M.D. (Pulmonary Medicine)

Doctor of Medicine in Pulmonary Medicine

M.D. Pulmonary Medicine or Doctor of Medicine in Pulmonary Medicine is a two-year post-graduate programme.  Programs focus on interstitial lung disease, pulmonary vascular disease, heart-lung and lung transplantation, and non-tuberculous mycobacterial disease. It also provides preoperative evaluations and comprehensive pulmonary function testing. The course includes the whole range of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures associated with the practice of pulmonary and critical care medicine: flexible fibreoptic bronchoscopy with all ancillary procedures, thoracentesis and closed pleural biopsy, endotracheal intubation, arterial and central vein line placement, bedside pulmonary artery catheterization, and chest tube placement.

M.D. Pulmonary Medicine Eligibility       

• Candidates should have passed an M.B.B.S. degree or any other equivalent qualification with minimum 50% marks from a recognised university board.
• Some of the very reputed universities and institutes conduct an entrance examination for admission.

M.D. Pulmonary Medicine Syllabus

Syllabus of Pulmonary Medicine as prescribed by various Universities and Colleges.

M.D. Pulmonary Medicine Colleges

• SRM Institute of Science and Technology - Kattankulathur, Kanchipuram
• Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences - RGUHS, Bangalore

M.D. Pulmonary Medicine Course Suitability

• M.D. Pulmonary Medicine is suitable to provide optimal clinical care and apply basic, clinical, and translational research discoveries to understanding the pathogenesis of lung diseases and improving treatment.
• The program provides the highest quality training in clinical pulmonary and critical care medicine, and to provide experience in the fundamentals of clinical and basic science research.

How is M.D. Pulmonary Medicine Course Beneficial?

• M.D. Pulmonary Medicine is beneficial to trains pulmonary physicians, physician-scientists and pre- and postdoctoral basic scientists in physiology, cell biology, and molecular biology of the respiratory system.
• It helps to train outstanding specialists for careers in academic medicine tailored to the diverse interest of trainees.
• Candidates can find jobs in public and govt. sectors or in universities for teaching line.

M.D. Pulmonary Medicine Employment Areas

• Government Hospitals
• Colleges & Universities
• Military Services
• NGOs
• Private Clinics
• Private Hospitals

M.D. Pulmonary Medicine Job Types

• Medical & Health Services Manager
• Neonatal-Pediatric Specialist
• Pulmonary Function Technologist
• Respiratory Therapist
• Teacher & Lecturer