About Doctor

• Dr. Avi Kumar joined the prestigious institution through Delhi PG Medical Entrance Examination 2006 and underwent a three year postgraduate residency programme in pulmonary medicine.

Dr Kumar is extensively trained in -

• Intensive respiratory care unit: Mechanical ventilation (Siemens Servo-i), non invasive ventilation ( Respmed BiPAP and CPAP machines), intensive care monitoring, chest tube drainage, pleurodesis, arterial blood gas analysis and other critical care activities.
  
• Sleep laboratory: Diagnostic Polysomnography, Split Night Polysomnography with CPAP titration, Multiple Sleep Latency Testing (MSLT) and Maintenance of Wakefulness Testing (MWT).
  
• Pulmonary function laboratory: Computerized lung function testing that include spirometry, lung volume estimation by helium dilution method, diffusion studies by CO single breath method, bronchodilator response, exercise bronchoprovocation testing and histamine challenge testing.
  
• Fibreoptic Bronchoscopy and Autofluorescence Video Bronchoscopy: Bronchoscopic visualization of tracheobronchial tree, bronchoalveolar lavage(BAL), endobronchial and transbronchial lung biopsy(EBLB and TBLB) and transbronchial needle aspiration(TBNA) for various respiratory disease.