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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Education
- MBBSUniversity of Calicut
- DNB (Pulmonology)GRIPMER, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi
Postdoctoral Fellowships
- Fellowship in Interventional PulmonologyHospital Sultanah Bahiyah, Malaysia
- IDCCM (Critical Care)ISCCM, GRIPMER
- Fellowship in ECMOECMO Society of India, GRIPMER
Honours
- BMJ South Asia Award 2015–16Top 3 Pulmonology Teams
- Member, NAMSNational 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.
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.
- Dr. Arun Gangadhar's academic profile, training and EDARM qualification
- Interventional pulmonology and sleep medicine expertise
- EBUS bronchoscopy — how the procedure is performed
- Hospital practice and referral information
- Pulmonologist near me — Coimbatore practice page
- Gallery of clinical, teaching and conference work