The Department of Pulmonary Medicine at GIMS provides comprehensive outpatient, inpatient and critical care services for a wide range of respiratory diseases. The department is actively involved in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, bedside clinical training and procedural skill development. Emphasis is placed on integrating modern advances in pulmonary medicine with practical hands-on patient care and research-oriented learning.

Department Mission

• Upper & Lower Respiratory Tract Infections
• Allergic Sinusitis / Rhinitis
• Pulmonary Tuberculosis
• Cervical Lymphadenopathy
• Bronchitis
• Asthma
• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
• Interstitial Lung Disease
• Fungal Lung Diseases
• Shortness of Breath (Any Cause)
• Pulmonary Rehabilitation

Diagnostic & Therapeutic Procedures

• 7 Jan 2021: CME on Updates in Management of Drug Resistant Tuberculosis
• 25 March: World TB Day Celebration & CME on Latest Trends in Diagnosis and Management of Tuberculosis
• 3 Sept 2022: Inauguration of DR-TB Ward
• 13 Sept 2022: CME on Programmatic Management of Drug Resistant TB
• 24 Jan 2025: Updates on Management of Tuberculosis – 100 Days Campaign ➜
• TB Diagnostics: Where Strategy Meets Patient Care ➜
• Prevention of Tuberculosis: Scientific Programme ➜

• MBBS: Clinical postings from 2nd year with case-based training and primary management.
• Junior Residents: Daily case-based training in patient care, management approach, ethical and moral clinical practice.
• DNB Program: Regular clinical presentations, journal club discussions and monthly lectures with updates in clinical practice.

1. MD Thesis: Study on Cardiac Comorbidities associated with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Various Manifestations, 2012.
2. Primary Pulmonary T-cell Non Hodgkin’s T-cell lymphoma.
   GJMEDPH, Vol 1(3) May-June 2012.
3. Swyer James Mcleod Syndrome presenting as hemoptysis in an adult.
   GJMEDPH, Vol 1(3) May-June 2012.
4. Platinum based doublet cross-over therapy for advanced stage non-small cell lung cancer.
   GJMEDPH, Vol 1(4) July-August 2012.
5. Verma SK, Kapoor N, Bhaskar R, Upadhyay R. Pyopneumothorax following suicidal kerosene ingestion.
   BMJ Case Rep. 2012 Dec 18;2012:bcr2012007795. DOI:10.1136/bcr-2012-007795 | PMID:23257648 | PMCID:PMC4544370
6. Garg R, Kushwaha RA, Goel MM, Upadhyay R. Solitary Tracheopathia Osteochondroplastica-A Rare Entity.
   J Bronchology Interv Pulmonol. 2015 Jul;22(3):274-7. DOI:10.1097/LBR.0000000000000152 | PMID:26165901
7. Upadhyay R, Prakash V, Singh AB, et al. Maxillary sinusitis with pulmonary tuberculosis.
   BMJ Case Rep. 2014 Jul 14. DOI:10.1136/bcr-2014-203952
8. Upadhyay R, Kant S, Prakash V, et al. Sinobronchial allergic aspergillosis with allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis coexistence.
   BMJ Case Rep. 2014 Nov 4. DOI:10.1136/bcr-2013-201946
9. Verma SK, Upadhyay R, Chand P, Tayal N. Tuberculosis: oral alveolus and pulmonary alveoli coexisting.
   BMJ Case Rep. 2014 Dec 4;2014:bcr2013202014. DOI:10.1136/bcr-2013-202014 | PMID:25477361 | PMCID:PMC4256666
10. Upadhyay R, Dubey A, Kant S, Singh BP. Management of severe obstructive sleep apnea using mandibular advancement devices with auto CPAP.
    Lung India. 2015 Mar-Apr;32(2):158-61. DOI:10.4103/0970-2113.152632 | PMID:25814802 | PMCID:PMC4372871
11. Ajay Kumar Verma et al. Oral tuberculosis mimicking malignancy.
    Muller Journal of Medical Sciences & Research, 2015.
12. Dubey A et al. Anthropometrical correlates of sleep and metabolic parameters: tertiary sleep lab study.
    International Journal of Pharma & Biosciences, 2015.
13. Dubey A et al. Family history of loud snoring and risk of obstructive sleep apnea in overweight subjects.
    Journal of Cardiovascular Disease Research, 2014.
14. Upadhyay R, Garg R, Kushwaha R, Goel M. Long-standing endobronchial non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
    Lung India. 2016 Sep-Oct;33(5):577-8. DOI:10.4103/0970-2113.188996 | PMID:27625464 | PMCID:PMC5006350
15. Singh A, Upadhyay R, Tayal N. Diagnostic and treatment challenges in allergic fungal rhinosinusitis.
    Indian Journal of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology. 2017.
16. Radiology in Intensive Care.
    Chapter in Manual of Practical Examination in Critical Care & Emergency Medicine, CBS Publishers, 2019.
17. Agarwal A et al. Convalescent plasma in moderate COVID-19 adults (PLACID Trial).
    BMJ 2020;371:m3939. DOI:10.1136/bmj.m3939
18. Upadhyay R et al. Healthcare professionals’ knowledge, attitudes and practices on coronavirus disease.
    J Edu Health Promot 2020;9:359.
19. Quantification of IgG antibodies in recovered COVID-19 patients and disease severity.
    RAS Microbiology and Infectious Diseases.
20. Srivastava A et al. Siddha medicines (KSK & NVK) randomized clinical trial protocol.
    Trials Journal 2021;22:130.
21. Kumar G et al. Clinical profile of hospitalized COVID-19 patients in India registry study.
    Indian J Med Res. 2021 May;153(5-6):619-628. PMID:34259194 | PMCID:PMC8555588
22. Srivastava A et al. Double-blind placebo-controlled Siddha decoction trial with allopathy.
    Trials. 2021 Aug 28;22(1):570. PMID:34454572 | PMCID:PMC8397852
23. Srivastava A et al. Stressor Combat Strategies Among Health Care Service Providers During COVID-19 Pandemic.
    Cureus 2021;13(4):e14726. DOI:10.7759/cureus.14726
24. Chopra D et al. Hydroxychloroquine: Adverse Drug Reaction Profile of an Old Drug in a New Situation.
    Current Drug Safety. 2022;17. DOI:10.2174/1574886317666220301111913

Upgrading diagnostic procedures

Medical Thoracoscopy

CT Guided Lung FNAC & Biopsy

EBUS (Endobronchial Ultrasound)

Sleep Medicine Services

Pulmonary Rehabilitation Programme

Outreach Activities – Camps & Awareness Programmes