Department Of Respiratory Medicine

  • Department
  • HOD Profile
  • Faculty Members
  • Publications
  • Activities
  • Over the year’s department has grown to this level with OPD number graduating to 60 – 70 patients per day with the ward bed strength of 30.
  • Required therapeutic and diagnostic procedures are being regularly performed in the department.

Services Available

  • Daily Opd For Respiratory Diseases Patients
  • Diagnostic & Therapeutic Bronchoscopy
  • Pulmonary Functon Testing With Gas Diffusion Studies
  • Inter Costal Drain Insertion
  • Diagnostic And Therapeutic Thoracentesis
  • Pleurodesis
  • CPAP And BIPAP Therapy For Respiratory Diseases
  • Tru-Cut Biopsy Of Lung / Pleural Biopsies
  • Fnac-Lung Mass / Lymph Node
  • Arterial Blood Gas Analysis

NTEP ACTIVITIES

  • Functioning as a DMC and DOTS centre.
  • All the TB cases diagnosed at various departments of our hospital are being registered and referred for ATT at nearby DOTS centre through REFERRAL FORM.
  • Patients residing in and around our hospital are given treatment under NTEP at our centre.
  • Core committee has been formed to guide the plan and functioning of NTEP activities in our hospital.
  • Sensitization programme conducted for CRRI, Staff nurses and Para- medical workers.

HOD Profile

Qualification

  • MBBS – Pims, Pondichery- July 2010
  • MD - Pims, Pondicherry- April 2014

Experience

  • 12 Years

Areas of Interest / Specialization

  • Interventional Pulmonology
  • Lung Transplant

Field of Expertise

  • Interventional Pulmonology
  • Lung Transplant

Membership

  • Indian Chest Society
  • American College of Chest Physicians
  • European Respiratory Society
  • Society for Promotion of Indian Chest Society Education

Publications (in numbers)

  • International – 2
  • National - 12

Dr.Jackin Moses R. M.B.B.S., M.D.,
Professor & HOD of Respiratory Medicine.,

Tagore Medical College & Hospital.

Faculty Members

Professor & HOD
Dr. Jackin Moses
M.D.,
Dr. M. Sathish Kumar
M.D.,
Assistant Professor
Dr. V. Pranavi
MD.,
Senior Resident
Dr. P. Anushanthini
M.D.,
Post Graduate
Dr. V. B. Mahesh
MBBS.,
Dr. N. K. Vignesh
MBBS.,
Dr. V. Dhinil
MBBS.,
Dr. U. Kowsalya
MBBS.,
Dr. Kevin Charly
MBBS.,
Dr. Sathya R
MBBS.,

Completed Publications

  • Sathish Kumar M, Pranavi. Clinical, bacteriological and radiological profile of patients with community acquired pneumonia in a tertiary care hospital in South India. SEEJPH. 2025;26(1).
  • Sathish Kumar M, Pranavi, Santhosh D. Assessing the effectiveness of oscillating positive expiratory pressure device versus usual airway clearance techniques in patients with chronic pulmonary disease and ICU patients. Afr J Biomed Res. 2024;27(4S):1610-1617. doi:10.53555/AJBR.v27i4S.3894.
  • Pranavi V, Kulkarni KD. Allergen sensitivity patterns and their correlation with total serum IgE levels and absolute eosinophil counts among patients with allergic rhinitis and asthma in North Karnataka. Cureus. 2024;16(8):e67183. doi:10.7759/cureus.67183.
  • Kumar V, Pranavi V, Apoorva R. Changes at the cellular level of lung caused by smoking with the aid of sputum cytology and its importance in predicting the patients at future risk for pulmonary disorders. Int J Med Public Health. 2025;15(4):947-951. doi:10.70034/ijmedph.2025.4.169.
  • Kumar V, Apoorva R, Pranavi V. To determine the effect of smoking index on peak expiratory flow rate among smokers, non-smokers and ex-smokers and their nicotine dependence. Int J Acad Med Pharm. 2025;7(5):633-637. doi:10.47009/ijamp.2025.7.5.122.
  • Kolaparthi R, Rama Krishna C, Pranavi V. Trends and distribution of extrapulmonary tuberculosis: a 5-year retrospective study. Int J Med Pharm Res. 2025;6(5):1791-1797.
  • Anushanthini P, Surega D. Assessment of preoperative risk factors for postoperative pulmonary complications in patients undergoing elective abdominal surgery. Int J Acad Med Pharm. 2026;8(4):829-833. doi:10.47009/jamp.2026.8.4.140.

Ongoing Project

  • Bacterological profile and major casuative factors in acute exacerbation of bronchial asthma.
  • Correlation of Frailty Scores with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Severity and Cardiac Implications.
  • Prevalence of Subclinical Airflow Obstruction & Small Airway Dysfunction in Treated Pulmonary Tuberculosis patients Using Spirometry.
  • Correlation of severity of asthma with Body Mass Index in Adult Asthma patients at a Tertiary care center.
  • Risk factors profile of Obstructive sleep apnea: A hospital based study.
  • Radiological severity and microbial correlation in Bronchiectasis: A cross-sectional study.
  • Isolates and their antibiogram in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid of patients with lower respiratory tract infections in a south Indian tertiary centre.
  • Prevalence of various pulmonary manifestations in Chronic Kidney Disease patients.
  • Prognostication scoring systems for in-hospital patients with acute exacerbation of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.
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