Dr. Nishant Sinha Pulmonologist in Hyderabad

Dr. Nishant Sinha

Pulmonologist, Hyderabad

MBBS, DNB (Pulmonary Medicine), Fellowship (Pulmonology) (UK)

  • 1 Hospital

About


Experience

Pulmonology, CARE Hospitals, Hi-tech City, Hyderabad - Currently working here

Speciality Registrar (International Medical Fellow), Department of Respiratory Medicine, Basildon University Hospital, NHS Foundation Trust, Basildon Essex September, 2014 -  September, 2016

Consultant Pulmonologist, Fortis Hospital, Bangalore April, 2012 -  August, 2014

Consultant and Assistant Professor, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, Pondicherry March, 2011 -  March, 2012

Faculty Tutor, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Christian Medical College Hospital, Vellore March, 2010 -  February, 2011

Registrar Post Graduate (DNB, Respiratory Medicine), Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Christian Medical College Hospital, Vellore February, 2007 -  February, 2010

Senior House Surgeon, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Christian Medical College Hospital, Vellore February, 2006 -  December, 2006

Specialities

  • Pulmonology

Expertise

  • EBUS TBNA – Radial, Linear and EUS(B) FNA. Done more than 200 EBUS
  • Fiberoptic videobronchoscopy – diagnostic bronchoscopy including endobronchial and transbronchial lung biopsy
  • Medical thoracoscopy – both semirigid and rigid
  • Sleep reporting – over 300 sleep studies (Overnight Oxymetry and Embletta studies), Pulmonary Physiology and Sleep Lab, Essex Cardiothoracic Centre, Basildon, Essex, UK
  • Advanced Pulmonary Function Testing including diffusion capacity, MIP, MEP and Bronchoprovocation test
  • Thoracic ultrasound to identify the structures and diagnose pneumothorax, pleural effusion and plan guided drain or thoracocentesis. Over 500 USG guided thoracic procedures
  • Intercostal chest drain – Seldinger as well as surgical drains. Put more than 300 USG guided Seldinger chest drains during fellowship
  • Indwelling pleural catheter insertion
  • Lung cancer diagnostic interventions (EBUS) and intervention pulmonology
  • Tuberculosis
  • Cough
  • Interstitial Lung Disease including sarcoidosis
  • Non-invasive ventilation
  • Sleep Medicine (Diagnosis and treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnoea)
  • Asthma, COPD

Education

MBBS, 2004, Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute, Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangalore

Internship, 2005, Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute affiliated hospitals, Bangalore

DNB (Respiratory Medicine), 2010, Christian Medical College Hospital, Vellore

International Medical Fellow, 2016, Royal College of Physicians, London

Practice Information

Continental Hospitals, Hyderabad

Continental Hospitals, Hyderabad

Plot No.3, Road no.2, IT & Financial Dist, Nanakramguda, Gachibowli, Hyderabad, Telangana - 500035

Achievements & Contributions

  • Oral paper presentation under J C Kothari Young Scientist Award: Presented thesis project, NAPCON 2009
  • Indian Chest Society Travel Grant award, NAPCON 2009: For outstanding work in the field of research in Pulmonary Medicine, awarded by Minister of Health, Kerala, in Calicut, Kerala (Nov 2009)
  • Organizing Committee National Conference in Intervention Pulmonology, Christian Medical College Hospital, Vellore (Jan 2011)
  • National Faculty, 4th Asia Pacific Conference on Bronchology and Intervention Pulmonology, Jaipur (Jan 2012)
  • Peer reviewer since 2011 – International Journal of COPD, International Journal of Medical Case reports, International Journal of Medicine
  • Certificate of appreciation – Delivered lecture on EBUS (Endo Bronchial Ultra Sonography) Anatomy for East of England Respiratory Specialist Registrar (SpR) Training workshop on Intervention Pulmonology, Basildon University Hospital, UK (Nov 2015)
  • Study on Lung Cancer diagnostic pathway via early use of EBUS was accepted for presentation, as Thematic poster under category of Clinical aspects of Lung Cancer, ERS International Congress, London, UK (Sep 2016)
  • Certificate of appreciation - Faculty member of core medical training skill workshop, chest ultrasonography and technique of Seldinger chest drain on sheep model, Basildon University Hospital, UK (Feb 2016)
  • Nishant Sinha, Muhammad Tufail, Odiri Eneje, Syed Abbas, Bernard Yung, Kanwar Pannu, Dipak Mukherjee. Endobronchial ultrasound guided transbronchial needle aspiration (EBUS-TBNA) reduces time for diagnosis of lung cancer if used as the initial diagnostic test of choice. Eur Respir J 2016; 48: Suppl. 60, 2808
  • Nishant Sinha, Vivek Padegal, Satish Satya Narayana, H K Santosh. Pulmonary cement embolization after vertebroplasty, an uncommon presentation of pulmonary embolism: A case report and literature review; Lung India 2015 Nov- Dec; 32 (6): 602-604
  • General Medical Council
  • European Respiratory Society
  • World Association of Bronchology and Intervention Pulmonology
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