Pulmonary Medicine

Dr. Unmil B Shah

Consultant - Transplant Pulmonology

Department

Department of Lung Transplantation

Qualification

MD, DNB, European Diploma of Adult Respiratory Medicine

Experience

Post MD 11 years, Training in Interventional Pulmonology at Ancona, Italy (2013),
Senior Registrar at LTMMC & LTMGH, Sion, Mumbai ( Aug 2009-jan 2010)
Senior Registrar at Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, Parel, Mumbai (Feb 2010-July 2010)
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR at Seth GS Medical College and KEM Hospital, Parel, Mumbai from Aug 2010 to Sep 2012
Transplant Pulmonologist : Global Hospital, Mumbai.

Contact details

Areas of interest:

Publications : Research:

Diagnostic and Therapeutic Utility of Flexible Bronchoscopy at Tertiary Medical Teaching Centre (for MD)

Presentations:

Poster presentation “ Primary Pleuro-Pulmonary Synovial Sarcoma” at NAPCON 2009, Calicut, Kerala.
Poster presentation “Practical Utility of Bronchoscopy in Interstitial lung disease”: Lessons learn’t at BRONCOCON 2011, Chandigarh.
Poster - “Serial Lobar Lung Lavage in management of Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis with Hypoxia” presentation at 17th World Congress for Bronchology and Interventional
Pulmonology at Cleveland Clinic, OHIO, USA (2012)

Publications:

Case report “Primary Pleuro-Pulmonary Synovial Sarcoma” in Indian Journal Of Chest
Diseases & Allied Sciences vol no. 52, July-September 2010, pg-169-172
Case Report “Serial lobar lung lavage in Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis” in Journal of
Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology(oct 2013) vol no. 20, issue 4, pg 333-337
Case Report “Disseminated Cryptococcosis with Caverno-Oesophageal Fistula in a case of
Idiopathic CD-4 T-Lymphocytopenia “JAPI Jan 2014, vol 62. Pg 66-69
Indwelling pleural catheters : A need for pleural revolution in Chest ( India Edition) vol 5 no 1 (2014).
Murthy PR, Ucchil R, Shah U, Chaudhari D. Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome in a postpartum woman.
Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine : Peer-reviewed, Official Publication of Indian Society of Critical
Care Medicine. 2016;20(9):551-553. doi:10.4103/0972-5229.190367.

Awards & Honours :

Distinctions in Pharmacology, Microbiology and Paediatrics. Lectures in Respiratory Medicine for Undergraduates at Seth GS Medical College and KEMH, Mumbai.

Memberships :

Member of Indian Association of Bronchology (IAB)
Member of European Respiratory Society (ERS)
Member of World Association of Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology(WABIP)
Member of Indian Chest Society(ICS)