Dr. Ashok Bansode

Dr Ashok B is one of the very few super specialist pulmonologists in thecity who has done his DM in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine from a very prestigious institution He has an experience of 12 years in the field of pulmonology. His expertise is indealing with all kinds of respiratory diseases, Sleep Disordered Breathingconditions and Critical Illnesses.He is well versed with diagnosis and treatment of chest diseases likeRespiratory Allergies like Bronchial Asthma & ABPA, Chronic obstructive airwaydisease (COPD), Bronchiectasis, Respiratory Infections (including Tuberculosis,Fungal infections & Atypical Infections), DPLD (ILD), Sarcoidosis, Lung Cancer,Mediastinal Diseases, Pleural Diseases (pleural effusion, empyema,hydropneumothorax, etc), Pulmonary Vascular Diseases (Pulmonaryhypertension, pulmonary embolism, vasculitis, etc), Occupational Diseasesinvolving respiratory system.He is proficient in managing acute conditions of respiratory system like acuterespiratory failure due to various causes like exacerbation ofCOPD/ILD/neuromuscular weakness, cardiac failure, foreign body aspiration,pneumothorax, etc. He is also very well experienced in treatment of chronicrespiratory failure at home with oxygen therapy and home NIV with or withouttracheostomy tube.He is well experienced in performing procedures like Flexible bronchoscopy,Rigid bronchoscopy, Medical Thoracoscopy and EBUS. Through these he doessampling of respiratory system lesions like BAL, endobronchial biopsy,transbronchial biopsy, Transbronchial needle aspiration for diagnosis ofcancers, infections & other pulmonary diseases. He also expertises in managingairway lesions like stenosis, external compression, intraluminal tumours &foreign body by electrosurgical knife/snare, APC, balloon dilatation, coring,cryo & stenting of airways. His field of interest is in managing snoring, obstructive sleep apneadisorder(OSA)Dr Ashok also attends to General Physician & Sexology Patients. He also attends Cardiology, Diabetology, Respiratory Medicine, Infectious Disease, Gastroenterology,Nephrology, Neurology, Toxicology, Sexology Etc.