Dr. V. Laxman Babu

Qualification / Education:

• MBBS (Osmania Medical College)
• MD, Pulmonary Medicine (KMC)
• Fellowship  in Interventional Pulmonology (MCRD, Delhi-NCR)
• Diploma in Allergy & Asthma (CMC, Vellore)

Experience:

• 12 years (Post MD)

Expertise:

• Bronchoscopy & EBUS: performed more than 1000 bronchoscopies & 100 linear EBUS procedures.
• Sleep medicine: certificate in sleep medicine from the international institute of sleep science & interpreted more than 300 level 1 sleep studies. & Started a comprehensive sleep clinic at the Sunshine Hospital.
• Rigid bronchoscopy: ERS fellowship in rigid bronchoscopy at Marseille, performed diagnostic& therapeutic procedures using electrocutery& argon plasma & cryo therapy.
• Medical thoracoscopy: performed more than 100 diagnostic & therapeutic thoracoscopies including cryo pleural biopsy &talc pleurodesis              Speciality clinics: as a part of fellowship at MCRD, Delhi-NCR worked in specialty clinics like severe asthma clinic, ILD clinics, etc, interpreted several advanced PFT, iOS,feno & rhinomanometry.
• Allergen Skin Prick Testing & Immunotherapy

Area of Interest:

• Allergy& Asthma including severe Asthma Management
• ILD
• Interventional Pulmonology

Publications:

• Presented a poster-Glue Embolisation of Pulmonary Artery Aneurysm presenting with massive hemoptysis ,case report in NAPCON 2015
• Oral paper presentation at the National Conference (NAPCON 2016) titled“Clinical Performance of 6mm Mini Rigid Thoracoscope in Diagnostic and Therapeutic medical Thoracoscopy” was awarded 2nd best paper in the interventional pulmonology category.
• Endovascular glue embolization for control of massive hemoptysis caused by peripheral pulmonary artery pseudoaneurysms: report of 7 cases, lung India journal Orginal Article, the Year 2019| volume 36|issue 1|page 8-13.
• A Prospective Study for Evaluation of Diagnostic Utility of Gene XPERT MTB/RIF Assay in Tuberculous Pleural Effusion. Laxman Babu. V, M. Archana. International Journal of Research and Review Vol.7; Issue: 2; February 2020

VI. Memberships:

• Life member, Indian Sleep Disorders Association (ISDA)
• Life member, Indian Chest Society (ICS)
• Gold member of the European respiratory society (ERS)

Awards and Honours:

• Best paper award at Napcon 2016 in Interventional Pulmonology-Category.

Other:

• Started Video Bronchoscopy & Medical Thoracoscopy units at Yashoda Hospital, Malakpet.
• Started medical thoracoscopy & Ebus & rigid bronchoscopy units at Sunshine Hospital.