Dr. Manoj Kumar Goel — Principal Director & Unit Head – Pulmonology & Sleep Medicine in Delhi NCR

Dr. Manoj Kumar Goel is Principal Director and Unit Head for Pulmonology and Sleep Medicine at Fortis Memorial Research Institute in Delhi NCR, with more than 34 years of experience.

His list covers three areas. The interventional work is diagnostic and therapeutic bronchoscopy, endobronchial ultrasound, transbronchial needle aspiration, airway stenting and medical pleural procedures. The medical work covers severe asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, interstitial lung disease, complex pulmonary infection and living with chronic lung disease. The sleep work covers obstructive sleep apnea evaluation, polysomnography and CPAP titration.

He read MBBS at King George Medical College in Lucknow in 1988 and took his MD there in 1992. His later qualifications were taken in four countries. He holds the FRCP of Glasgow, a Diploma in Interventional Pulmonology from the University of Lille, a fellowship in intensive care medicine at Erasme University Hospital in Brussels, and a fellowship in sleep medicine at the Prince Royal Alfred Hospital in Sydney. His EBUS bronchoscopy training was at the Royal Brisbane Women Hospital.

In India he is a Fellow of the National College of Chest Physicians, of the Indian Association of Bronchology and of the Indian Sleep Disorders Association, and a fellow in critical care medicine. He is also a certified Advanced Cardiac Life Support provider of the American Heart Association.

The National College of Chest Physicians gave him a national award for research in pulmonary interventions, and he has twice been given oration awards at national conferences and received the Times Life Time Legend Award. He has over 50 publications in national and international journals, and also practises at Fortis Hospital in Gurgaon.