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Pulmonary Medicine

The Department of Pulmonary Medicine was established in the year 2000 under the leadership of Prof. George D’Souza. Limited to a single faculty member at inception, the department has currently expanded to include 6 faculty, 6 respiratory technicians and 9 senior residents.

The department was initially offering Respiratory medicine training under the National Board of Examinations – DNB till 2011. Since 2012, we have a DM Pulmonary Medicine program and were one of the first few centers in India to offer this super-speciality training. We have a university affiliated (RGUHS) fellowship program in Sleep Medicine and are one of the mentor sites for International Sleep research Training Program under the World Sleep Society. We also offer a BSc degree in respiratory and sleep technology. 
High quality outpatient and inpatient services for patients with respiratory ailments is provided with state-of-the- art diagnostic facilities. The department has bronchoscopy and interventional pulmonology services with sleep laboratory for sleep disorders. Our Sleep Lab is accredited by the Indian Board of Sleep Medicine. The department also has a 6 bedded dedicated Respiratory ICU.  

Our Team

Unit Head

Most Rev. Prakash Mallavarapu
Professor & Dean

Professor and Dean 

Lead

Most Rev. Prakash Mallavarapu
Professor & HOD

Dr. Uma Devaraj is a Professor and Head in the Department of Pulmonary Medicine with 23 years of experience and 54 pu...

Core Staff

Most Rev. Prakash Mallavarapu
Professor

Dr. Uma Maheswari Krishnaswamy is a Professor in the Department of Pulmonary Medicine and has over 25 years of experi...

Most Rev. Prakash Mallavarapu
Professor

Dr. Priya Ramachandran is a Professor in Pulmonary Medicine and with more than 25 years of experience.

Most Rev. Prakash Mallavarapu
Associate Professor

Dr. Kavitha is trained in Pulmonary Medicine, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine from the All India Institute of Medic...

Most Rev. Prakash Mallavarapu
Assistant Professor

Experienced in managing patients with complex respiratory and sleep disorders with special interest in chronic respir...

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Publications

Assessment of Home-based Monitoring in Adults with Chronic Lung Disease: An Official American Thoracic Society Research Statement.

Groups and Associations Khor YH, Poberezhets V, Buhr RG, Chalmers JD, Choi H, Fan VS, Krishnaswamy UM, Krishnan JA, et al.
Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2025
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Evaluation of Oxidative Stress Biomarkers and Their Correlation with Severity of Obstructive Sleep Apnea.

Groups and Associations Nagaraju K, Venkatnarayan K, Veluthat C, et al.
Indian J Sleep Med 2025
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Comparison of Lung Ultrasound Findings in Patients with Pulmonary Tuberculosis and Lobar Pneumonia: A Case–Control Study.

Groups and Associations Devaraj U, Veluthat C, Venkatnarayan K, Krishnaswamy UM, Ramachandran P
Journal of Medical Ultrasound 2025
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Development and evaluation of the Indian Sleepiness Scale to assess excessive daytime sleepiness in patients with Obstructive sleep apnea

Groups and Associations Krishnaswamy UM, Venkatnarayan K, Selvam S, Veluthat C, Ramachandran P, Devaraj U
Sleep Med X  2024
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Assessment of health-related quality of life in individuals with interstitial lung diseases in a tertiary care hospital in south India

Groups and Associations D'Souza K, Ravichandran T, Venkatnarayan K, Veluthat C, Devaraj U, Ramachandran P, Maheswari Krishnaswamy U
Indian J Med Res 2024
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Revised clinical practice guidelines for diagnosing, classifying, and treating allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis/mycoses: a Delphi statement from the ISHAM-ABPA working group

Groups and Associations Ritesh Agarwal, Inderpaul Singh Sehgal, Valliappan Muthu, David W Denning, Arunaloke Chakrabarti, Kathirvel Soundappan, Mandeep Garg, Shivaprakash M Rudramurthy, Sahajal Dhooria, Darius Armstrong-James, Koichiro Asano, Jean-Pierre Gangneux, Sanjay H Chotirmall, Helmut J.F. Salzer, James D Chalmers, Cendrine Godet, Marcus Joest, Iain Page, Parameswaran Nair, p Arjun, Raja Dhar, Kana Ram Jat, Geethu Joe, Uma Maheswari Krishnaswamy, Joseph L Mathew, Venkata Nagarjuna Maturu, Anant Mohan, Alok Nath, Dharmesh Patel, Jayanthi Savio, Puneet Saxena, Rajeev Soman, Balamugesh Thangakunam, Caroline G Baxter, Felix Bongomin, William J Calhoun, Oliver A Cornely, Jo A Douglass, Chris Kosmidis, Jacques F Meis, Richard Moss, Alessandro C. Pasqualotto, Danila Seidel, Rosanne Sprute, Kuruswamy Thurai Prasad, Ashutosh N Aggarwal
European Respiratory Journal 2024
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A case of hoarseness of voice following COVID-19 infection.

Groups and Associations Joseph R, Venkatnarayan K, Nanaiah A, Ramachandran P.
Monaldi Arch Chest Dis 2023
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Identifying phenotypes of obstructive sleep apnea using cluster analysis.

Groups and Associations Venkatnarayan K, Krishnaswamy UM, Rajamuri NKR et al.
Sleep Breath 2023
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Development of a reference equation for maximal exercise capacity in normal Indian subjects using cardiopulmonary exercise testing.

Groups and Associations Uma Devaraj , Chitra Veluthat , Kavitha Venkatnarayan , Uma Maheswari Krishnaswamy 1, Priya Ramachandran 1
Indian J Physiol Pharmacol 2025
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A simple x-ray scoring system for the diagnosis of chronic pulmonary aspergillosis

Groups and Associations Priya Ramachandran | Jayanthi Savio | Priyadarshini Padaki | Ruchita Chhabra | Chitra Veluthat1 | Uma Devaraj1 | Kavitha Venkatanarayan1 | Uma M. Krishnaswamy1 |Santu Ghosh | George A. D’souza
Mycoses 2021
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Prevalence and Risk Factors for OSA among Urban and Rural Subjects in Bengaluru District, South India: Across-sectional Study

Groups and Associations Uma Devaraj, Uma Maheswari K, Sujana Balla3, Ashna M Pinto, Kavitha Venkatnarayan , Priya Ramachandran , Chitra Veluthat, George D Souza
Indian Journal of Sleep Medicine 2021
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Role of ultrasound in the assessment of diaphragm function in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Groups and Associations Priya Ramachandran, Uma Devaraj, Louis Varghese, Kavitha Venkatanarayana, Uma Maheshwari Krishnaswamy, George D’Souza
Eurasian Journal of Pulmonology 2021
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Assessing Cognitive Impairment in patients with sleep disordered breathing using mini mental state score and addenbrooke’s cognitive examination- Revised

Groups and Associations Priya Ramachandran, Kimberly D’souza, Uma Devaraj, Uma Maheswari, George D’souza
Indian Journal of sleep medicine 2021
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