Indiana Nephrology & Internal Medicine, PC
DBA The Lung Care Group
8330 Naab Road Suite 213
Indianapolis, IN 46260
Phone (317) 566-0104
Fax (317) 566-0354

Citizenship: USA

Medical Licensure: State of Indiana

Certification:

• American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine
• American Board of Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease
• American Board of Internal Medicine, Critical Care Medicine
• American Board of Sleep Medicine, Sleep Medicine

EDUCATION:

• Medical School: All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India, MD
• Internship/Residency: State University of New York at Buffalo, Internal Medicine, Buffalo, NY
• Fellowship: University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA

HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS:

• Active: St. Vincent Hospital & Health Care Center, Indianapolis, IN
• Active: St. Vincent Hospital & Health Care Center, Carmel, IN
• Courtesy: Howard Community Hospital West, Kokomo, IN
• Consulting: The Heart Center of Indiana, Indianapolis, IN
• Courtesy: St Joseph Hospital & Health Care Center, Kokomo, IN
• Consulting: Seton Specialty Hospital, Indianapolis, IN
• C&C W/O Admitting: St. John’s Hospital, Anderson, IN
• Courtesy: St. Vincent Randolph, Winchester, IN

ASSOCIATIONS & AFFILIATIONS:

• American College of Chest Physicians
• American Thoracic Society
• American Academy of Sleep Medicine
• Indiana State Medical Association
• American Medical Association

PUBLICATIONS:

Abstract

• Percutaneous vs. Surgical Tracheostomy: A retrospective analysis from a large community teaching hosptial
• Multiple diagnostic procedures during a single bronchoscopy session may not yield significantly positive results compared to a single bronchoscopic procedure
• Evidence for Autocrine Actions of NewromedianB. in Small Cell Lung Cancer
• Evidence for autocrine actions of neuromedin B in non-small cell lung cancer

Articles

• Expression of mRNA for Gastrin Releasing Peptide receptor by human bronchial epithelial cells. Associatin with prolonged tobacco exposure and responsiveness to bombesin like peptides.
• Detection and Correction of Hypoxemia associated with air travel
• Wyeth Ayerst Labs
• Glaxo-Smith Kline Beachum
• Principal Investigator St. Vincent Hospital site for Sivelestat Acute Lung Inquiry – Sponsor – Lilly
• Principal Investigator St. Vincent Hospital site for Phase 3 study of Tifacogin Recombinant Tissue Factor Pathyway Inhibitor in severe sepsis / Sponsor Chiron
• Sub-Investigator Prowess Study 1997-1999 / Sponsor Lilly
• Physician Investigator Training Course techniques learned included protein isolation and molecular weight determination, protein purification by affinity column enzyme kinetics, protein sequencing, isolation of organelles, metabolism, RIA, Cell Culture, receptor binding assays, PCR, rtPCR, RNA isolation, northern blotting DNA sequencing
• Role of neuropeptides as mitogens in non-small cell lung cancer. The Pittsburgh Cancer Institute

Lectures

Research