Dr. MS Kanwar
Pulmonologist in Delhi
Dr. M.S.Kanwar has 45 years of experience in handling Critical Care, Acute and Chronic Respiratory diseases like Asthma, COPD Allergies, Lung Infections, Interstitial Lung Fibrosis, Sarcoidosis, and Lung Cancer.
He is a Pioneer in Sleep Medicine in India and started this field for the first time in a big way in 1995 when he set up Asia’s Largest and State of the Art Sleep Lab at Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi. His team had done the largest Sleep studies in the country and he gets referrals for Sleep consultation from abroad also. His research papers on Sleep Apnea have been presented in the world conferences on Sleep Medicine.
He is currently leading the Lung Transplant Program at Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi. He is involved in training the Lung Transplant staff as well as in spreading the awareness on this cutting edge technology among physicians and the general public because this is a new life-saving modality in severely crippled Lung Failure cases.
He is a Pioneer in Sleep Medicine in India and started this field for the first time in a big way in 1995 when he set up Asia’s Largest and State of the Art Sleep Lab at Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi. His team had done the largest Sleep studies in the country and he gets referrals for Sleep consultation from abroad also. His research papers on Sleep Apnea have been presented in the world conferences on Sleep Medicine.
He is currently leading the Lung Transplant Program at Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, New Delhi. He is involved in training the Lung Transplant staff as well as in spreading the awareness on this cutting edge technology among physicians and the general public because this is a new life-saving modality in severely crippled Lung Failure cases.
He had completed his M.B.B.S, M.D from Govt. Medical College, Amritsar and D.N.B ( Respiratory Medicine ) from National Academy of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. He did a Fellowship exam ( Cardiology ) by the University of Vienna ( Austria )after completing training in Rudolfstiftung Hospital, Vienna. He received Pulmonary and Critical care training from famed Mayo Clinic, Rochester( USA ). He also received Sleep Medicine training from Mayo Clinic Rochester. He received training an Echocardiography training at the University of Alabama, Birmingham( USA ). He received training in Lung Transplantation at UNH ( University Network Hospital), Toronto Canada.
He started Critical Care Medicine when he was abroad for 13 years as a Consultant in Large Teaching Hospitals and Assistant Professor of Medicine in the late 1980’s & 1990’s. He started Critical Care Consultations in dealing with serious and life-threating ICU cases in Sepsis, Shock and Mechanical Ventilation in a Large 70 Bedded ICU Complex abroad in 1986.
His areas of expertise are Critical Care Consultations, ICU Procedures including ECMO, Post- Renal and Post-Liver Transplant Complications, Mechanical Ventilation, Bronchoscopy EBUS, Medical Thoracoscopy and Hemodynamic challenges in ICU. His bulk of OPD patients are Asthma, COPD, Allergies, Lung Infections, ILD, Sarcoidosis, Tuberculosis, and Lung Cancer.
He has presented various important researches related to Sleep Disorders & Bronchoscopy and also, had played a key role in faculty presentations held across India and the USA.
He also has 33 Years of Teaching Experience pertaining to Respiratory, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine abroad as well as in India. He has trained scores of postgraduate DNB students of Respiratory Medicine and Post Doctoral Fellowships students in critical care as well as Sleep Medicine. He has been a guide to dozens of thesis of DNB students. He has been an examiner of Post- Doctoral Fellowship exams in Critical Care conducted by the National Board of Examinations. He has also been the examiner of Post – Doctoral of Sleep Medicine Fellowship examine conducted by ISDA.
His areas of expertise are Critical Care Consultations, ICU Procedures including ECMO, Post- Renal and Post-Liver Transplant Complications, Mechanical Ventilation, Bronchoscopy EBUS, Medical Thoracoscopy and Hemodynamic challenges in ICU. His bulk of OPD patients are Asthma, COPD, Allergies, Lung Infections, ILD, Sarcoidosis, Tuberculosis, and Lung Cancer.
He has presented various important researches related to Sleep Disorders & Bronchoscopy and also, had played a key role in faculty presentations held across India and the USA.
He also has 33 Years of Teaching Experience pertaining to Respiratory, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine abroad as well as in India. He has trained scores of postgraduate DNB students of Respiratory Medicine and Post Doctoral Fellowships students in critical care as well as Sleep Medicine. He has been a guide to dozens of thesis of DNB students. He has been an examiner of Post- Doctoral Fellowship exams in Critical Care conducted by the National Board of Examinations. He has also been the examiner of Post – Doctoral of Sleep Medicine Fellowship examine conducted by ISDA.