Dr. SA Rafi

OP Timings:

Qualifications:

• MBBS - Osmania Medical College - NTR UHS
• MD (Pulmonary Medicine) - AIMS - NTR UHS
• MS - Clinical Informatics - SHRP - UMDNJ, USA 
• Clinical Fellow - University of Utah Hospital, SLC, USA

Experience:

• Senior Consultant Interventional Pulmonologist & Sleep Specialist:

            CARE Super Speciality Hospitals & Research Centre, Banjara Hills 2010 -2024

• Clinical Fellowship :

            University of Utah Hospital, SLC, USA 2007-2008

• Research Project Manager / Research Asst: 2002-2007

            Dept of Paediatric Pulmonology / Dept of Nuclear Medicine - RWJUH - UMDNJ. NJ, USA.

Expertise:

• Clinical lead in corporate patients handling, team building, and Pulmonology Super Speciality embedded work.
• Core Pulmonology work involving all lung diseases such as Pneumonia, Viral infections, Asthma, COPD, ILD, PLeural effusion, Injuries, Tuberculosis, Lung Cancer and OSA (snoring, obesity, sleep apnea) etc.
• Procedural Prowess with Bronchoscopy,  Radial/Convex EBUS TBNA, Intra nodal Biopsy, Rigid/Flexi, Medical Thoracoscopy, and Minor surgical criticalities like IPC/ICD/Thoracocentesis.
• Pulmonary Function Testing , Oscillometry, DLCO, FENO, Body Plethysmography and Sleep Studies ( PSG ) evaluations for charting health plan.
• Regular Faculty in International/National/State conferences and  NTI (National Tuberculosis Institute) trained “Train the Trainer”

Area of Interest:

• Personalised Core Pulmonology Care Plan
• Preventive Pulmonology
• Interventions
• Sleep medicine 
• Addiction assessments
• Tumour Board guidance
• Clinical Trials
• Public awareness

• Dr Abdul Kalam Health Care Award for the Field of Pulmonology
• Best Presentation in Clinical Meet