KCGMC-Kalpana Chawla Government Medical College, Karnal, Haryana

Respiratory Medicine

About Department

The Department of Respiratory Medicine at KCGMC Karnal is a centre for diagnosis and management of various Respiratory Diseases like Asthma, COPD, Pneumonia, Interstitial Lung Disease, Lung Cancer, Tuberculosis etc. The department offers facilities like Fibrotic Video Bronchoscopy, Diffusion Studies, Spirometry, and PFT which helps in diagnosis and management of various respiratory disorders.

The Department has Pulmonary Function Testing Lab for comprehensive lung function testing and fully equipped Bronchoscopy suite with C-arm facility where various complex endobronchial diagnostic and therapeutic procedures are performed.

The department is fully integrated with the Hospital Management Information System and PACS with dedicated support from Radiology department in services such as CT Scan, MRI, Digital Radiography & Ultrasound Sonography (USG).

List of Faculty Members
Department	Name of the faculty Qualification IMR Number	Current Designation & Date of promotion	Nature of employment Regular/ permanent or contract/outsou reed	Details of Service in the Last 5 years					Number of lectures taken/year, small teaching group with Topics covered
				1	2	3	4	5
Respiratory Medicine	Dr. Abinav Dagar, MBBS, MD	Assistant Professor	Contractual (14.02.2019 to 26.07.2019) Regular (26.07.2019 to Till Date)	Assistant Professor, KCGMC, Karnal	Assistant Professor, KCGMC, Karnal	Assistant Professor, KCGMC, Karnal	Assistant Professor, KCGMC, Karnal	Assistant Professor, KCGMC, Karnal	2 Weeks/batch(90 Hrs of Clinical Posting/small teaching group) 20 Lectures taken Per Year Topics covered 1. COPD Etiopathogenisis 2. COPD - Diagnosis 3. COPD-Medical Management 4.COPD- Non Pharmacological Management 5. Pulmonary Rehablitation 6. Asthma-Etiopathogenisis 7. Asthma- Diagnosis 8 Asthma- Medical Management 9. Pleural Effusion- Ethopathogenisis 10. Pleural Effusion- Diagnosis 11. Pleural Effusion - Medical Management 12. PFT
Respiratory Medicine	Kapil Chilana , MBBS, DNB	Assistant Professor	Contractual (16.07.2020 to 08.06.2021) Regular (09.06.2021 to Till Date)	Senior Resident	Assistant Professor	Assistant Professor	Assistant Professor	Assistant Professor	2 Weeks/batch(90 Hrs of Clinical Posting/small teaching group) 15 Lectures taken Per Year Topics covered 1. PTB Etiopathogenisis 2. PTB - Diagnosis 3. PTB-Medical Management 4. Drug resistant Tuberculosis 5. TB With HIV & DM 6. RNTCP guidelines 7. Vaccination in OAD 8. ABPA 9. Smoking Cessation 10.1. Pneumonia Etiopathogenisis 11. Pneumonia - Diagnosis 12. Pneumonia-Medical Management

Faculty

Sr. No.	Name	Designation
1	Dr ABINAV DAGAR	Associate Professor and Head
2	Dr. KAPIL CHILANA	Assistant Professor

Facilities

· OPD consultations and inpatient management of sick patients

· Fibrotic Bronchoscopy and chest tube insertion

· Pulmonary Function Testing Laboratory.

· Minor OPD Procedures

Future Plan

· Setup for Sleep Disorders will be established

· EBUS

· Allergy Testing