Vision & Mission
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
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To provide good diagnostic & treatment facilities for all common respiratory diseases.
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To provide services through specialty clinics like Asthma clinic, COPD clinic etc. and pulmonary rehabilitation services.
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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).
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
Name: Dr. Meenakshi Bhakare (Incharge HOD)
Qualification: MBBS, MD, DNB (Respiratory Medicine)
Dr. Meenakshi Bhakare has obtained her M.B.B.S. degree from Rural Medical College & Hospital Loni (MUHS, Nashik). She has received her post-graduation MD in Respiratory Medicine from Smt. Kashibai Navale Medical College & General Hospital(MUHS), Pune and DNB in Respiratory Medicine from National Board of Examinations, Delhi.
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 Publications:
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 activities:
- 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”
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.
Department Library cum seminar Room
Out Patient Department (OPD)
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.
Speciality Services
Bronchoscopy
Pulmonary Function Test
- Spirometry
- Body Plethysmography
- DLCO
- Impulse oscillometry
Research Publications
Dr. Meenakshi Bhakare
S.N
Year
Original article
1.
2016
Bhakare MN, Godbole GP, Khismatrao DS, Pophale HS, Magar PK, Kulkarni SS, Bhakare NH. Correlating nutritional status with severity of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in adult females. Medical Journal of Dr. DY Patil University. 2016 Sep 1;9(5):570.
2.
2021
Abhijit Mahavir Patil1*, Meenakshi Bhakare1 and Sundeep Salvi2 A Novel Severity Scoring Derived from Chest Radiographic Findings in COVID 19 Patients Admitted to a COVID Care University Hospital in India. JPRI, 33(37A): 17-25, 2021; Article no.JPRI.69558
3.
2021
Meenakshi Bhakare, Rajkumar Nikalje, Reshma Patil, Urvi Shukla, Rupesh Bokade, Gajanan Sakhare, Shardul Joshi, Aditi Pais Daily spirometry in Covid-19 positive patients European Respiratory Journal Sep 2021, 58 (suppl 65) PA3564; DOI: 10.1183/13993003.congress-2021.PA3564
4.
2021
The COVID STEROID 2 Trial Group. Effect of 12 mg vs 6 mg of Dexamethasone on the Number of Days Alive Without Life Support in Adults with COVID-19 and Severe Hypoxemia: The COVID STEROID 2 Randomized Trial. JAMA. 2021;326(18):1807–1817. doi:10.1001/jama.2021.18295
| S.N | Year | Original article |
|---|---|---|
| 1. |
2016 |
Bhakare MN, Godbole GP, Khismatrao DS, Pophale HS, Magar PK, Kulkarni SS, Bhakare NH. Correlating nutritional status with severity of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in adult females. Medical Journal of Dr. DY Patil University. 2016 Sep 1;9(5):570. |
| 2. |
2021 |
Abhijit Mahavir Patil1*, Meenakshi Bhakare1 and Sundeep Salvi2 A Novel Severity Scoring Derived from Chest Radiographic Findings in COVID 19 Patients Admitted to a COVID Care University Hospital in India. JPRI, 33(37A): 17-25, 2021; Article no.JPRI.69558 |
| 3. |
2021 |
Meenakshi Bhakare, Rajkumar Nikalje, Reshma Patil, Urvi Shukla, Rupesh Bokade, Gajanan Sakhare, Shardul Joshi, Aditi Pais Daily spirometry in Covid-19 positive patients European Respiratory Journal Sep 2021, 58 (suppl 65) PA3564; DOI: 10.1183/13993003.congress-2021.PA3564 |
| 4. |
2021 |
The COVID STEROID 2 Trial Group. Effect of 12 mg vs 6 mg of Dexamethasone on the Number of Days Alive Without Life Support in Adults with COVID-19 and Severe Hypoxemia: The COVID STEROID 2 Randomized Trial. JAMA. 2021;326(18):1807–1817. doi:10.1001/jama.2021.18295 |
