Dr. Padma Sundaram

Education She has done her MBBS from Grant Medical College (Mumbai), MD in respiratory diseases from KEM Hospital (Mumbai) and DNB respiratory Medicine from National Board, Delhi. She was awarded the Raj Nanda Pulmonary fellowship and was trained in Sleep Medicine in UK. Work Experience She has been practicing as pulmonologist since last 30 years initially in Mumbai and later in Bengaluru in a reputed hospital for the last 20 years where she helped setting up the department of respiratory medicine. She worked as Lecturer and as Associate Professor in Chest Medicine at TN Medical College Mumbai. She is a recognized Post graduate MD and DNB Professor. She is a member of Indian Chest Society and Karnataka Pulmonology Association. She has published over 50 papers in national and international medical journals, presented papers in medical conferences and participated in clinical trials. Areas of Expertise She is specialized in management of Airway disorders especially Asthma and COPD, Infectious lung diseases, TB, multidrug resistant TB, ILD fibrotic and occupational lung diseases. She has special interest in snoring and sleep disorders like obstructive sleep apnea. She has managed patients with respiratory failure with ventilators and noninvasive ventilators in hospital and home setting including domiciliary oxygen therapy, she was actively involved in the management of Covid patients and in rehabilitation of patients with post Covid lung fibrosis She is proficient in various procedures like Bronchoscopy, EBUS and medical thoracoscopy