Dr. Ahamed Rafad
Senior Specialist - Pulmonology
Dr. Ahamed Rafad is a highly qualified pulmonologist with advanced training in pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine. He holds multiple prestigious qualifications including MD, DNB, DM in Pulmonary Medicine, and the European Diploma in Adult Respiratory Medicine (EDARM). He completed his MD in Respiratory Medicine from Pushpagiri Institute of Medical Sciences, Tiruvalla, Kerala, followed by DNB in Pulmonary Medicine from the National Board of Examinations and DM in Pulmonary Medicine from SCB Government Medical College, Cuttack, Odisha.
Dr. Rafad has extensive clinical experience in managing a wide spectrum of respiratory diseases including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma, interstitial lung disease, pulmonary infections, and sleep-related breathing disorders.He has specialized expertise in advanced interventional pulmonology procedures, including flexible bronchoscopy, endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS), and medical thoracoscopy. In addition to clinical practice, he is actively involved in research and academic activities, with multiple publications in peer-reviewed journals and presentations at national conferences.
- Flexible Bronchoscopy
- Medical Thoracoscopy (Flexi-rigid and Rigid)
- Convex Probe Endobronchial Ultrasound (CP-EBUS)
- Radial Probe Endobronchial Ultrasound (RB-EBUS)
- Ultrasound-guided diagnostic and therapeutic procedures
- Pleural procedures and pleural disease management
- Pulmonary critical care management
- Sleep-related breathing disorders
- Selected among the Top 10 case presentations in the National Level Postgraduate Case Presentation Competition at the Annual Conference of the Association of Pulmonologists of Tamil Nadu (APT), March 2021.
- Participated in Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) at the National Pulmonary Medicine Conference, 2021.
- Successfully completed the Comprehensive Pulmonary Medicine E-Course conducted by the National College of Chest Physicians (NCCP), November 2020
- Presented oral research papers at national conferences in pulmonary medicine.
Presentations
- Clinical Profile of Patients with Moderate to Severe Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome in a Centre from South Kerala – Oral presentation at National Conference of Pulmonary Diseases, January 2021.
- Comparison of COPD Patients on Single Inhaler versus Two Separate Inhalers for Triple Therapy – Oral presentation at National Conference of Pulmonary Diseases, January 2021.
- Participated in National Conferences in Pulmonary Medicine (2020 and 2021)
Research Publications
- Arterial Blood Gas as a Predictor of Successful Non-Invasive Ventilation Outcome in COPD Patients with Type 2 Respiratory Failure.
- Do We Need to Add Tulobuterol Transdermal Patch to Triple Inhalation Therapy in COPD Management? – A Preliminary Enquiry with a Prospective Cohort Design.
- Effect of Age and History of Previous Mechanical Ventilation on the Outcome of Non-Invasive Ventilation.
- Prevalence and Characteristics of Sleep Apnea in Patients with Heart Failure: A Single-Center Study.
- Yield and Safety of Real-Time Ultrasound-Guided Automated Tru-Cut Pleural Biopsy in the Evaluation of Undiagnosed Exudative Pleural Effusion.
- Efficacy and Safety of Ultrasound-Guided Percutaneous Needle Biopsy for Peripheral Lung Lesions in the Hands of Respiratory Physicians: Comparison with CT-Guided Needle Biopsy
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