Dr Manjunath B G

About Doctor :

Expertise :

• Diagnosis & Treatment of Allergic disorders including Allergy testing.
• Diagnosis & Treatment of Lung Fibrosis and other ILDs.
• Diagnosis & Treatment of Lung Cancers.
• Advanced Diagnostic & Therapeutic Pulmonary Intervention (Linear & Radial EBUS, Rigid Bronchoscopy, Cryobiopsy, Airway Stenting, Foreign Body Removal, Rigid Thoracoscopy, Airway Stenosis).
• Diagnostic Flexible Bronchoscopy (BAL,EBB, TBLB, TBNA).
• Advanced Sleep Diagnostics, Positive Airway Pressure Devices Administration.
• Critical Care-Advanced Respiratory Services.
• Pulmonary Rehabilitation.

Past Experience :

• Consultant Interventional Pulmonologist, Manipal Hospitals Whitefield & Varthur Road.(11.05.2022 – 11.06.2024).
• Associate Professor / Consultant, Department of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, PGIMS Rohtak (15-05-2021- 30.04.2022).
• Assistant Professor / Consultant, Department of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, PGIMS Rohtak (15-05-2019- 14-05-2021).
• Consultant Interventional Pulmonologist & Incharge of ICU, KanishkSuperspeciality Hospital, Dehradun (November2018- May 2019).
• DM fellow/ SeniorResident (Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine), PGIMS, Rohtak (August 2015- August 2018)
• Senior Resident, Department of Pulmonology, ESIC Medical College,Bengaluru (July 2013 to March 2014).
• MD resident (Department of Respiratory Medicine), PGIMS, Rohtak (June 2010- June 2013).

Achievements & Awards :

Notable National level roles:

• Member, Empowered group 3, National Task Force for Adult Covid Care Training Module by Govt of India.
• Member of the committee forming National guidelines on Endobronchial Ultrasonography.
• Member of the committee forming National guidelines on Use of procalcitonin to guide antibiotic usage.
• Invited faculty at multiple national conferences.
• Coordinator, Assisted Ventilation Workshop, NAPCON.

Awards:

• European Respiratory Society young scientist sponsorship for oral presentation titled Evaluation of upper airway anthropometry by ultrasonography in OSA patients at ERS Congress 2018 at Paris.
• BEST DOCTOR 2023- SOUTH INDIA awarded by OUTLOOK HEALTH
• Eminent Doctors South-2023 awarded by INDIA TODAY HEALTH
• Prize for best oral presentation titled One year outcome in COPD patients with respiratory failure requiring ventilation at national conference of ISCCM- CRITICARE 2018.
• Prize for oral presentation titled 6 months outcome in COPD patients with respiratory failure requiring ventilation at state level conference of IAP –HAPICON 2017.
• 1st prize in Quiz Competition at Pulmonary & Critical Care Symposium 2019 held in New Delhi.

Publications :

• Govindagoudar MB, Lalwani LK, Singh PK, Sen J, Chaudhry D. Dynamic assessment of oropharynx with ultrasonography as a screening tool for obstructive sleep apnea. J Sleep Res. 2022 Aug 23. doi: 10.1111/jsr.13712.
• Govindagoudar MB, Singh PK, Chaudhry D, Chaudhary R, Sachdeva A, Dhankhar S, Tyagi D. Burden of Silicosis among stone crushing workers in India. Occup Med (Lond). 2021 Nov;kqab146.
• Lalwani LK, Govindagoudar MB, Singh PK, Sharma M, Chaudhry D. The role of diaphragmatic thickness measurement in weaning prediction and its comparison with rapid shallow breathing index: a single-center experience. Acute Crit Care. 2022 Aug; 37(3):347-354.
• Khilnani GC, Tiwari P, Zirpe KG, Chaudhary D, Govil D, Dixit S, et al. Guidelines for the Use of Procalcitonin for Rational Use of Antibiotics. Indian J Crit Care Med 2022; https://www.ijccm.org/doi/IJCCM/pdf/10.5005/jp-journals-10071-24326
• COVID-19 vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia: A review. Ann Thorac Med. 2022;17:1-13. 6. Tofacitinib Associated with Reduced Intubation Rates in the Management of Severe COVID-19 Pneumonia: A Preliminary Experience. Indian J Crit Care Med. 2021 Oct;25(10):1108-1112.
• COVID-19 and coagulopathy. Clin Respir J. 2021 Dec;15(12):1259-1274.
• Assessment of knowledge of COVID-19 among health care workers-a questionnaire-based cross-sectional study in a tertiary care hospital of India. AIMS Public Health. 2021 Aug 26;8(4):614-623.
• Correlation of PaCO2 and ETCO2 in COPD Patients with Exacerbation on Mechanical Ventilation. Indian J Crit Care Med. 2021 Mar;25(3):305-309. 10.Estimation of prevalence and risk factors of latent tuberculosis among medical and non-medicalstudents.JMSCR 2021 May;9(5):79-88.
• Ultraviolet Box: An Innovative In-house Use of Ultraviolet Irradiation for Conservation of Respirators in COVID-19 Pandemic. Indian J Crit Care Med. 2020 Aug;24(8):713-715.
• COVID-19:Winter is COMING! Indian J Crit Care Med. 2020 Nov;24(Suppl 5):S223-S224
• Hydroxychloroquine for chemoprophylaxis in COVID-19: A case of motivated perception? Indian J Med Res. 2020 Jul & Aug;152(1 & 2):116- 118.
• Assessment of pandemic (COVID-19) preparedness in a teaching hospital in northern India using available (CDC-Atlanta) checklist. J Family Med Prim Care. 2021 Jul;10(7):2619-2624.
• Clinical and pulmonary functions profiling of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease experiencing frequent acute exacerbations. Lung India. 2018 Jan-Feb;35(1):21-26.
• Mediastinal tubercular lymph node eroding into pericardium causing acute pyopericardium and cardiac tamponade. Trop Doct. 2014 Apr;44(2):114-5.
• Idiopathic Pulmonary Hemosiderosis in an Adult with Unusual Radiologic Features. Journal of Postgraduate Medicine, Education and Research, October-December 2014;48(4):199-200.
• Assessment of Clinical Features and Pulmonary Functions Associated With Frequent Acute Exacerbations in COPD Patients. CHEST 2013 oct: abstracts.
• High Resolution Computed Tomography Features Associated With Frequent Acute Exacerbations in COPD Patients. CHEST 2013 oct: abstracts.
• Evaluation of upper airway anthropometry by ultrasonography in obstructive sleep apnea patients. uropean Respiratory Journal 52 (suppl 62) OA5370.
• Ultrasonography of oropharynx and surrounding soft tissues as a screening tool for OSA. European Respiratory Journal 52 (suppl 62) OA5368.
• Role of Screening questionnaires for diagnosing sleep disordered breathing in Pregnancy. European Respiratory Journal 56 (suppl 64) 2123.
• Left Adrenal Gland Sampling Through Transesophageal Bronchoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration (EUS-B FNA): A New Route and a New Challenge. Cureus 14(4): e24571. doi:10.7759/cureus.24571

Contribution to Books:

• Chapter : Traveller’s Pneumonia for Oxford Textbook of Respiratory.
• Critical Care : OxfordUniversity Press.
• Chapter : Manjunath BG, Sushmita Jakka, Sheenam Walia. Chronic Critical Care.
• In Wander GS, editor. Postgraduate Medicine.
• New Delhi : Jaypee Brothers MedicalPublishers (P) Ltd.; 2021. p. 515-522.
• Chapter : Pulmonary Embolism
• (ISCCM TEXTBOOK OF CRITICAL CARE : Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd.)
• Chapter : Etiopathogenesis and clinical features of COVID 19 (ISCCM TEXTBOOK OF CRITICAL CARE: Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd.)
• Section Editor : Section 1- General Considerations
• (ISCCM TEXTBOOK OFCRITICAL CARE : Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd.)

Memberships :

• Life Member of European Respiratory Society.
• Life Member of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine
• Life Member of Indian Chest Society.
• Life Member Indian Association of Bronchology.
• Life Member of Indian Medical Association.
• Life Member of National College of Chest Physicians.
• Life Member of Indian Society for Study of Lung Cancer.
• Life member of Karnataka Pulmonologist Association.
• Life Member of Indian College of Allergy, Asthma & Applied Immunology

Languages :

• English
• हिन्दी
• ಕನ್ನಡ