{"id":575,"date":"2012-06-26T07:29:22","date_gmt":"2012-06-26T07:29:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theinformedpatient.in\/kem\/?page_id=575"},"modified":"2018-11-20T10:47:21","modified_gmt":"2018-11-20T10:47:21","slug":"chest-medicine","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.kem.edu\/gsmckemh\/chest-medicine\/","title":{"rendered":"Chest Medicine"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chest Medicine<\/h2>\n
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Background History<\/h3>\n

Department of Chest Medicine and Environmental Pollution Research Centre ( E.P.R.C )<\/b><\/p>\n

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Department of Chest Medicine and E.P.R.C<\/p><\/div>\n

The Department of Chest Medicine offers diagnostic facilities & treatment services for pulmonary disorders. Environmental Pollution Research Centre (EPRC : respiratory morbidity health survey unit) has a unique community outreach service to detect impact of environmental factors on lung health. The Department has a 5-bedded Intensive Care Unit with 3 step down beds, with a total of 30-bedded indoor facility. Diagnostic & treatment services are offered to patients with various lung diseases like Bronchial Asthma, COPD, Interstitial Lung Diseases, occupational lung disorders, lung cancer, Tuberculosis, Pneumonias , sleep disordered breathing and acute and chronic respiratory failure .<\/p>\n

The department also provides various diagnostic facilities like Lung Functions, Diffusion studies arterial blood gas study, diagnostic & therapeutic Bronchoscopies, Sleep studies and Skin prick and ELISA based tests for diagnosing allergies.<\/p>\n

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DOTS PLUS Services (unit at GTB Hospital) & RNTCP OPD at KEM under Revised National TB Control programme is looked after by this department. The EPRC team has been actively involved in various community outreach activities like asthma education, health surveys & assessment of respiratory morbidity due to air pollution. <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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UG teaching<\/u><\/strong>: <\/strong>180 MBBS students<\/p>\n

POST GRADUATE<\/u><\/strong>: 4 MD (Pulmonary Medicine) students every year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Staff<\/h3>\n

Faculty<\/h4>\n

Teaching:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Name<\/strong><\/td>\nDesignation<\/strong><\/td>\nQualification<\/strong><\/td>\nContact info<\/strong><\/td>\nTeaching experience<\/strong><\/td>\nActivities\/<\/strong>
\n interests<\/strong><\/td>\n		Photograph<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Amita U. Athavale<\/strong><\/td>\nProfessor & Head<\/strong><\/td>\nMD (TB and Chest)<\/td>\nRoom no.17,<\/p>\n

ground floor ,<\/p>\n

CVTC buiding,<\/p>\n

KEMH ,<\/p>\n

amitaathavale@<\/u><\/p>\n

rediffmail.com<\/u><\/td>\n

\u00a023 years<\/td>\nEnvironmental Pollution related clinical research, asthma, COPD, ILD, lung cancer<\/td>\n\"New<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr, Vijay S. Khatri<\/strong><\/td>\nAssociate Professor<\/strong><\/td>\nMD (TB and Chest)<\/td>\nRoom no.19,<\/p>\n

ground floor ,<\/p>\n

CVTC buiding,<\/p>\n

KEMH ,
\nkempulmo@<\/a><\/p>\n

rediffmail.com<\/a><\/td>\n

20 years<\/td>\nTuberculosis, PFT, Asthma, ILD.<\/td>\n\"New<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr.Sonal Karpe<\/strong><\/td>\nAssistant\u00a0 Prof.<\/strong><\/td>\n\u00a0MD (Pulmonary Medicine)<\/td>\nRoom no.19,<\/p>\n

ground floor ,<\/p>\n

CVTC buiding,<\/p>\n

KEMH ,<\/p>\n

sonalkarpe@<\/u><\/p>\n

yahoo.co.in<\/u><\/td>\n

2 years<\/td>\nCritical care, Interventional pulmonology, COPD.<\/td>\n\"New<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Mahesh Jansari<\/strong><\/td>\nAssistant\u00a0 Prof.<\/strong><\/td>\nMD (Pulmonary Medicine)<\/td>\nRoom no.19,<\/p>\n

ground floor ,<\/p>\n

CVTC buiding,<\/p>\n

KEMH<\/p>\n

xangpongmak@<\/u><\/p>\n

gmail.com<\/u><\/td>\n

\u00a01 year<\/td>\nCritical care, Interventional pulmonology, COPD, Asthma<\/td>\n\"New<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Non teaching:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Name<\/strong><\/td>\nDesignation<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mr.Harish Kanparia<\/td>\nHead Clerk<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mr.Prashant Akotkar<\/td>\nClerk<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Laxmi Menon<\/td>\nSenior Scientific Officer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Sadhna Sakalkar<\/td>\nJunior Scientific Officer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mrs. Rajni Pawar<\/td>\nJunior Scientific Officer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mrs. Hansa Vora<\/td>\nSenior Technician<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mrs. Mahananda Wydande<\/td>\nSenior Technician<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mr. Manohar Pawar<\/td>\nTechnician<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mrs. Leena Shardul<\/td>\nTechnician<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mr. Pramod Lad<\/td>\nTechnician<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mr. Umesh Karbhari<\/td>\nTechnician<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mr.Husnuddin Sheikh<\/td>\nTechnician<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mr.Ramdev Yadav<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mr. Omvir Parcha<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mr. Umesh<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mr. Deepak<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Speciality Medical Officers<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Name<\/strong><\/td>\nDesignation<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr.Hariharan Iyer<\/td>\nSpeciality Medical Officer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr.Prakash Salve<\/td>\nSpeciality Medical Officer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Residents:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Name<\/strong><\/td>\nYear<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr.Manjit Tendolkar<\/td>\n3rd<\/sup> year<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr.Rahul Kendre<\/td>\n3rd<\/sup> year<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr.Anurag Deshpande<\/td>\n3rd<\/sup> year<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr.Rajwardhan Ghatge<\/td>\n3nd<\/sup> year<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr.Aditi Punwani<\/td>\n2nd <\/sup>year<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr. Bhavya Baldwa<\/td>\n2nd<\/sup> year<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr.Owais Tisekar<\/td>\n2nd<\/sup> year<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr.Srikant Shelkikar<\/td>\n2nd<\/sup> year<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr.Mihir Gangakhedkar<\/td>\n1st<\/sup> year<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr.Prabodh Garg<\/td>\n1st<\/sup> year<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr.Reshma<\/td>\n1st<\/sup> year<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dr.Amol Shembatwad<\/td>\n1st<\/sup> year<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
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Teaching Activities<\/h4>\n

Undergraduate studies (U.G.) :<\/b><\/p>\n

U.G. students are rotated in the department (dept.) for a period of 2 weeks. A well formulated teaching programme imparts them with a basic approach to respiratory diseases<\/p>\n

Post graduate Teaching (P.G.) :<\/b><\/p>\n

Our department has a 3 year residency programme \u00a0for M.D. (Pulmonary Medicine). Enrollment for this is done immediately after basic medial degree of \u2018M.B.B.S.\u2019. We \u00a0have 6 month posts (2) for\u00a0 unregistered residents and one for E.P.R.C. Registrar. These three posts are short term posts of 6 months duration, mainly benefiting those who wish to gain hands on experience in our unit.<\/p>\n

We have a well structured teaching programme for P.G. students in form of weekly case presentation, seminars, Journal clubs, & post OPD case discussions & monthly pathology and radiology meetings, apart from teaching clinical rounds by teaching faculty.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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For Student<\/h3>\n

Student information: <\/strong><\/p>\n