About the Doctor

Dr. Arun Gangadhar

Consultant Interventional Pulmonologist & Sleep Physician

Dr. Arun Gangadhar is a senior pulmonologist with a decade of clinical experience spanning premier institutions in India and abroad. He brings together advanced interventional pulmonology, critical care expertise and a warm, patient-first approach to every consultation at Lung Care — The Pulmonary Clinic.

He currently serves as Consultant Interventional Pulmonologist & Sleep Physician at Sri Ramakrishna Hospital, Coimbatore — where he pioneered the Radial EBUS programme — alongside his independent practice at Lung Care, RS Puram.

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Key facts

Qualifications: MBBS, DNB (Pulmonary Medicine), MNAMS, IDCCM, EDARM (European Diploma in Adult Respiratory Medicine)
Fellowships: Interventional Pulmonology (Hospital Sultanah Bahiyah, Malaysia); ECMO (ECMO Society of India, GRIPMER)
Experience: 2,000+ interventional procedures
Languages: English, Tamil, Malayalam, Hindi
Hospital role: Consultant at Sri Ramakrishna Hospital, Coimbatore
Registration: Tamil Nadu Medical Council Reg. No. 153465
Clinic address: 18, Cowley Brown Road, R.S. Puram, Coimbatore 641002, Tamil Nadu, India
Clinic hours: Monday to Friday, 6:00–8:30 PM. Saturday and Sunday closed.

Faculty at national and state conferences

NAPCON 2026, Jaipur · NAPCON 2025, Pune · NAPCON 2024, Coimbatore · NATCON 2024, Jaipur · TESCON 2026, Noida · TESCON 2025, Jaipur · BRONCOCON 2026, Pune · BRONCOCON 2024, Cochin · APCCM 2026, Calicut · TAPCON 2025, Salem

See conference photos in the gallery on drarungangadhar.com →

Education

MBBS
University of Calicut
DNB (Pulmonology)
GRIPMER, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi

Postdoctoral Fellowships

Fellowship in Interventional Pulmonology
Hospital Sultanah Bahiyah, Malaysia
IDCCM (Critical Care)
ISCCM, GRIPMER
Fellowship in ECMO
ECMO Society of India, GRIPMER

Honours

BMJ South Asia Award 2015–16
Top 3 Pulmonology Teams
Member, NAMS
National Academy of Medical Sciences
EDARM (2019)
European Diploma — Adult Respiratory Medicine

Experience

Consultant — Interventional Pulmonology & Sleep Medicine

Sri Ramakrishna Hospital, Coimbatore · Current

Pioneered the Radial EBUS programme at the hospital
Advanced interventional pulmonology, lung cancer diagnostics and pleural disease
Invited speaker at national & international conferences
Available Mon–Sat, 1st Floor (Multi Speciality), Bay 16E

Consultant Pulmonologist & Intensivist

Daya Hospital, Thrissur, Kerala

Pioneered the Interventional Pulmonology department
Established Linear & Radial EBUS-guided FNA — first in the district
Introduced semi-rigid thoracoscopy for pleural disease

Clinical Fellow & Senior Resident — Critical Care & Emergency Medicine

GRIPMER, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi

Academic & professional engagement

Faculty, speaker and workshop faculty at national respiratory meetings.

NAPCON

Coimbatore · Pune

NATCON

Jaipur

TESCON

Jaipur

BRONCOCON

Kochi · Pune

Procedural Expertise

Diagnostic flexible bronchoscopy (EBLB, TBLB, TBNA)
Linear & Radial EBUS-guided sampling
Rigid bronchoscopy, cryobiopsy, airway stenting & foreign-body removal
Flexi-rigid thoracoscopy and indwelling pleural catheter insertion
Bronchoscopic thermal vapour ablation therapy for COPD
CPAP & BiPAP titration for COPD and sleep medicine
Critical-care ultrasound, advanced ventilation & ECMO
Pulmonary rehabilitation & allergy management

Special Interests

Interventional pulmonology
Comprehensive lung cancer management
Severe bronchial asthma & airway diseases
Sleep-disordered breathing
Critical care medicine

Languages

English · Tamil · Malayalam · Hindi

Dr. Arun's professional website

For his full academic profile, publications, conference talks and hospital practice details, visit Dr. Arun Gangadhar's personal professional website.

Visit Dr. Arun Gangadhar's professional website