/-	3000/-
8	01957	X- ray chest with report	100/-	150/-
9		Spirometry with helium Dilution with diffusion capacity studies	500/-	750/-
10	01958	Nebulisation per hour including oxygen	30/-	40/-
11	01959	Pulmonary rehabilitation(six minute walk test)	100/-	100/-

Note1: The above charges are only for the procedures consumables &drugs extra.