Dr Padma Sundaram did her MBBS from Grant Medical College (Mumbai), MD…read more in respiratory diseases from KEM
Hospital (Mumbai) and DNB Respiratory Medicine from National Board, Delhi. She was awarded the
Raj Nanda Pulmonary fellowship and was trained in Sleep Medicine in the UK.
She has been practicing as pulmonologist since last 31 years initially in Mumbai and later in
Bengaluru in a reputed hospital for the last 20 years where she helped setting up the department of
respiratory medicine.
She worked as Lecturer and as Associate Professor in Chest Medicine at TN Medical College Mumbai.
She is a recognized Post graduate MD and DNB Professor. She is a member of Indian Chest Society
and Karnataka Pulmonology Association. She has published over 50 papers in national
and international medical journals, presented papers in medical
conferences and participated in clinical trials.
She is specialized in management of Airway disorders especially Asthma and COPD, Infectious lung
diseases, TB, multidrug resistant TB, ILD , fibrotic and occupational lung diseases. She has special
interest in
snoring and sleep disorders like obstructive sleep apnea. She has managed patients with respiratory
failure with ventilators and
noninvasive ventilators in hospital and home setting including domiciliary oxygen therapy. She was
actively involved in the
management of Covid patients and in rehabilitation of patients with post Covid lung fibrosis She is
proficient in various procedures like Bronchoscopy, EBUS and medical thoracoscopy.read less