Dr. Srikant Kashinath Malegaonkar

Overview

Dr Srikant has more than seven years of experience in the healthcare profession. He holds a degree in DM Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, MBBS and an MD in Internal Medicine. Moreover, he possesses teaching experience of 6 years – three years under the department of internal medicine as a junior resident and three years during DM. He secured third place in MBBS Phase-I final examination and cleared DM Pulmonary and critical care medicine final exam on his first attempt. His various articles have been featured in both national and international magazines.

Work Experience

In his medical career, he has worked in various medical institutions, including-

• Senior resident, Department of Pulmonary Medicine And Critical Care – Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh – January 2019 – December 2021
• Junior resident Internal medicine, Maulana Azad Medical College, Delhi – May 2015 – May 2018

He also has six years of teaching experience after graduation.

• Three years under the department of internal medicine as a Junior Resident, participated in bedside discussions and presented journal clubs & seminars for undergraduate students.
• Three years as DM, presented seminars, case discussions and journal clubs for MD residents, DM residents (part of the DM teaching programme) and M.Sc. respiratory therapy students.

Education

Dr Srikant completed his MBBS from Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute in 2014. He did his MD (Internal Medicine) at Maulana Azad Medical College, Delhi. Thereafter, he completed his super-speciality post-doctorate course (DM in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine) in 2021 from the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh.

Honors & Awards

Malegaonkar K, Muthu V, Behera D, Agarwal R. False equivalence of four-month and six-month ATT regimen: A case of comparing apples and oranges. Tropical Medicine & International Health: TM & IH. 2021 Jan 28

Raghava RG, Sharma V, Malegaonkar SK, Dhooria S, Sehgal IS, Prasad KT, Bal A, Agarwal R, Muthu V. Tracheobronchial Crohn’s Disease: Case Report and Systematic Review of the Literature. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. 2021 Nov 3

Bhadoria DP, Srikant KM, Batra VV, Singh S, Vermani C, Nithin SG, Thande P, Bharti P, Bhadoria P. Profile of Interstitial Lung Disease in North India.2018 May. American Thoracic Society.

Bhadoria DP, Vermani C, Pradhan GS, Srikant KM, Mummorthy RK, Goyal K, Bhadoria P, Bharti P. Bronchiectasis in Indian Patients of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.2018 May. American Thoracic Society.

Area of Expertise

• Diagnosis and management of medical and pulmonary diseases
• Management of critically ill medical patients on invasive and non-invasive ventilation
• Diagnostic and therapeutic bronchoscopy, including rigid bronchoscopy (management of benign
• and malignant tracheobronchial stenosis, retrieval of tracheobronchial foreign bodies, and transbronchial lung cryobiopsy) and Endobronchial ultrasound-guided diagnostics
• Diagnosis and management of pleural diseases, including thoracocentesis, medical thoracoscopy, pleurodesis, insertion, and care of indwelling pleural catheters and intercostal drains
• Polysomnography, evaluation, and management of sleep-related breathing disorders
• Diagnosis and management of locally advanced and metastatic lung cancer