Dr. Puneet Khanna

About Doctor

Dr. Puneet Khanna is an expert pulmonologist at Manipal Hospitals in New Delhi. He has worked in some of the best hospitals in India and abroad, gaining more than 22 years of experience in the fields of interventional pulmonology, respiratory medicine, and sleep medicine.

Interventional and diagnostic bronchoscopy, thoracoscopy, asthma, sleep apnea, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) respiratory failure are particularly interesting to him.

The Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute in New Delhi is where Dr. Puneet Khanna earned his MD in Respiratory Medicine after completing his MBBS at JLN Medical College Ajmer.

During his senior residency, he took a course in critical care medicine and then did a fellowship as a registrar at Sydney, Australia's Westmead Hospital.

After returning to India, he spent the next two decades practicing pulmonology and earning credentials from organizations like the American College of Chest Physicians, the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh and Glasgow, and the Geriatric Society of India. 

Medical Qualifications

• MBBS from Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Ajmer, 1998
• MD in Tuberculosis & Respiratory Diseases / Pulmonary Medicine from VP Chest Institute, Delhi, 2004 

Clinical Expertise

Professional Work Experience

• He served as Senior Consultant in BLK Super Speciality Hospital's Division of Respiratory Medicine, Allergy, and Sleep Disorders.
• At BLK Memorial Superspeciality Hospital, he worked as a Critical Care and Respiratory Medicine Division consultant.
• He worked as an Associate Consultant in the Intensive Care Unit and the Division of Respiratory Medicine at BLK Memorial Superspeciality Hospital.
• For Max Super Specialty Hospital's Department of Critical Care Medicine and Critical Care Unit I, he served as an Attending Consultant.

Career Highlights

• Expert in interventional pulmonology such as Endobronchial Ultrasound (EBUS) Biopsy, fiberoptic bronchoscopy, medical thoracoscopy, tracheal stenting, laser and cryobiopsy, and foreign body extraction, this Respiratory Medicine specialist has been practicing for over 22 years.
• His expertise includes diagnostic and interventional bronchoscopy, thoracoscopy, asthma, sleep apnea, and COPD-related chronic respiratory failure.
• He has dealt with various difficult medical cases, earning praise for his precision in diagnosis and compassionate care for his patients. 

Research and Fellowships

• European Respiratory Society (ERS)
• American College of Chest Physicians
• Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine (ISCCM)
• European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM)
• Founding member, Innovative Physicians Forum
• Geriatric Society of India
• Indian College of Allergy and Applied Immunology 

Awards and Recoginition

• Awarded "Best Free Paper" at the 2007 International Society for Critical Care Medicine Conference in Kochi, India