Dr. Manjunath M N

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Qualifications & Education:

• FIP – Fellowship in Interventional Pulmonology, Manipal University
• DNB (Respiratory Medicine) – National Board of Examinations, New Delhi
• MD (Pulmonary Medicine) – JSS Medical College & Hospital, Mysuru
• MBBS – Bangalore Medical College, Bengaluru

Areas of Expertise:

• Transplant Pulmonology / Lung Transplantation
• Interventional Pulmonology
• ECMO & Respiratory Critical Care
• Advanced Lung Failure Management
• Diagnostic & Therapeutic Bronchoscopy
• EBUS Procedures & Lung Biopsies
• Medical Pleuroscopy
• Post–Lung Transplant Airway Interventions
• Sleep-Related Breathing Disorders

Professional Experience:

• Consultant- Transplant Pulmonology & Interventional Pulmonology, KIMS Hospitals, Hyderabad (Oct 2022 - Oct 2025)
• Specialist – Interventional Pulmonology & Sleep Medicine, Manipal Hospitals, Bengaluru
• Fellowship – Interventional Pulmonology, Manipal Hospitals, HAL
• Postgraduate Clinical Training – JSS Hospital, Mysuru
• CRRI – Victoria, Vani Vilas, Bowring & Lady Curzon, and Minto Eye Hospitals, Bengaluru

Clinical Experience Highlights:

• Diagnostic & Therapeutic Interventional Pulmonology Procedures including:
  • Flexible & Rigid Bronchoscopy
  • EBUS
  • Lung Biopsies
  • Medical Pleuroscopy
  • Airway Stenting
  • Post–Lung Transplant Airway Management
• Experience in perioperative management of transplant and ECMO patients
• Management of advanced lung failure and complex respiratory disorders

Additional Contributions:

• Invited International Speaker – ISHLT 2024, Prague
• National Faculty – ECMO Workshop, NAPCON 2025
• Presented India’s first successful Redo Double Lung Transplant at ESOT 2025, London
• Faculty & Chairperson – INSHLT 2025

Procedural Expertise:

• Diagnostic & Therapeutic Bronchoscopy
• BAL & Endobronchial Biopsy
• Transbronchial Lung Biopsy
• EBUS
• Medical Pleuroscopy
• Intercostal Drainage, Pleurodesis & Pleurex Catheter
• Rigid Bronchoscopy (Electrocautery, APC, Balloon Dilatation, Cryotherapy)
• Central Airway Stenting
• Procedures on ventilated & ECMO-supported patients

Research & Publications:

Published research spanning:

• Pulmonary hypertension in fibrosing ILD
• Long-term outcomes in lung transplantation
• Gender disparities in access to lung transplant
• Tuberculosis and post-transplant infectious disease outcomes
• Lung transplantation in elderly recipients

Teaching & Academic Engagement:

• Undergraduate Teaching – JSS Medical College
• Clinical Training for Postgraduate Residents – JSS Hospital
• Faculty for national training workshops in ECMO and Interventional Pulmonology

Memberships:

• American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP)
• Indian Chest Society (ICS)
• Indian Medical Association (IMA)
• European Respiratory Society (ERS)
• International Society for Heart & Lung Transplantation (ISHLT)
• European Society for Organ Transplantation (ESOT)

Languages Known:

Kannada, Hindi, English, and Telugu