Pulmonology & Sleep Medicine
Visiting Consultant
M D (Chest & T. B.), D.E.T.R.D., M.B.B.S.
Dr Maheema Atul Bhaskar is working as a Visiting Consultant Pulmonology at Dr L H Hiranandani Hospital since July 2015.
She has more than 15 years experience post MD and teaching experience of over 10 years in Mumbai municipal medical college and currently has 3 TDD students under her guidance at Powai. She is interested in lung cancer management and have experienced in flexible bronchoscopy biopsy and brushings and keen in thoracic endoscopy including medical thoracoscopy; diagnostic and therapeutic i.e.pleurodhesis. She has recently completed a course in advanced diagnostic and therapeutic bronchoscopy at the VU university medical center at Amsterdam and later had the opportunity to interact and observe with their pulmonology oncology faculty as well. During her tenure at BMC She has been responsible in the management of intensive respiratory care unit. She is also very keen on research and was previously a faculty member with LTMMC & King Edward Memorial Hospital, Mumbai including the environment pollution research cell at KEMH.
She has presented a paper on "Profile of patients under programmatic management of drug resistant Tuberculosis at DOTS plus site" and delegate at the 19th annual Scientific meet & CME organized by Staff &Research Society, LTMMC &General Hospital on 3-4th April 2013. She has written many articles in Indian Journal. She is member of Indian Chest Society, Indian association for Bronchology and World Association of Bronchology.