About the Doctor
Designation: Consultant - Interventional Pulmonology, Sleep & Critical care Medicine
Educational Qualifications:
- KAPV Government Medical College Trichy
- Institute of Respiratory Diseases, SMS Government Medical College, Jaipur
Specialty Experience:
- Served as Assistant Professor at SRM Medical College Trichy
- Recognized postgraduate teacher & research assistant.
- Fellowship in Interventional Pulmonology, Yashoda Hospital, Hyderabad and Hospital Serdang KKM, Malaysia
Professional Body Membership:
- Life member - Indian Chest Society [ICS]
- Life member - Indian Medical Association [IMA]
- Member of European Respiratory Society [ERS]
- Member of Asian Pacific Society of Respirology [APSR]
- Member of American Thoracic Society [ATS]
- Member of American College of Chest Physicians [ACCP]
Strength:
- Specialized in Advanced Airway Interventional procedures & emergencies under rigid bronchoscopy guidance
Normal Procedures:
- Video Bronchoscopy, Single port Video Thoracoscopy
Special Procedures:
- Linear Endobronchial Ultrsound (Cp EBUS) & Radial Endobronchial
- Ultrasound (Rp EBUS)
- Central airway tumour debulking - Cryosurgery & Electrosurgery
- Bronchsocopic trachea/bronchoplasty &
- Cryorecanalisation
- Tracheobronchial stenting
- Foreign body retrieval
Delivered Lectures:
- Participated as a faculty in Basic Bronchoscopy & Cryotherapy
workshops.
- Delivered talks in local pulmonology organizations in & around Tamil
Nadu.
Research & Publication:
- "Diagnostic yield of bronchoalveolar lavage Gene Xpert in sputum non-producers and smear negative, pulmonary tuberculosis cases at IRD, SMS Medical College, Jaipur" R Raj Thilak et al, International Journal of Medical Science and Diagnosis Research April 2019.
- "The induction of Mitsuda type of late response to tuberculin in patients with pulmonary tuberculosis and its significance" Velraj, Thilak R and Anusuya A / IP Indian Journal of Immunology and Respiratory Medicine June 2020.