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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Dr. Arun Gangadhar

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

Invited Faculty At

NAPCON 2024· Coimbatore
NATCON 2024· Jaipur
TESCON 2024· Jaipur
BRONCOCON 2024· Kochi
NAPCON 2025· Pune
BRONCOCON 2026· Pune
NAPCON 2024· Coimbatore
NATCON 2024· Jaipur
TESCON 2024· Jaipur
BRONCOCON 2024· Kochi
NAPCON 2025· Pune
BRONCOCON 2026· 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