Dr. Prashant Chhajed

Dr Chhajed is the Director of the Institute of Pulmonology, Medical research & Development and Lung Care & Sleep Centre at Fortis Hospitals, Mumbai. Dr. Prashant Chhajed received his medical doctorate from the University of Mumbai, India in 1996. In 1998, he was a Fellow in the Department of Respiratory Medicine at The Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney Australia. Subsequently, he continued as a Fellow in thoracic medicine, and lung transplantation at St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney until 2002. After a short stay in the department of Thoracic Surgery at Chiba University Hospital, Japan, Dr. Chhajed then joined Department of Pulmonary Medicine, University Hospital in Basel, Switzerland as a Dr. Chhajed is a recognized expert in all facets of bronchoscopy and pleuroscopy (medical thoracoscopy) with a keen interest in sleep apnea and transcutaneous carbon dioxide monitoring. He has also been an active clinical researcher in the area of Interventional Pulmonology, Interstitial Lung Disease, Obstructive Airways Disease and Lung Transplantation. He has been an invited lecturer at numerous national and international meetings, and he is a well-recognized teacher and has been a faculty in numerous bronchoscopy and interventional workshops around the world.

Awards 2006 - “Swiss TB Award” – Tueller C, Chhajed PN et al. Value of smear and PCR in bronchoalveolar lavage in culture-positive pulmonary tuberculosis, 2005 “Interventional Pulmonology – Best Presentation Award”, European Respiratory Society, Denmark. “Interventional bronchoscopy permits parenchyma sparing surgery in lung cancer”, 2005 “Best Paper Award”. Swiss Pulmonology Meeting. Azzola A, Havrik A, Chhajed PN, et al. ‘In vitro Proliferation of human fibroblast in IPF & its inhibition by immunosuppressive drugs’, 2004 “Best Paper Award”: JAPI. Shah, Singal, Chhajed et al. ‘Bronchoscopic closure of BPF using gelfoam’, 2004 “CHARAK Award” for Achievements in Medical Research, Red Swastik Society of India, Mumbai, 2000 “Clinical Prize for Research Excellence”, 10th Annual St Vincent's Research Symposium, Sydney, 1996 “Ranked second” at the University of Bombay for M.D, 1996 “Ranked first”, College of Physicians & Surgeons (CPS), Mumbai – PG examination for DETRD Accolades: Dr. Chhajed has published more than 150 scientific publications in indexed journals. He is regularly invited to as faculty in International and National meetings