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Courses Offered

MD (TB & Respiratory Diseases)

Diploma in TB & Chest Diseases
 
Areas of expertise

Tuberculosis

Allergic disorders
Lung cancer
National Tuberculosis Control Program
 
Contact:
Professor & Head
Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Ph : 2255167 (O)
       2369373 (R)
 
 DEPARTMENT OF PULMONARY MEDICINE
NAPCON 2008 held
 
Workshop on Basic Allergy & Immunology held
 
Department of Pulmonary Medicine Foundation Day celebrated 20th April 2007
 

The Department of Tuberculosis & Chest Diseases was established in 1946 under the leadership of Dr RN Tandon. The department started off as a tuberculosis clinic and a 40 bedded hospital supported by the UP TB Association. The M.D. course in TB & Chest Diseases was started in 1951 and a diploma course was started in 1954. Since then about 298 postgraduate students have passed out from the department. The post of Professor was created in 1956 and those of a reader and lecturer in 1961 and 1965 respectively. A Pulmonary Function Laboratory was established in 1965. The first emergency unit of respiratory diseases was started in 1968. During this period, this department started functioning independently from the UP TB Association. The number of beds in the department

increased to 120 and a new building was constructed. An Allergy Clinic was established in 1969. In 1984, a Non- tubercular Ward was started for the care of non- tubercular patients. Since 1986, the department has a Fiberoptic Bronchoscope.


Courses :
There are 5 seats annually for the MD course and 2 for the DTCD course.

Activities :
1. This department has a functioning Allergy Clinic and Bronchoscopy Laboratory. It is a renowned centre for the management of tuberculosis, asthma, lung cancer, and other allied chest diseases. 
2. The teachers in the department have been actively participating in national and international conferences. The department has over 309 publications including 5 chapters in textbooks.
3. The department recently organised the IX National Conference of Bronchology on February 28th & 29th 2004. More than 175 delegates from all over the country and abroad participated. Dr H Yoshimura, President World Association of Bronchology and Dr UBS Prakash, Past President American Association of Chest Physicians also graced the occasion.
4. Department to host 60th National Conference on Tuberculosis & Chest Diseases under auspices of Tuberculosis Association of India and UP Tuberculosis Association.

Academic Honours :
1. TAI Gold Medal 1981 Prof RN Tandon
2. Dr BC Roy National Award 1988 Prof MS Agnihotri
3. Dr Charu Chandra Das Memorial Award 1993 Dr Rajendra Prasad
4. NCCP (I) Cipla Chest Oration 2000 Dr Rajendra Prasad
5. UP Ratna conferred on Dr Rajendra Prasad 2004
6. Dr Charu Chandra Das Memorial award 2004 and R Krishna Memorial award 2003 to Dr Surya Kant
7. Fellowship of NAMS in Pulmonary Medicine to Dr Rajendra Prasad 2005

Facilities offered :
OPD: DOTS Centre, Allergy Testing, Pulmonary Function Tests, PPD test.
INDOOR: Bed Strength:140
Bronchoscopy, Pulmonary Function Tests, Fine needle Aspiration Cytology, Intercostal Drainage, Non invasive Ventilation, Sputum Examination for AFB, Pleural Aspiration, ECG, Pleural biopsy etc.

Department Output :
Annual OPD Attendance:15000
Annual Indoor Admissions:1600
No of major/minor procedures performed annually: 240

Previous heads of  department :
have been Prof RN Tandon (1946-60), Prof JBL Mathur (1960-67), Prof BK Khanna (1967-92), Prof MS Agnihotri (1992-94) and Prof PK Mukherji (1994-97).

OPD DAYS:
OPDs are conducted from Monday to Saturday.

DAY NEW CASES OLD CASES
Monday Dr.Rajiv Garg Dr.RAS Kushwaha
Tuesday Dr.Surya Kant Dr.S.K. Verma
Wednesday Dr.Rajendra Prasad Dr.Santosh Kumar
Thursday Dr.RAS Kushwaha Dr.Rajiv Garg
Friday Dr.Santosh Kumar Dr.Rajendra Prasad
Saturday Dr.S.K. Verma Dr.Surya Kant

FACULTY :

NAME DESIGNATION QUALIFICATION AREA OF INTEREST CONTACT NUMBERS
Dr.Rajendra Prasad Professor & Head MD,DTCD TB & Chest Diseases

2369373(R) 2255167(O)
3095655 (R)

Dr.Surya Kant Associate Professor MD TB & Chest Diseases 2258059(R) 2255167(O)
Dr.S.K. Verma Assistant Professor MD TB & Chest Diseases 2254346(R) 2255167(O)
Dr.Rajiv Garg Assistant Professor MD TB & Chest Diseases 2662652(R) 2255167(O)
Dr.RAS Kushwaha Assistant Professor MD TB & Chest Diseases 2326870(R) 2255167(O)
Dr.Santosh Kumar Assistant Professor MD TB & Chest Diseases 2255167(O)
 
 
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