Allergy-Asthma Clinic

Full time Pulmonologist

Qualifications

MBBS – Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya formerly Indore University, Indore in 2007

MD (General Medicine) – Pt. B.D. Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak, India in 2012

DM in Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine – All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi in 2017

Biosketch

Dr. Swapnil Mehta, is a full time consultant- Pulmonology at Dr. L. H. Hiranandani Hospital, Powai. He has done his MBBS from MGM Medical college Indore, MD (Internal Medicine) from PGIMS rohtak, and DM (Pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine) from AIIMS, New Delhi. After completing his super specialization he joined Narayana Superspeciality Hospital, Gurugram as consultant and established the department of Pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine.

Publications

•Madan K, Mehta S, Gupta N, Hadda V, Mohan A, Guleria R. Pneumomediastinum and extensive subcutaneous emphysema after cryoprobe transbronchial lung biopsy. Ann Am Thorac Soc2016;13:2101–2103.

•Arava S, Breta M, Madan K, Nath D, Mehta S, Jain D. Sclerosing liposarcoma of the anterior mediastinum: An unusual case. Indian J Pathol Microbiol 2016;59:69-71.

•Pulmonary Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis Presenting as Recurrent Spontaneous Pneumothorax in an Adolescent Male Swapnil Mehta*, MD; Dhruva Chaudhry, DM; Sanjay Fotedar, MD; Viral Sangwan, MD PGIMS, Rohtak, Rohtak, India Chest. 2012;142(4_MeetingAbstracts):465A. doi:10.1378/chest.1390175.

•Sleep disordered breathing (sdb) in patients of type 2 diabetes mellitus(dm) with and without retinopathy- a hospital based study. doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2012-202678.051 S Mehta, D Chaudhry, SV Singh, A Atreja, V Sangwan. Pt BD Sharma PGIMS, Rohtak, India

•Pulmonary Thromboembolism: A Rare Complication of Pulmonary Tuberculosis. J. Satyasarathi, MBBS; Arun Gogna, MD; Swapnil Mehta, MD; Jhasaketan Meher, MBBS VMMC and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India Chest. 2014;145(3_MeetingAbstracts):100A. doi:10.1378/chest.1836494.

•He has presented papers in various international and national conferences.

Areas of Interest

•Airway diseases like Asthma, COPD, small Airway ds., Interstitial Lung ds. like sarcoidosis, IPF, NSIP etc, MDR tuberculosis, environmental lung diseases, Management of LRTI, pneumonias with MDR pathogens.

•Interventional Pulmonology (Bronchoscopic procedures, EBUS-convex and radial probe, rigid bronchoscopy, Stenting, APC, cryobiopsy, laser).

•He has special Interest in managing various sleep disorders like Obstructive and central sleep apnea, Narcolepsy, periodic leg movements, obesity hypoventilation syndrome etc.

•Management of Medical ICU & High Dependence Unit with all monitoring equipment along with invasive & non invasive mechanical ventilators.

Visiting Consultant Internal Medicine, Allergy, Asthma Specialist

Qualifications

MD (Chest), TDD, DDV (CPS), DV & D (Bombay) from Grant Medical College, Mumbai.

Biosketch

Dr Arun Deshpande is working at Dr L H Hiranandani Hospital as a Visiting Consultant Internal Medicine, Allergy, Asthma Specialist since 2005. He has done more than 18000 Allergy Skin Prick Tests on patients from India and abroad and has treated them with immunotherapy.  

He was Associate Professor, Chest Medicine, BJ Medical College, Pune and also worked in Vallabh Bhai Patel Research Institute, Delhi University under the able guidance of Professor D N Shivpuri (A pioneer to start allergology in India).

Dr Deshpande was a Panel Consultant with AIR-INDIA, Mumbai for 22 Years and has attended study tours in Buffalo General Hospital-NY, Veterance Hospital-Illinous & Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA. He has also participated in Chest Disease conferences with American College of Chest Physicians in UK, Rome, Russia & Thailand. He has participated in numerous Panel discussions and also held talks on Radio & Television.

He has been awarded with a Fellowship in Allergy, Asthma, Aerobiology & Immunology by Indian College Of Allergy Asthma & Applied Immunology which is affiliated to World Allergy Organization (WAO).

He has published and presented a number of Medical Papers, Articles & Case Reports in National and International Conferences and Medical Journals.

He was President of IMA, Mulund, Mumbai in 1986. He is currently the Chairman of Association of Physicians of India, Thane Branch.