Dr. Makkena Avinash Rao

OP Timing:

Qualifications:

• DNB Respiratory Medicine (Sir Gangaram Hospital, New Delhi)
• Fellowship in Interventional Pulmonology

Experience:

• Worked in Yashoda hospital, Hitech city in Department of clinical and interventional pulmonology( 2025) as an IP Fellow
• Worked as Registrar in Department of Critical care medicine in Yashoda hospitals, Hitech city for 6 months(2024)
• Worked as Senior Resident and incharge for pulmonary unit in PES institute of medical sciences and research, Kuppam (2023-2024)
• Junior Resident in Department of Respiratory Medicine in Sir Gangaram Hospital, New Delhi (2020-2023)
• Internship for a year in PES Institute of medical sciences and research , Kuppam (2019)

Areas of interest:

• Bronchoscopy and Endobronchial Ultrasound : Performed over 200 bronchoscopies and over 50 EBUS procedures. Trained in both linear and Radial EBUS.
• Medical Thoracoscopy : Performed around 50 rigid and flexirigid thoracoscopies.
• Performed Forceps and Cryo lung biopsies, rigid bronchoscopy, Balloon bronchoplasty, Foreign body removal.
• Assisted in cases of tracheal and bronchial stenting, CBCT guided biopsies.
• Sleep Disorders
• Allergy, Asthma and COPD
• Respiratory infections
• Pulmonary Critical Care – Non invasive and invasive mechanical ventilator management, ICU bronchoscopies.
• Special interest – Interstitial lung diseases, Sleep disorders, Pulmonary Critical care, Awareness on smoking cessation and Air Quality.

Thesis & Dissertation Details:

• Study of Clinico radiological and Lung functional Changes in patients with Post COVID Pulmonary Sequelae without prior lung disease.

Memberships:

• Indian Association for Bronchology(IAB)
• Indian Chest Society (ICS)