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Dr. Puneet Tyagi

Medical Director & Senior Consultant

Respiratory Medicine

Experience: 25 Years

About

Dr. Puneet Tyagi is one of the leading Pulmonologists and Critical Care experts of India with a long career spanning over more than 25 Years. Dr. Tyagi is currently the Medical Director, Senior Pulmonologist and Critical care specialist at Graphic Era Hospital and operates full time out of the location. Prior to assuming the charge of Medical Director at Graphic Era Hospital, Dr. Tyagi was a Director Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Max Hospital, Dehradun.

Education

MD in Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases from VP Chest Institute, University of Delhi (1999). The training included postings at Rajan Babu TB Hospital, New Delhi TB Centre, LRS Institute of Tuberculosis and Allied Diseases, Hindu Rao Hospital, Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences and GTB Hospital.
Internship from Maulana Azad Medical College, Lok Nayak Hospital and Guru Nanak Eye Centre (1994).
MBBS from Maulana Azad Medical College, University of Delhi (1993).

Experience

Senior Residency: 1st Dec 1999- 28th Feb 2003 (Department of Respiratory Medicine, VP Chest Institute, Delhi).
Consultant Pulmonologist and Critical Care Specialist, Department of Pulmonary and Critical care medicine (March 2003 – September 2004) SRMS Institute of Medical Sciences, Bareilly.
Consultant Pulmonologist and Critical Care Specialist, Combined medical Institute, Dehradun (2004-2012)
Principal Consultant, Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Max Super Specialty Hospital, Dehradun (2012-2018).

Area Of Interest

Bronchoscopy
- Bronchial Aspiration
- Bronchial Biopsy
- Transbronchial Lung Biopsy
- Bronchoalveolar Lavage
- Bronchoscopic Intubation
Polysomnography for patients suffering from sleep apnea syndrome.
Medical Thoracoscopy and management of Empyema
Respiratory ICU (Invasive as well as Non-invasive ventilation).
Intrapleural thrombolytic therapy.
Pluerodesis
Pulmonary Function Testing.
- Spirometry
- Lung Volumes
- Diffusion Test
- Bronchoprovocation Test
Treatment of Difficult cases of tuberculosis, especially MDR TB.
Smoking Cessation Clinic.

Membership

Indian Medical Association
Association of Physicians of India
American College of Chest Physicians

Research And Publication

SP Khanna, S Rajpal, M Hanif, S Jain, P Tyagi, D Gupta. Mycobacterium Chelonie and abscess formation in soft tissue after surgery. Indian J Tuberculosis 1998; 45: 169.
Puneet Tyagi, Raj Kumar, SN Gaur. Pulmonary tuberculosis in childhood . Issues in Paediatric Practice 2000; 2(3): 12.
Puneet Tyagi, Raj Kumar. Bronchiolitis in children. Issues in Paediatric Practice 2001;2(4): 11.
HC Gugnani, VK Vijayan, Puneet Tyagi, Sonal Sharma, AM Stchigel, Josep Guarro. Onychomycosis due to Emericella quadrilineata. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 2004; 42(2): 914-916.
V. K. Vijayan, MD*, Anshu Mittal, MBBS, Puneet Tyagi, MD, Muhammed Fahim, PhD and Mujeeb U. Rahman, PhD. Prevalence of sleep related breathing disorders in rural population of Delhi, India. Chest 126 (4): 902S. (2004).
Dhamija A, Tyagi P, Caroli R, Ur Rahman M, Vijayan VK. Noninvasive ventilation in mild to moderate cases of respiratory failure due to acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Saudi Med J. 2005 May; 26(5):887-90.