Dr. Sheetal Chaurasia
Senior Consultant pulmonologist
- MD (Pulmonary Medicine)
- MRCP (UK)
- DNB (Respiratory diseases)
- European Diploma in adult respiratory medicine (London)
- DTCD
- Thoracoscopy
- IPC placement
- Cryoapplications
Dr Sheetal chaurasia is one of the prominent and best pulmonologist in Bangalore. . Her experience spans over 14 years with diverse training in reputed Indian and International centers in Pulmonology. She is currently working as Senior Consultant Pulmonologist in Manipal Hospital Whitefield
Her impressive portfolio includes being a Gold medalist in MBBS, university topper in post graduation. She holds a MRCP (UK) degree and interventional pulmonology fellowship from Malaysia and Germany in addition to her MD, DNB, DTCD in pulmonary medicine.
She has been awarded European diploma in adult respiratory medicine in London in 2016 and has been a recipient of multiple scholarship from European Respiratory Society.
She also enhanced her skill with specialized training in EBUS from Germany and Amsterdam and training in pulmonary vascular disorders in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Dr Chaurasia has earned international recognition, winning awards like Best abstract in COPD at the ERS congress in Munich( 2014) and being invited as a chairperson in Indo- US conference
Her contribution extends to being reviewer for many reputed journals like American journal of tropical medicine and hygine and a EBAP reviewer for accrediting pulmonology academic events in ERS. Her work during COVID has been exemplary and she has received felicitation from government of Karnataka for supporting the rural hospitals and PHC in the state of Karnataka through e- rounds during the COVID pandemic.
She is extremely motivated towards medical research and her practice is directed by best evidence based medicine and recent advances in her field. She has multiple international presentations and publications to her credit on several topics covering the breadth of pulmonology
Additional Training
- Trained in Endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS) at Amsterdam and Heidelberg.
- Trained in Advanced Bronchoscopic interventions at Thorax clinic Heidelberg
- Selected by European Respiratory Society to Participate in International Pulmonary Vascular Diseases course held in Lausanne, Switzerland in 2020.
Techniques & Skill
- Advanced Bronchoscopic interventions
- Endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS)
- Expertise in Basic and advanced Bronchoscopic Procedures.
- COPD
- Bronchial asthma
- International lung disease (ILD)
- Respiratory infection including H1N1, Influenza A and B, COVID-19
- Primary pulmonary malignancy and metastatic disease
- Pleural diseases
- Pulmonary vascular disease- Pulmonary hypertension and Pulmonary embolism
- Acute and chronic respiratory failure
- Bronchiectasis
- Smoking cessation
- Adult vaccination
- Tuberculosis including drug resistant tuberculosis
- Advanced neuromuscular disorder with respiratory failure requiring home ventilator support
- Sleep study and sleep disorder management.
- Cardio Pulmonary Exercise Test.
- Non invasive ventilation and invasive mechanical ventilation
Academic Achievements
- Received scholarship by ERS for EBUS training part 1 held in Amsterdam in 2017
- Received ERS scholarship for EBUS 2 held in Heidelberg, Germany.
- Selected by ERS for Pulmonary vascular diseases course held in Lausanne Switzerland February 2020.
- EBAP Reviewer for accreditation of International CMEs and educational events held in Europe.
- Reviewer for American journal for tropical medicine and hospitality
- Reviewer for BMC Pulmonary medicine journal
- Second prize in oral presentation in Karnataka state conference PULMOKARN 2017
- Awarded European diploma in adult respiratory medicine in 2016
- Winner of travel award for best abstract on COPD in ERS international Congress, Munich, 2014
- University Topper in DTCD from R.G.U.H.S (Bangalore)
- Gold Medal in MBBS
- Training in interventional pulmonology from Malaysia
- Training in interventional pulmonology from Thorax clinic , Heidelberg
- Felicitation from government of Karnataka for supporting the rural hospitals and PHC in the state of Karnataka through e- rounds during the COVID pandemic
- Reviewer for American journal for tropical medicine and hospitality and BMC Pulmonary medicine journal
Publications
- Chaurasia S, Kumar R, Haran A, Katare S. Rare congenital cardiac anomaly presenting with predominant respiratory complaint: A case report. Int J Case Rep Images 2015;6(11):678–681. doi:10.5348/ijcri-2015107-CR-10568
- R. Pardasani, R. Chaudhuri, N. Awasthi, S. Chaurasia and S. Maya, "Quantitative Assessment of Respiratory Distress Using Convolutional Neural Network for Multivariate Time Series Segmentation," 2020 Computing in Cardiology, Rimini, Italy, 2020, pp. 1-4, doi: 10.22489/CinC.2020.271.
- Chaurasia S, Haran A, Chawla P, Reddy A. The Clinical, Radiological, and Laboratory Profile of Patients With Interstitial Pneumonitis With Autoimmune Features From India: An Observational, Cross-Sectional Study. Cureus. 2021 May 23;13(5):e15187. doi: 10.7759/cureus.15187.
- Chaurasia S, Haran A, Reddy A, Chawla P. Association Between Non-Cystic Fibrosis Bronchiectasis and Quality of Life: A Single-Center Cross-Sectional Study. Cureus. 2021 Mar 31;13(3):e14231. doi: 10.7759/cureus.14231.
- Chaurasia S, Thimmappa M, Chowdhury S. Case Report: Chronic Cavitatory Pulmonary Aspergillosis after COVID-19. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2021 Nov 24;106(1):105-107. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.21-0701.
- Chaurasia S, Haran A, Chawla P, Reddy A. A Study of Various Predictors of COPD Related Fatigue (COPD-RF) and its Correlation with other Established Outcome Parameters in COPD. Niger Med J 2022;63;(2):133 – 139
- Chaurasia S, Ray S, Chowdhury S, Balaji B. Tracheobronchopathia osteochondroplastica: A rare case of misdiagnosis and difficult intubation. J R Coll Physicians Edinb. 2022 Mar;52(1):54-56. doi: 10.1177/14782715221088978.
- Chaurasia S, Raghavan R, Thimmappa M. Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage secondary to immune thrombocytopenic purpura: a case report and literature review. J Assoc Chest Physicians 2022;10:40-2
- Rangappa R, Shetty RM, Denzil M, Haranahalli PE, Susmita S, Chaurasia S. A Unique Case of Arterial Thrombosis and Recurrent CVA in ICU: Unfathomable Presentation of an Occult Malignancy. Indian J Crit Care Med. 2020 Jul;24(7):585-588. doi: 10.5005/jp-journals-10071-23481. doi: 10.5005/jp-journals-10071-23481
- Chaurasia S, Prabha BB, Ray S, Chowdhury S. Long-standing undiagnosed foreign body aspiration with concomitant Pulmonary tuberculosis in an Immuno-competent man. J R Coll Physicians Edinb. 2023 Mar 11:14782715231161958. doi: 10.1177/14782715231161958.
- https://www.news9live.com/health/mental-health/trauma-head-injuries-and-poor-lung-function-doctors-concerned-about-uttarkashi-tunnel-workers-stuck-for-over-120-hours-2352692
- https://www.news9live.com/health/health-conditions/diwali-2023-firecrackers-can-trigger-lung-diseases-expert-warns-kids-elderly-at-higher-risk-2347422
- https://m.dailyhunt.in/news/india/english/news9li3150295846716-epaper-dhfc063adcceaa4f4799aee937999624d2/diwali+2023+firecrackers+can+trigger+lung+diseases+expert+warns+kids+elderly+at+higher+risk-newsid-n555687672
- https://www.onlymyhealth.com/candle-fumes-can-be-dangerous-for-asthma-patient-know-from-doctor-in-hindi-1695392121
- https://www.indiatimes.com/explainers/news/world-no-tobacco-day-what-is-the-substance-in-vaporizers-604344.html
- https://www.hindustantimes.com/lifestyle/health/why-do-men-and-women-sleep-differently-experts-answer-101677050898402.html
- https://www.healthcareradius.in/features/technological-and-treatment-advancements-for-asthma-for-various-criticalities%ef%bf%bc
- https://www.happiesthealth.com/articles/sleep/obstructive-sleep-apnea-tests-can-determine-your-sleep-condition
Presentation
- Poster presentation in ERS international conference held in Barcelona in Septenber 2022 on “COVID 19 associated pulmonary cavitary lesion- A single centre observational study
- Invited for case presentation on pulmonary vascular disorder for discussion during pulmonary vascular disease course held in Lausanne , Switzerland. February 2020
- Poster presentation on Quality of Life in Bronchiectasis in ERS international congress held in Milan, Italy in September 2017
- Poster presentation on Clinical profile of Interstitial Pneumonia with Autoimmune features accepted for in ERS international congress in Milan, Italy in September 2017.
- Second prize in Karnataka State Conference PULMOKARN 2017, for research paper on Predictive utility of severity scores for Bronchiectasis in predicting quality of life in Bronchiectasis receive
- Presented poster on COPD related fatigue in ERS international Congress held in London in September 2016
- Presented Oral paper on cardio pulmonary exercise test in ERS international Congress, Munich
- Co-authored a poster on Pulmonary Alveolar Microlithasis in NAPCON 2013.
- Presented paper on Cardio Pulmonary Exercise Test in 39th conference of Research society of BJMC.
Teaching & Training
- Conducted a workshop on “bronchoscopy in the ICU” in Global Intensive Care Symposium 2022 held in Bangalore.
- Chaired a focus session on Respiratory care in ICU 2nd Indo US critical care medicine update 2017.
- Chaired a focus session on Respiratory care in ICU 3rd Indo US critical care medicine update 2018.
- Invited for case presentation on pulmonary vascular disorder for discussion during pulmonary vascular disease course held in Lausanne , Switzerland. February 2020
- Given a talk on “bronchoscopy in the ICU” in Global Intensive Care Symposium 2022 held in Bangalore.
