Dr. Puneet Khanna, MD
Speciality: Pulmonology
Experience: 19 years of experience
Position: Sr. Consultant & Head, Interventional Pulmonology, Respiratory & Sleep Medicine, AAKASH Healthcare Superspeciality Hospital, Dwarka, New Delhi
Specialities: Interventional Pulmonology, Sleep related breathing disorders, Allergic Rhinitis and Asthma, Nosocomial Infections esp. ICU acquired fungal infections, Acute respiratory failure and ARDS.
Hospital Affiliation: AAKASH Healthcare Superspeciality Hospital, Dwarka, New Delhi
Biography
Dr. Puneet Khanna is a devoted Pulmonologist with 19 years of clinical experience in the field of Interventional Pulmonology, Respiratory and Sleep Medicine while working in some reputed hospitals in India and abroad. His special intrigue lies in Interventional and diagnostic Bronchoscopy, Thoracoscopy, Asthma, Sleep breathing disorders and chronic respiratory failure in COPD.
With a MBBS from JLN Medical College Ajmer followed by MD in Respiratory Medicine from Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute New Delhi, he has also done a certificate course in Critical Care Medicine and a registrar fellowship in the busy Westmead Hospital, Sydney Australia. On his arrival back to India, Dr. Khanna earned a European Diploma in Adult Respiratory Medicine and fellowships from the American College of Chest Physicians, Royal college of Physicians at Edinburgh and Glasgow, and the Geriatric Society of India
He is a life member of Geriatric Society of India, Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine (ISCCM), National College of Chest Physicians (NCCP), Indian College of Allergy and Applied Immunology (ICAAI), Indian Medical Association – Karol Bagh Branch and Physician Society of West Delhi. He has to his credit 17 scientific publications in indexed International & Indian medical journals.
Awards and Achievements
- Co-editor : Textbook on Geriatric Medicine – “A Handbook of Geriatric Care”
- Contributed 4 chapters on different Textbooks of Internal Medicine, Respiratory Medicine and Critical Care
- Recognized teacher for IDCCM / IFCCM course conducted by Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine, and Fellowship in Critical Care, National Board of Medicine
- Contributed in establishing Departments of Emergency, Critical Care and Respiratory Medicine from inception in BLK Superspeciality Hospital, Pusa Road
- Established Department of Interventional Pulmonology, Respiratory & Sleep Medicine from inception at Aakash Superspeciality Hospital, Dwarka
- Org secretary, IPF MEDICON 2018, GERICON 2018
Publications
- Textbook on Geriatric Medicine – “A Handbook of Geriatric Care”, Co-editor
- 4 chapters on different textbooks of Internal Medicine, Respiratory Medicine and Critical Care
Professional Memberships
- Ex Fellow –cum- Registrar – Intensive Care Medicine, JFICM, Sydney, Australia, 2007-08
- Fellow, American College of Chest Physicians (FCCP), USA – 2012
- European Diploma in Adult Resp Med – 2015
- Fellow of Royal College of Physicians (FRCP, Edinburgh), 2017
- Fellow of Royal College of Physicians (FRCP, Glasgow), 2019
- Co-opted National Member, Geriatric Society of India
- Joint Secretary – Innovative Physicians Forum® – forum of 200 Senior Physicians from India belonging to Internal medicine and allied specialties
- Org secretary, IPF MEDICON 2018, GERICON 2018