Dr. Prashant Chhajed

DNB - Respiratory Diseases, MBBS, MD - Tuberculosis and Chest Diseases

Pulmonology

Mumbai, Maharashtra
7 Awards

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Dr. Prashant Chhajed received his medical doctorate from the University of Mumbai, India in 1996. In 1998, he was a Fellow in the department of Respiratory Medicine at The Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney Australia, where he continued as a Fellow in thoracic medicine, and lung transplantation until 2002. After a short stay as a visiting researcher in the department of thoracic surgery at Chiba, University, in Japan, Dr. Chhajed was a Clinical and Research Consultant in pulmonary diseases at the University Hospital in Basel, Switzerland where he received the title of Privat Dozen in 2007. In 2008, he returned to Mumbai India, where he is Director of the Institute of Pulmonology, Medical research & Development and Lung Care & Sleep Centre, Fortis Hiranandani Hospital and Consultant at Lilavati and Nanavati Hospitals, Mumbai. Dr. Chhajed continues to be faculty at the University Hospital Basel, Switzerland. Dr. Chhajed has published more than 110 scientific publications, peer-reviewed original research articles, numerous review articles, editorials and book chapters. He has presented numerous abstracts of his research at national and international meetings, and has received numerous awards for his research presentations. He is a Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians, and has been elected Treasurer of the Indian Association for Bronchology. He is also Secretary of the European Association for Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology from 2006 to 2010 & Board member since 2010 up to date. He has been active in numerous national and international organizations, and has served on the program committee and the planning committee of the clinical problems assembly of the American Thoracic Society, and on the governing council of the Indian Association for Bronchology. Dr. Chhajed is a recognized expertise in all facets of bronchoscopy. He has also been an active clinical researcher in the area of asthma, obstructive lung disease and lung transplantation. He has been an invited lecturer at numerous national and international meetings, and he is a well recognized teacher and has been a faculty in numerous bronchoscopy workshops around the world.

Nanavati Super Speciality Hospital

S.V. Road, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Mediastinoscopy (chest lymph node examination)

Lung Cancer Treatment (treatment for lung cancer)

Decortication (lung lining removal surgery)

Bronchoscopy (airway camera examination)

Sleep Study (sleep disorder diagnostic test)

Asthma Management Program (long-term asthma care plan)

Smoking Cessation Management (program to stop smoking)

Obstructive Sleep Apnea Treatment (Sleep breathing disorder care)

Respiratory Tract Infection Treatment (treatment for breathing infection)

Bronchial Asthma Treatment (treatment for asthma breathing disease)

Pleurisy (inflammation of lung lining)

Chest Disease Treatment (treatment for lung and chest diseases)

Balance Training Exercises (body balance physiotherapy exercises)

Pneumonia Treatment (treatment for lung infection)

Lung Infections Treatment (treatment for lung infections)

Lung Abscess (pus-filled cavity in lung)

Interstitial Lung Disease Treatment (treatment for lung tissue disease)

Pleural Effusion Treatment (treatment for fluid around lungs)

Pediatric Chest Care (child lung care)

Respiratory Conditions (breathing related diseases treatment)

Tuberculosis Treatment (treatment for TB infection)

Chest Diseases (lung and chest disorders)

Respiratory Tract Infection (infection of breathing passages)

Cough Treatment (Medical treatment for cough symptoms)

COPD Treatment (treatment for chronic lung disease)

Eosinophilia Treatment (treatment for high eosinophil count)

Lung Transplant (lung replacement surgery)

Pulmonary Function Test (Lung capacity test)

Bullectomy (Lung air sac removal surgery)

Lung Surgery (lung operation treatment)

Lobectomy (lung lobe removal)

DNB board, New Delhi - Jan-1997 Graduated
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DNB - Respiratory Diseases
University of Mumbai, Mumbai - Jan-1993 Graduated
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MBBS
University of Mumbai - Jan-1996 Graduated
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MD - Tuberculosis and Chest Diseases

LTMGH
Thanesar, Haryana, India
Lecturer, Chest Medicine & Intensive Respiratory Care Unit
Jan-1996-Jan-1997
St. Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney
Thanesar, Haryana, India
Fellow, Thoracic Medicine & Lung Transplant
Jan-1999-Jan-2002

Best Presentation Award”, European Respiratory Society, Denmark
Ranked first”, College of Physicians & Surgeons (CPS), Mumbai – PG examination for DETRD.
Chhajed et al. “Interventional bronchoscopy permits parenchyma sparing surgery in lung cancer”
CHARAK Award” for Achievements in Medical Research, Red Swastik Society of India, Mumbai
“Best Paper Award”. Swiss Pulmonology Meeting. Azzola A, Havrik A, Chhajed PN, et al. ‘In vitro Proliferation of human fibroblast in IPF & its inhibition by immunosuppressive drugs’
Clinical Prize for Research Excellence”, 10th Annual St Vincent's Research Symposium, Sydney
Ranked second” at the University of Bombay for M.D.

Maharastra Medical Council

Tracheostomy (breathing tube opening)
Thoracoscopy (chest cavity camera examination)
Thoracotomy (Open chest surgery procedure)
Pneumonectomy (complete lung removal surgery)

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