Dr. Prattigudupu Vijayendra Raju

EDUCATION:

• Fellowship in Pleuroscopy 2016, Ujjain, RD GARDI, Medical College
• Fellowship in interventional pulmonology
• MD Pulmonary Medicine-2012-2015, MNR Medical College, Sangareddy.NTR University Health Sciences.
• MBBS-2002-2008, PES Medical College, Kuppam, AP, NTR University of health sciences.

 WORK EXPERIENCE

• 2021 - 2023 worked as a Consultant pulmonologist in MAA HOSPITALS, JUBLIEECHECKPOST
• 2017 -2021 worked as a consultant pulmonologist in PACE Hospitals HITECH CITY, HYD. PACE Hospitals BEGUMPET, HYD.
• 2016-2017 Sr. RESIDENT pulmonologist in CARE HOSPITALS Banjara Hills.
• AUTHORIZED PULMONOLOGIST FOR PANAFRICAN -E LECTURES RUN BY CENTRAL GOVERNMENT --BSNL.
• MD - Pulmonologist (who posted from MNR medical college)
• DNB PGS General Medicine and DNB – CTVS at CARE
• Paramedical training – D-pharmacy, physiotherapy, nursing staff and various awareness programs.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

 ACADEMICS:

Paper/Poster presentations 2014 – NAPCON –

• How I got TB?
• Bilateral spontaneous pneumothorax with surgical emphysema with Pneumomediastinum
• 2013 – State TB conference – conventional ZN stain versus fluorescent microscopic in the evaluation of Koch’s
  • 2020-Paper presentation on –A CLINICAL EXPERIENCE OF COVID-19 PATIENTS IN TERTIARY CARE CENTER
  • ACHIEVED APJ ABDUL KALAM  AWARD BY ACT NOW ORGANISATION IN 2021 OCTOBER.

 GUEST LECTURES DELIVERED

• Eosinophilic Pneumonias – in MNR Medical college
• Parasytic infections of the lung - in CARE Hospital, Banjara Hills
• GOLD guidelines for COPD – in CARE Hospital, Banjara Hills
  • Extrapulmonary manifestations of covid 19- Maa hospitals, jubilee checkpost

CLINICAL EXPERIENCE

•  Having enough clinical experience in the field of Pulmonology in CARE Hospitals, 430 bedded tertiary hospital in Banjara Hills, since 2015.
• Daily coverage of 10-15 patients with 30-35 cross referrals from Cardiology/critical care/Nephrology/Medical GE/Neurology/Surgical Branches.
• Well-trained in dealing with critically ill patients.
• Exposure to pre-operative workup from Pulmonology wise in various transplantations such as Kidney transplantation, Liver transplantation and Cardiac transplantation along with surgical procedures (Ex: CABG).
• WellVverse with the handling of FOB (fiber optic bronchoscopy), advanced version (BF-Type 190 series Olympus) in critically ill- patients on ventilatory support.

• Therapeutic pleural fluid aspirations.
• Pleural biopsis
• Chemical pleurodesis with talc
• Lung biopsis
• TBLB
• TBNA
• Endobronchial biopsies
• Pigtail insertion in CKD patients on heparin coverage for HD
• Foreign body, mucus plug removal
  • FOB-guided difficult intubations / FOB guided percutaneous tracheostomy.
  • Thoracoscopy
  • EBUS
  • Trained in sleep medicine.
    • I have significant experience in dealing with patients in NICU / MICU / SICU / LIVER ICU / CTICU from Pulmonology wise.
    • Having a sound knowledge on various diagnostic pulmonary function test such as:
    • PFT
    • DLCO
    • Polysomnography
    • ABG
•  We are running a sarcoid clinic where patients can be evaluated by a Pulmonologist / Rheumatologist / Cardiologist after establishing a diagnosis on a weekly once basis with one single consultation depending of the primary organ involved in Sarcoidosis.