Dr Gopal Chawla
Dubai
Summary
- Experienced Pulmonologist with more than 10 years experience with a strong background, specializing in complex respiratory conditions and critical care.
- Expert in Interventional Pulmonology, skilled in performing advanced procedures and treatments for respiratory diseases.
- Proficient in evidence-based medicine, continuously improving patient outcomes through innovative care and precise diagnosis.
- Compassionate clinician and collaborative team leader, with a focus on building strong patient relationships and ensuring holistic care.
- Extensive experience in treating allergy and asthma patients, with a comprehensive understanding of chronic respiratory conditions.
- Established a diverse patient base, treating thousands of patients from various nationalities, demonstrating cross-cultural sensitivity.
- Social media-savvy, actively educating and empowering communities on respiratory health through multiple online platforms.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Pulmonologist
NMC Royal Hospital , DIP
Dubai
04.2022 - Current
- Pulmonology has been elevated to a new level by the introduction of specialized clinics, such as the Allergy and Asthma Clinic, Sleep Apnea Clinic, and Chronic Cough Clinic.
- Interventional Pulmonology Services, such as bronchoscopy, foreign body extraction, pleural-related procedures, and endobronchial ultrasound TBNA.
- Taking care of daily, day-to-day inpatient and outpatient services.
Pulmonologist
Tawam Hospital
Abu Dhabi
09.2021 - 11.2024
- During COVID 19 pandemic managed cases in ICU
- Provided direct patient care to critically ill patients in an ICU setting, including performing advanced procedures such as intubation, tracheostomy, central line placement, and bronchoscopy.
Pulmonary & Sleep Medicine Physician
Metro Centre of Respiratory Diseases
Noida
08.2020 - 08.2021
Pulmonologist
All India Institute of Medical Sciences
Jodhpur
06.2017 - 06.2020
Pulmonologist
All India Institute of Medical Sciences
New Delhi
05.2015 - 06.2017
Critical Care Physician
Indraprastha Apollo Hospital
Delhi
05.2014 - 06.2015
Education
DM - Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
All India Institute of Medical Sciences
Jodhpur, India01.2020
DNB - Respiratory medicine
01.2015
IDCCM - Critical Care Medicine
Indraprastha Apollo Hospital
India01.2015
M.D - Pulmonary Medicine
Government Medical College
Patiala, Punjab, India01.2014
Internship -
Coimbatore Medical College
Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India01.2009
MBBS -
Coimbatore Medical College
Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India01.2008
All India Senior School Certificate Examination -
Hans Raj Model School
New Delhi, India01.2003
All India Secondary School Examination -
Hans Raj Model School
New Delhi, India01.2001
Skills
- Astute clinician
- Evidence-Based Medicine
- Empathetic
- Allergy Specialist
- Pulmonary and Pleural Interventions
- Team building
- SOAP notes expertise
- Clinical decision making
- Medical record-keeping
- Author
Websites
Certification
- DHA licensed Pulmonologist
- BLS and ACLS certified 2024
- IDCCM from Indian College of Critical Care Medicine
- FCCS
- FCCP (USA)
- MNAMS
- EDARM (Spain)
- FICS
Personal Information
- Date of Birth: 08/13/85
- Gender: Male
- Nationality: Indian
Awards
- FICS
- First prize in AIIMS SOMNOCON 2019, Sleep Medicine Quiz
- Best Outgoing Student class of 2011 in Pulmonary Medicine
- ICS-ERS Travel Grant 2019
- Silver Scholarship ERS Congress
Publications (45 , 15 Original Paper , 22 Case Reports , 3 Case Series, 5 Chapters)
- Air flow limitation in smokers - A cause of concern., Kumar N, Chawla G, Kansal AP, Deokar K, Niwas R, Abrol N, Asfahan S, Garg S, Keena M., J Family Med Prim Care., 11/2022, 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1159_20
- Noninvasive ventilation in patients with acute severe asthma: ‘Be Sure, Be vigilant’., Chawla G, Esquinas A M., The Egyptian Journal of Chest Diseases and Tuberculosis, 01/2023, 10.4103/ecdt.ecdt_32_22
- Evaluation of delays during diagnosis and management of lung cancer in India: A prospective observational study., Garg A, Iyer H, Jindal V, Vashistha V, Chawla G, Tiwari P, Mittal S, Madan K, Hadda V, Guleria R, Sati HC, Mohan A., Eur J Cancer Care (Engl)., 06/2022, 10.1111/ecc.13621
- Indian tubercular belly: A prospective study of 140 patients of abdominal tuberculosis and their outcomes., Keena M, Chawla G, Sonika U, Abrol N, Hiremath S, Meena VK., Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care., 06/2022
- Esophageal Cancer, Central Airway Obstruction, and Lots More: A Collaborative Approach to a Challenging Scenario., Niwas R, Chawla G, Chauhan NK, Dutt N., Turk Thorac J., 03/2021, 10.5152/TurkThoracJ.2021.19132
- Unique technique of rescue ventilation in malignant critical airway obstruction during airway stenting., Niwas R, Chawla G, Chauhan N, Chabbra S., Indian J Anaesth., 02/2021, 10.4103/ija.IJA_971_19
- Low dose radiotherapy for COVID pneumonia: Irradiate to Eradicate - Will it be possible?, Deokar K, Shadrach BJ, Chawla G, Asfahan S, Dutt N, Niwas R, Agarwal M, S AS., Acta Biomed., 11/2020, 10.23750/abm.v92i1.10369
- Obstructive sleep apnea, intermittent hypoxemia and prothrombotic biomarkers., Deokar K, Meshram S, Chawla G, Kunjir N, Meshram C, Abrol N, et al., Sleep Sci., 2020
- Transdiaphragmatic pressure in COPD patient and its correlation with diaphragm dynamics including spirometry findings., Agarwal S, Guleria R, Mohan A, Madan K, Khilnani G, Hadda V, et al., Eur Respir J., 09/2020
- Serum fibrinogen in patients with obstructive sleep apnea., Deokar KK, Meshram S, Chawla G, Kunjir N, Meshram C., Eur Respir J., 09/2020
- Clinico-radiological profile of connective tissue diseases related interstitial lung diseases., Agarwal M, Gupta ML, Bharti N, Chawla G., Eur Respir J., 09/2020
- Utility of Lung Ultrasound in Interstitial Lung Disease - A Paradigm Shift., Chawla G, Dutt N, Chauhan N, Niwas R, Agarwal S, Jain P, et al., Eur Respir J., 09/2020
- When attacked by a new enemy, do not forget the old ones. A tale of 2 diseases: tuberculosis and COVID-19., Chawla G, Upadhya P, Vadala R, Ananthraju A., Adv Respir Med., 2020
- New twist to an old problem: COVID-19 and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis., Upadhya P, Chary R, Chawla G, Vadala R, Mohanty M., Adv Respir Med., 01/2021
- A review of Ciclesonide in COVID-19. Still a long way to go., Deokar K, Agarwal M, Dutt N, Chauhan N, Niwas R, Shadrach BJ, Chawla G., Adv Respir Med., 2021
- Removal of a self-expanding metallic Y stent in the management of reversible central airway obstruction due to mediastinal lymphoma., Chawla G, Madan K, Iyer H, Tiwari P, Hadda V, Mohan A, Mittal S., Adv Respir Med., 2020
- Using a simple open-source automated machine learning algorithm to forecast COVID-19 spread: A modelling study., Asfahan S, Gopalakrishnan M, Dutt N, Niwas R, Chawla G, Agarwal M, Garg MK., Adv Respir Med., 2020
- A young non-smoker with high ADA pleural effusion. It's not always tuberculosis., Chawla G, Kansal AP, Deokar K., Adv Respir Med., 2020
- Revisiting bronchoscopic intratumoral chemotherapy in malignant central airway obstruction via EUS-B approach and its review of literature., Niwas R, Chawla G, Pareek P, Chauhan NK, Dutt N., Monaldi Arch Chest Dis., 10/2020
- Early trends of socio-economic and health indicators influencing case fatality rate of COVID-19 pandemic., Asfahan S, Shahul A, Chawla G
- Dutt N, Niwas R, Gupta N., Monaldi Arch Chest Dis., 07/2020
- Gynecomastia in multi-drug resistant tuberculosis - ethionamide the villain., Deokar K, Shaikh AL, Chawla G
- ., Adv Respir Med., 2020
- Effects of stage-matched repeated individual behavioural counselling session (RIBCS) as an intervention for decreased and stopping smoking., Chawla G, Kansal AP, Deokar K, Abrol N, Chopra V, Ish P, Sharma V, Kumar N, Bhatti K., Monaldi Arch Chest Dis., 04/2020
- Defying the paradigm - rescue thrombolysis in a postoperative patient with pulmonary embolism., Chawla G, Dutt N, Deokar K, Meena VK., Adv Respir Med., 2020
- Chest pain without a clue-ultrasound to rescue occult multiple myeloma: A case report., Chawla G, Dutt N, Deokar K, Meena VK., World J Radiol., 12/2019
- Obstructive sleep apnoea with co existent Kleine-Levine syndrome in a middle-aged man., Chawla G, Niwas R, Dutt N, Swamy MK., Monaldi Arch Chest Dis., 11/2019
- A Rare Case of Neurogenic Pulmonary Edema Following High-voltage Electrical Injury., Chawla G, Sharma V, Jain S, Joshi V, Niwas R., Indian J Crit Care Med., 10/2019
- Quality of life assessment in advanced stage of lung cancer patients before and after chemotherapy., Niwas R, Suri JC, Chakrabarti S, Sen MK, Kumawat R, Chawla G., Eur Respir J., 09/2019
- Osteoporosis and its relation with severity of COPD and steroids use., Chawla G, Sharma V, Jain S, Joshi V, Niwas R., Eur Respir J., 09/2019
- External fixation of Tracheal silicon stent by a novel technique., Chawla G, Mittal S, Mohan A, Madan K, Hadda V, Guleria R., Eur Respir J., 09/2019
- Effects of stage-matched repeated individual behavioural counselling as an intervention for the decreased and stopping smoking., Chawla G, Abrol N, Sharma V, Niwas R, Kansal AP., Eur Respir J., 09/2019
- Pancreatic pleural effusion masquerading as right sided tubercular pleural effusion., Chawla G, Niwas R, Dutt N., Monaldi Arch Chest Dis., 09/2019
- Giant bullous reaction in response to tuberculin test in a patient of pelvic inflammatory disease., Chawla G, Niwas R, Dutt N., JCDR., 09/2019
- A foreign body aspiration presenting as left sided empyema and its removal by novel method., Chawla G, Niwas R, Dutt N., Archives of Pulmonology and Respiratory Care., 08/2019
- Unusual Sites of Tuberculosis., Chawla G, Chopra V, Bharti A, Bhatnager A, Girdhar N, Bansal D., American Thoracic Society International Conference Abstracts., 2019
- Noninvasive Ventilation for Acute Respiratory Failure due to Noncystic Fibrosis Bronchiectasis., Hadda V, Chawla G, Tiwari P, Madan K, Khan MA, Mohan A, Khilnani GC, Guleria R., Indian J Crit Care Med., 05/2018
- Jackson- Reese circuit: A useful aid in differential ventilation., Ahlawat G, Abrol N, Chawla G, Ahuja S, Chauhan M., AAARCM., 2015
- Nicotine dependence and readiness to quit smoking in the North Indian population., Chawla G, Kansal AP, Chopra V, Kaur K, Kumar N., Eur Respir J., 09/2014
- Age No Bar for Lung Carcinoma: Case of Squamous Carcinoma in Nonsmoker Young Man., Kansal AP, Chawla G, Kumar N, Kaur K., CHEST., 10/2014
- Comparison of Pulmonary Function Tests Among Smokers and Nonsmoker Attending North Indian Chest Hospital., Kumar N, Kansal AP, Chawla G, Kaur K, Deep K, Kumar S., CHEST., 10/2014
- Asthma for APBA: Though Major, but Not Obligatory., Chawla G, Kansal AP, Kaur K, Deep K., CHEST., 10/2014
- Cough Making Ground for Syncope: A Case Report., Kansal S, Kansal AP, Chawla G, Deep K., CHEST., 10/2014
- Pulmonary Nocardiosis in Immunocompetent Host: Unusual Response.
Accomplishments
- First prize in AIIMS SOMNOCON 2019 , Sleep Medicine Quiz
- Best Outgoing Student class of 2011 in Pulmonary Medicine
- ICS-ERS Travel Grant 2019
- Silver Scholarship ERS Congress
- Young Researcher Award , 45 publications
Languages
Hindi
First Language
English
Proficient (C2)
C2
Tamil
Beginner
A1
Urdu
Intermediate (B1)
B1
Timeline
Pulmonologist
NMC Royal Hospital , DIP
04.2022 - Current
Pulmonologist
Tawam Hospital
09.2021 - 11.2024
Pulmonary & Sleep Medicine Physician
Metro Centre of Respiratory Diseases
08.2020 - 08.2021
Pulmonologist
All India Institute of Medical Sciences
06.2017 - 06.2020
Pulmonologist
All India Institute of Medical Sciences
05.2015 - 06.2017
Critical Care Physician
Indraprastha Apollo Hospital
05.2014 - 06.2015
- DHA licensed Pulmonologist
- BLS and ACLS certified 2024
- IDCCM from Indian College of Critical Care Medicine
- FCCS
- FCCP (USA)
- MNAMS
- EDARM (Spain)
- FICS
DM - Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
All India Institute of Medical Sciences
DNB - Respiratory medicine
IDCCM - Critical Care Medicine
Indraprastha Apollo Hospital
M.D - Pulmonary Medicine
Government Medical College
Internship -
Coimbatore Medical College
MBBS -
Coimbatore Medical College
All India Senior School Certificate Examination -
Hans Raj Model School
All India Secondary School Examination -
Hans Raj Model School
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