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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
  • 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 has over 7 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 (Associate) Professor and the in charge Head of the Department of Respiratory Medicine, at Symbiosis Medical College for Women Pune.

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 - Associate Professor

S.N Year Original article
1.

2024

Sakhare G, Chitte Y, Munje R, Joshi S, Bhakare M. Using spirometry for screening and diagnosis of chronic respiratory diseases in primary health care: findings from a community health project in rural India. Journal of Global Health Reports.2024;8:e2024004.doi:10.29392/001c.116246

2.

2024

Gupta N, Angadi K, Shukla U, Pathak K, Zende U, Bhakare M. A case report of pulmonary nocardiosis caused by Nocardia otitidiscaviarum. J Krishna Inst Med Sci Univ 2024; 13(1):156-159.

3.

2023

Bhakare, Meenakshi1; Nikalje, Rajkumar2; Patil, Reshma3; Shukla, Urvi4; Bokade, Rupesh5; Sakhare, Gajanan6; Joshi, Shardul6; Pais, Aditi6. View Score: An early warning score to detect possible complications among COVID-19 patients. Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care 12(12):p 3160-3166, December 2023. | DOI: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_221_23

4.

2023

Shruti Sahasrabudhe, Rashmi Padhye, Mark W Orme, Dipali Dhamdhere, Suryakant Borade, Meenakshi Bhakare, Nagesh Dhadge, Mahavir Modi, Zahira Ahmed, Andy Barton, Sundeep Salvi, Sally J Singh Development of the iRECHARGE web application (app) for Pulmonary Rehabilitation (PR) in India using Design Thinking Process (DTP) European Respiratory Journal 2023 62: PA2907; DOI: 10.1183/13993003.congress-2023.PA2907

5.

2023

Padhye R, Sahasrabudhe SD, Orme MW, Pina I, Dhamdhere D, Borade S, Bhakare M, Ahmed Z, Barton A, Modi M, Malcolm D, Salvi SS, Singh SJ Perspectives of individuals with chronic respiratory diseases and medical professionals on pulmonary rehabilitation in Pune, India: Qualitative Analysis JMIR Formative Research. 31/08/2023:45624

6.

2023

Vivekanand Jadhav1 , Meenakshi Bhakare 2 , Arundhuti Paul3 , Sumedh Deshpande4 , Madhusmita Mishra4 , Anjali Apte-Deshpande4 , Neetu Gupta5 , Savita V Jadhav1* Molecular characterization of typing and subtyping of Staphylococcal cassette chromosome SCCmec types I to V in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from clinical isolates from COVID-19 patients IRAN. J. MICROBIOL. Volume 15 Number 4 (August 2023) 482-491

7.

2023

Diyah Ann Thomas1 , Meenakshi Bhakare1 , Suyash Patil1 , Jitendra Gupta2 , Savita V Jadhav3*A study of prevalence and frequency of different comorbidities among patients of tuberculosis in a tertiary care teaching hospital in Western Maharashtra population after COVID -19 pandemic Teikyo Medical Journal ISSN: 03875547 Volume 46, Issue 02, February, 2023.

8.

2022

McDonnell J, Orme M, Houchen–Wolloff L, et al. The RECHARGE-IPCRG ‘Teach the Teacher’ programme: building capacity for pulmonary rehabilitation in low- and middle-income countries. Journal of Global Health Reports. 2022;6:e2022055. doi:10.29392/001c39598

9.

2022

Bokade RP, Shukla U, Bhakare M, Kapadnis N, Mukta P, Dehadray G. Early Awake Proning in COVID-19 Patients to Reduce Invasive Ventilation: A Prospective Interventional Study ABS0264. Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine. 2022;26:S120–3.

10.

2022

Sahasrabudhe S, Dhamdhere D, Borade S, Bhakare M, Modi M, Orme MW, et al. Needs and perceptions of patients and healthcare providers about Pulmonary Rehabilitaiton in India. In: 0102 - Rehabilitation and chronic care. European Respiratory Society; 2022 60: 2932; DOI: 10.1183/13993003.

11.

2021

Bhakare M, Nikalje R, Patil R, Shukla U, Bokade R, Sakhare G, et al. Daily spirometry in Covid-19 positive patients. In: General practice and primary care. European Respiratory Society; 2021 58: PA3564; DOI: 10.1183/13993003

12.

2021

Patil, A. M.; Bhakare, M.; Salvi, S. A Novel Severity Scoring Derived from Chest Radiographic Findings in COVID 19 Patients Admitted to a COVID Care University Hospital in India. Journal of Pharmaceutical Research International ; 33(37A):17-25, 2021.

13.

2017

Russell L, Uhre A, Jf Degn M, Wetterslev P. 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 STEROID2 randomized trial L Russell, KR Uhre, Als Lindgaard. JAMA. 326(18):1807–17.

14.

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.

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.