Koushik Muthu Raja Mathivanan

Dr. Koushik Muthu Raja Mathivanan is an Interventional Pulmonologist and Lung Transplant Physician specializing in advanced airway interventions, pleural disease, and transplant-oriented respiratory care, with over 15 years of experience across tertiary and quaternary care centres in India. His professional focus integrates high-volume interventional pulmonology, academic medicine, and institutional respiratory program development, with leadership in building multidisciplinary pulmonary care services. His clinical work spans the spectrum from complex airway and pleural disease to advanced lung failure management, supported by international exposure in lung transplantation and transplant critical care. Alongside clinical excellence, he actively contributes to research, postgraduate education, and national academic networks in respiratory medicine.

• Founder, Society for Pulmonology, Interventions, Critical Care and Sleep
• Director, International Academy of Thoracic Medicine
• Member, Asia Pacific Society of Respirology
• World Association for Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology
• American Thoracic Society
• European Respiratory Society
• Indian Chest Society
• Indian Association of Bronchology
• South East Asian Society of Sleep Medicine

• Senior Resident – Pulmonary Medicine, 2013 – 2014
• Assistant Professor – Respiratory Medicine, 2014 – 2017
• Associate Professor – Respiratory Medicine, 2017 – 2022
• Professor – Respiratory Medicine, 2022 – Present
• Head of Department – Respiratory Medicine, 2025 – Present
• Throughout his academic career, he has been actively involved in postgraduate teaching, resident mentoring, clinical skill training, and curriculum development.

• Dr. Koushik has extensive procedural experience in interventional pulmonology with significant case volumes.
• Procedure: Flexible Bronchoscopy, Approximate Volume: 1000+
• Procedure: Medical Thoracoscopy, Approximate Volume: 500+
• Procedure: EBUS-TBNA, Approximate Volume: 200+
• Procedure: Rigid Thoracoscopy, Approximate Volume: 50+
• Procedure: Rigid Bronchoscopy, Approximate Volume: 50+
• Procedure: Pigtail Drainage Procedures, Approximate Volume: 200+
• Procedure: Indwelling Pleural Catheter Placement, Approximate Volume: 20+
• This breadth of procedural exposure reflects sustained involvement in diagnostic bronchoscopy, mediastinal staging, pleural interventions, and complex airway procedures.

• Dr. Koushik has played a major role in developing and expanding respiratory medicine services across multiple institutions.
• Key institutional contributions include:
• Development of high-volume interventional pulmonology services
• Establishment of structured pleural disease management pathways
• Development of sleep laboratory and sleep medicine services
• Integration of advanced bronchoscopy and thoracoscopy programs
• Creation and leadership of a national academic pulmonology network with more than 700 members
• Development of specialty clinics for severe asthma, COPD, and interstitial lung disease
• Organisation and leadership of continuing medical education (CME) programs and academic meetings
• These initiatives have contributed to strengthening institutional capabilities in advanced respiratory diagnostics, procedural pulmonology, and multidisciplinary pulmonary care.

• Dr. Koushik has been invited as faculty and speaker at multiple national respiratory and critical care conferences, contributing to academic discussions on interventional pulmonology, airway diseases, pleural disorders, and respiratory critical care.
• Over the past five years, he has served as invited faculty, speaker, moderator, and workshop trainer at the following national conferences:
• Faculty – NAPCON (National Conference on Pulmonary Diseases)
• Faculty – NATCON (National Tuberculosis Conference)
• Faculty – BRONCOCON (National Interventional Pulmonology Conference)
• Faculty – TAPPCON (Tamilnadu State pulmonology conference)
• Faculty – TESCON (National Thoracic Endoscopy society conference)
• Faculty – CCICON (Chest Council of India Conference)

1.Young Scientist Award, NAPCON (2013)

2.INSC Young Researcher Award (2024)

• Dr. Koushik’s approach to respiratory medicine is guided by three principles:
• Precision in procedures
• Evidence-based clinical decision making
• Strategic development of respiratory programs and institutions
• His work aims to integrate advanced interventional pulmonology, academic leadership, and multidisciplinary care models to improve outcomes in complex respiratory disease.

• Indexed Publications
• 1. Mathivanan KMR. Bird Fancier’s Lung – A Case Report. J Evol Med Dent Sci. 2015.
• 2. Mathivanan KMR. Six Minute Walk Test in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Its Correlation with Disease Severity. J Evol Med Dent Sci. 2016.
• 3. Mathivanan KMR. Cough Suppression During Flexible Bronchoscopy – A Comparative Study. J Evol Med Dent Sci. 2017.
• 4. Mathivanan KMR. High Resolution CT Findings in H1N1 Pneumonia. J Evid Based Med Healthc. 2017.
• 5. Mathivanan KMR. Complementary and Alternative Medicine Usage Among Asthma Patients. Complement Ther Clin Pract. 2017.
• 6. Mathivanan KMR. Metabolic Syndrome in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Diabetes Metab Syndr. 2020.
• 7. Mathivanan KMR. Cardiovascular Abnormalities in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Eur J Mol Clin Med. 2020.
• 8. Mathivanan KMR. Pulmonary Function Tests and Fractional Exhaled Nitric Oxide in Asthma. J Alcohol Drug Res. 2021.
• 9. Mathivanan KMR. Clinical Outcomes of COVID-19 in Patients with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus. Int J Pharm Sci Res. 2021.
• 10. Mathivanan KMR. Eosinopenia as a Prognostic Marker in COVID-19 Infection. Biomedicine. 2021.
• 11. Mathivanan KMR. Role of Rapid On-Site Evaluation (ROSE) in EBUS-TBNA. J Cytol. 2021.
• 12. Mathivanan KMR. Telemedicine in Respiratory Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic. J Evol Med Dent Sci. 2022.
• 13. Alavandar A, Mathivanan KMR. Think Beyond TB Lymphadenitis – Kikuchi-Fujimoto Lymphadenitis. IP Indian Journal of Immunology and Respiratory Medicine. 2024.
• 14. Alavandar A, Mathivanan KMR. Beyond Allergens: A Parasitic Twist in Asthma Exacerbation – A Case Report. IP International Journal of Medical Microbiology and Tropical Diseases. 2025.
• 15. Koksal D, Govindarajan A, Baykan A, Durhan G, Sarinc S, Akpinar MG, Demirkazik F, Mathivanan KM, Vignesh P, Shivabasappa S.A Case Series from a Multicentric Study: Can Artificial Intelligence (AI)-Enabled Chest X-Ray Assist in the Incidental Detection of Early-Stage Lung Cancers?
• 16. Mathivanan KMR. Comparison of PaO2/FiO2 Ratio and SpO2/FiO2 Ratio in Respiratory Failure. J Neonatal Surg. 2025.