Dr. Anika Parrikar
Associate Consultant - Interventional Pulmonology and Lung Transplant
With over 8 years of experience, Dr. Anika Anil Prabhu Parrikar is a highly qualified pulmonologist specializing in pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine. She holds an impressive academic portfolio with an MBBS, MD (Gold Medalist), DNB, DM (AIIMS Jodhpur), along with prestigious international certifications: MRCP-SCE (Respiratory Medicine, RCP London) and the European Diploma in Adult Respiratory Medicine (ERS-HERMES, Switzerland).
Her clinical expertise spans the management of asthma, COPD, interstitial lung diseases, pulmonary hypertension, tuberculosis, respiratory infections, lung cancer, and sleep disorders. She is skilled in advanced interventional pulmonology techniques, including bronchoscopy, linear EBUS, thoracoscopy, pleurodesis, pleural and lung biopsies, ICD insertions, and chemotherapy for lung cancer, as well as polysomnography-based diagnosis and treatment of sleep-disordered breathing.
Dr. Anika has worked at leading institutions such as AIIMS Jodhpur, Healthway Hospital Goa, and the TB & Chest Diseases Hospital Goa, where she has managed complex OPD, IPD, ICU, and COVID ICU cases. In addition to her clinical work, she is committed to teaching and research, having presented at national conferences, supervised postgraduate students, and published in reputed international journals.
She has received multiple honors, including All-India Rank 6 in the INI-SS examination, the Gold Medal in MD Pulmonary Medicine, and several academic awards. Her focus is on evidence-based, compassionate, and patient-centered care that integrates the latest advancements in pulmonary and critical care medicine.
- Interventional Pulmonology: Linear EBUS, bronchoscopy, thoracoscopy, pleural and lung biopsies, pleurodesis, ICD insertions
- Pulmonary Diseases: Asthma, COPD, interstitial lung diseases (ILD), pulmonary hypertension, tuberculosis, respiratory infections.
- Critical Care: ICU management including ARDS, sepsis and respiratory failure.
- Sleep Medicine: Polysomnography, diagnosis and positive airway pressure therapy.
- Oncology: Lung cancer diagnosis, chemotherapy and supportive care.
- All-India Rank 6 – INI-SS Examination, April 2022.
- Gold Medalist – MD Pulmonary Medicine, Goa Medical College, 2017.
- Late Dr. A.S. Bagga Memorial Award – Department Topper, MD Pulmonary Medicine, 2018.
- Third Prize – Poster Presentation, NAPCON 2016.
Memberships
- Life Member – Indian Chest Society
- Life Member – Indian Medical Association
- Life Member – Association of Chest Physicians of Goa
Papers Published
- Shadrach BJ, Dutt N, Elhence P, Banerjee M, Chauhan NK, Jalandra RN, Garg MK, Garg P, Tandon A, Shishir S, Kochar R, Chhatwani B, Pareek P, Parrikar A. Clinical Utility of Bronchoalveolar Lavage Neutrophilia and Biomarkers for Evaluating Severity of Chronic Fibrosing Interstitial Lung Diseases. Cureus. 2023 Jul 19;15(7):e42162.
- Anika Parikar, Abhishek Tandon, Gopal Durgeshwar, Ahmed Safwan, Yogendra Rathore, Pleuro-cutaneous fistula: a rare complication of tuberculosis, QJM: An International Journal of Medicine, Volume 116, Issue 10, October 2023, Pages 869–870.
- Parrikar A, Talaulikar N, Keny S, Lawande D. Melioidosis or tuberculosis?: a diagnostic quandary. International Journal of Contemporary Medical Research 2021;8(3):C1-C3.
- Anika Parrikar, Durga Lawande, Jagadish Cacodcar. A Study of HIVTB co-infection and its determinants at a tertiary care hospital in Goa. International Journal of Contemporary Medical Research 2020;7(6):F1-F6.
- Naik MV, Parrikar AAP, Cacodcar JA. Awareness of Tuberculosis and RNTCP among Interns at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Goa. Epidem Int 2020; 5(3): 1-5.
- Veena, E.R. & Parrikar, Anika & Keny, Sanjivani & Lawande, Dr. (2020). Gitelman-like syndrome: A rare complication of using aminoglycosides in tuberculosis- A case report. Indian Journal of Tuberculosis. 67. 10.1016/j.ijtb.2020.03.001.
- Jofin George, Anika Parrikar, Sanjivani Keny, Durga Lawande. Recurrent Lung Abscesses in Diabetes Mellitus- Most Likely Cause Being Immune Dysfunction. Sch J App Med Sci. 10.36347/sjams.2019.v07i12.029.
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