Department Overview
The Tuberculosis & Respiratory Medicine department is situated on the 5th floor of building no 3 in Symbiosis Medical College for Women on the picturesque Lavale Hill-base Campus.
The department contributes actively in the fields of education, research and clinical service. The department is equipped to educate the National and International Medical students, to provide quality healthcare for respiratory illness patients and to conduct various National & International Research Project.
Vision
The Department of Respiratory Medicine will be preeminent in clinical care, academic teaching & research activities.
Mission
- To provide good diagnostic & treatment facilities for all common respiratory diseases.
- To provide services through specialty clinics like Asthma clinic, COPD clinic etc. and pulmonary rehabilitation services.
- To train students with aligned and integrated teaching in order to diagnose and manage common respiratory diseases & involve them in National Program for Tuberculosis (NTEP).
HOD Profile
Dr. Meenakshi Bhakare(Incharge HOD)
MBBS, MD, DNB (Respiratory Medicine)
Experience
Dr Meenakshi has over 6 years of experience after post-graduation in academics, teaching, research, administration including work experience in B.J. Govt. Medical College & Sassoon General Hospital. Presently she is serving as Assistant Professor and the in charge Head of the Department of Respiratory Medicine, at Symbiosis Medical College for Women Pune.
Achievements
- Lifetime Member of Indian Chest Society
- Member of European Respiratory Society
- Paper Presentation in Award session in NAPCON 2021 “Isolated Unilateral Pleural Metastasis from Renal Cell Carcinoma Without Radiological Abnormality (RCCWORA)”
- Poster Presentation in NAPCON 2021 “Tracheoesophageal Fistula: A Rare Complication After Tracheostomy in COVID-19”
- Poster Presentation in NAPCON 2021 “Functional disability among women living with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Pune”
- Poster Presentation in European Respiratory Society International Congress 2021 “Daily Spirometry in Covid-19 positive patients.”
- Paper Presentation in Award session in NAPCON 2020 “VIEW score: An Early Warning score to detect possible complications among COVID-19 patients”
- Graduate of the IPCRG/ Global RECHARGE Pulmonary Rehabilitation Teach the Teacher Programme (Tier 1) September-October 2021
- Co-investigator in Global RECHARGE Project with University of Leicester funded by NIHR
- Co-investigator in multicentre International COVID-19 Steroid Trail
- Co-investigator in multicentre International ASCOT ADAPT trail
Paper Presentations:
She is continually doing research work in the field of Respiratory Medicine and has published articles in reputed journals for access to students and peers.
She always updates herself by undertaking courses and attending lectures and workshops related to her subject & research.
Outreach activity
- World COPD Day 2019- Patient Education Program
- CME on CORONA Virus Update 19th Feb 2020
- World COPD Day 2020- Community Outreach Program in Nande village
- World TB Day 2021- 24th March “Essay & Poster competition”
- World Health Day 2021 7th April celebration
- SPIROCON Webinar on 4th December 2021
- World TB Day 2022- 24th March “SLOGAN competition”
- World NO Tobacco Day- 31st May 2022 celebration
- International Yoga Day 2022 “Yoga RECHARGE for Good Lung Health”
- World AIDS Day 2024- 2nd Dec 2024 “Take the Rights Path: My Health, My Right!”
Infrastructure Facilities
Department of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
Department of Tuberculosis & Respiratory Medicine is situated at 5th floor building no 3. It provides separate cabins for all faculties like Professor, Associate Professor, Assistant Professor & Residents.
It has department office with area for non-teaching staff. Department library cum seminar room are among other infrastructure facilities available in the Department.
Outpatient department is situated in building no 3 ground floor. It has 4 examination room, patient waiting area, demonstration room. OPD also includes facilities like sputum collection room & PFT room.
Department provides speciality clinics for Asthma, COPD, ILD. We established DOTS centre under National Tuberculosis Elimination Program.
In Covid 19 pandemic department established Fever OPD since March 2020.
In Patient Department
Department provides state of art in patient services including facilities of separate Male & Female wards, procedure room, treatment room, duty doctors room, pantry, nursing station etc.
In wards central oxygen facility & central suction system are provides.
Meet Our Faculty
Dr. Meenakshi Bhakre
MBBS,MD Respiratory Medicine
Associate Professor & HOD Respiratory Medicine
meenakshi.bhakare@smcw.siu.edu.in
Research Publications
Services
- Spirometry
- Body Plethysmography
- DLCO
- Impulse oscillometry
Key Focus Areas
- To provide quality clinical care to people in community to improve overall wellbeing.
- Academic Excellence through variety of clinical cases available as clinical material for students
- Awareness & educational lectures for public, students and faculties.
- Health awareness through various health days’ celebration
- Developing MDR TB Treatment Centre
- Interventional Bronchoscopy
- Thoracoscopy
- Sleep Lab Development
- Centre of excellence for pulmonary rehabilitation
- Out-reach programs for patients
- National & International Research Projects
- Arranging workshop, conferences, guest lectures for updating knowledge.