Dr. Neethu Thambi

MBBS, MD, DAA, EDARM

Pulmonologist with a specialized focus on patient centric and systematic management of diseases. A committed physician with good communication skills who is always ready to learn, improve and innovate through clinical experience, scientific methodology and research.

Present Position

Consultant, Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Sunrise hospital, Kakkanad Joined 2023 March

Past Positions

Consultant, (2022-23) Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Sree Sudheendra Medical Mission Hospital, Kacheripady, Ernakulam

Senior Specialist, (2017-2022) Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Renai Medicity Hospital, Palarivattom, Ernakulam

Medical Council Registration

TCMC: 41710 Date: November 2010

TNMC: 90689 Date: June 2010

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE IN PULMONOLOGY

( 6 YEARS 5 MONTHS )

Sunrise Hospital, Kakkanad ( March 2023- present )
Sree Sudheendra Medical Mission, Chittoor Road, Kacheripady
( April 2022- March 2023 fulltime, March 2023 to present- visiting )
Renai Medicity, Palarivattom
(August 2017- March 2022 4 years and 7 months,)

She has been practicing pulmonary medicine in tertiary care centres for more than 6 years. In the initial years, her practice was more of a mixed bag of pulmonary medicine cases and procedures. During the COVID years, she was involved as the admitting physician or consulting on the management of more than 200 COVID patients, including those in critical care. Recently, she has been focusing more on Allergy and Asthma since it is one of the most common illnesses yet widely misunderstood and under-treated. She has been able to bring a considerable difference in handling such cases through simple interventions, patient education, and training the supporting staff in her department to improve communication with the patient. This has allowed for the development of treatment protocols that work for individual patients. During these years, she has undertaken various community outreach programs and disease awareness camps for patients and training programs for health care workers, including physicians, nursing professionals, and others, on the management of various respiratory diseases and care optimization.

Practice Summary

I have been practicing pulmonary medicine in tertiary care centres for more than 6 years, in the initial years the practice was more of a mixed bag of pulmonary medicine cases and procedures. During the COVID years I was involved as the admitting physician or consulting on the management of more than 200 COVID patients including those in critical care. Recently I have been focusing more on Allergy and Asthma since it is one of the most common illnesses yet widely misunderstood and under treated. I have been able to bring considerable difference in handling of such cases through simple interventions, patient education and training the supporting staff in my department to improve communication with the patient, so we could come up with treatment protocols that work for individual patients.
During these years I’ve undertaken various community outreach programs and disease awareness camps for patients and training programs for health care workers including physicians, nursing professionals and others on management of various respiratory diseases and care optimization.

INTERESTS

Asthma and
Allergy

Sleep Medicine

Diagnostic Tests

Allergy Tests

Lung Function Test
(PFT)

Bronchoscopy

Education

MBBS
COLLEGE : Madurai Medical College, Madurai, Tamil Nadu (2004-2009) UNIVERSITY : TN Dr. MGR Medical University, Chennai. INTERNSHIP : Govt Rajaji Hospital, Madurai 27.05.2009- 26.05.2010
MD
COLLEGE : Kannur medical college (erstwhile ACME), Pariyaram, Kannur
(2014 - 2017) UNIVERSITY : Kerala University of Health Sciences , Thrissur.
DAA
COLLEGE : Christian Medical College, Vellore
Diploma in Allergy and Asthma 1 year training course (2022)

Key Training Experiences in Pulmonary medicine

3 years post graduate training in a teaching hospital (Govt medical college Kannur)
2 months observership and training in Critical care, Sir Ganga Ram hospital, New Delhi
1 month training in high volume Cardiac Intensive Care in Sahakarana Hrudayalaya, Pariyaram.
1-month observership in Pediatric Pulmonology in Sree Balaji Action medical college, New Delhi
Diploma in Allergy and Asthma, CMC Vellore, 1-year advanced training in allergic diseases.
Cleared the ERS- HERMES and was awarded European Diploma in Adult Respiratory Medicine in 2023

Details of training

Emergency procedures
( a ) Emergency response to all Respiratory cases in ER, Medical and surgical Intensive care units and wards. ( b ) Emergency procedures such as Intubation, arterial line placement, Placement of intercostal drains, foreign body extraction, thoracocentesis, pig tail catheters. ( c ) Thoracic Ultrasound.
Research methodology and analysis, use of statistical analysis software.
Management including critical care of COVID-19

Other interventions
( a ) Bronchoscopy guided intubation emergency and elective ( b ) Brachytherapy, Argon plasma Coagulation in Ca lung ( c ) Ultrasound and CT guided diagnostic and therapeutic interventions- TTNA, Lung biopsy, thoracocentesis.
Management of fully fledged Respiratory Intensive Care Unit- initiation, monitoring and management of Invasive and non-invasive ventilation.
Advanced diagnostics and therapeutics of allergic diseases including allergen immunotherapy during DAA from CMC vellore

ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Vitamin D and Tuberculosis- A case control study (Postgraduate Thesis)
Comparison of multiple scoring systems in AECOPD to predict Need for ICU admission, ventilation, mortality.
Pulmonary Function in Cotton mill workers. (unpublished).
Yield of bronchoscopy in Ca Lung- observational
Aeroallergen sensitizations in the population attending an allergy clinic in a tertiary centre- ongoing

PRESENTATIONS

Vitamin D deficiency and Tuberculosis" (NATCON 2016)
Comparison of scoring systems in AECOPD" (NAPCON 2016)
"Yield of Bronchoscopy in Ca Lung" -Poster (NAPCON 2015)

CONFERENCES AND COURSES ATTENDED

Fundamental Critical care Support (FCCS), 2015
CME on critical care, Rajagiri Hospital, Aluva- 2015, 2016
Workshop on thoracoscopy, Baby Memorial Hospital
Amrita Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology Workshop, 2018
Advanced Lung Function testing workshop, Metro Centre for Lung diseases, 2019
European Diploma in Adult Respiratory Medicine 2022Other state, national conferences, and workshops

PERSONAL DETAILS

DOB : 20 . 12 . 1986

Languages known : Malayalam, English, Tamil, Hindi

Hobbies : Reading, art, cooking

REFERENCES

Dr. Manoj DK : Professor and HOD of Respiratory Medicine, Academy of Medical Sciences, Pariyaram, Phone: 9447077390

Dr. Subin Ahmed : Consultant in Pulmonary Medicine, Renai Medicity, Palarivattom , Phone: 8281356919