Dr. Karn Mehra

Lead Consultant Intervention and Transplant Pulmonology

Experience

8+ Years

Qualifications

MBBS

DNB (Respiratory Diseases)

EDARM

MRCP (UK)

DRCPC (Canada)

Area of Expertise

Lung Transplantation

Advanced Lung Failure

Pulmonary Critical Care

Chronic Lung Diseases – Severe COPD, Lung Fibrosis, Severe Asthma

ECMO

Interventional Pulmonology

Lung Cancer

Sleep Disorders & Sleep Medicine

Brief Profile

Dr Karan Mehra is a vastly experienced professional in the field of lung transplantation with expertise in pre and post-transplant follow-up. He is an accomplished specialist in advanced lung failure management, with a particular focus on patients requiring ventilatory and ECMO support.

In addition to his lung transplant expertise, Dr Mehra is proficient in managing complex respiratory disorders and is immensely experienced in endobronchial and pleural interventional pulmonary procedures. He is a member of several prestigious national and international pulmonary associations, where he continues to make significant academic and research contributions to the field of General pulmonology and Transplant pulmonology.

Dr Mehra is an avid researcher with multiple publications in various peer-reviewed journals.

Qualification

MBBS

DNB (Respiratory Diseases)

EDARM

MRCP (UK)

DRCPC (Canada)

Institute / Department

Christian Medical College & Hospital, Vellore

NBE, New Delhi

Year

2009

2015


    • Indian Chest Society
    • National Academy of Medical Sciences
    • European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    European Examination in Adult Respiratory Medicine – European Respiratory Society, 2019


    • Clinical Observer at Lung Transplant programme Toronto General hospital- October 2018
    • Clinical Observer at the unit of Intervention Pulmonology at the Lenox hill hospital, New York- October to November 2018
    • Faculty at Napcon 2022. Gave a talk on Indications and Contraindications of Lung Transplant.
    • Faculty at Napcon 2021. Gave a talk on the risk of transmission of Covid 19 from HFNC and other oxygen delivery devices.
    • Moderator of academic sessions in Napcon 2018 and 2021.
    • Faculty at Napcon 2018. Gave a talk on inhaled corticosteroids and the risk of fractures in children.
    • Presented case report at Respicon (National Conference on Paediatric Pulmonology) 2017: A not so pretty Pulmonary picture in Downs Syndrome (Case report on Idiopathic Pulmonary Hemosiderosis in 11-year-old Downs Syndrome patient.)
    • Oral presentation in NAPCON (National Conference on Pulmonology), 2014 on “Isolated Mediastinal Lymphadenopathy – clinical-radiological and pathological correlation of diagnosis aided by Endobronchial Ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration (EBUS) as the primary diagnostic procedure.”
    • Oral presentation in NAPCON (National Conference on Pulmonology), 2014 on “Echocardiography vs right heart catheterization in the diagnosis of pulmonary arterial hypertension in patients admitted in RICU.”
    • Attended Pulmocrit (National Conference on Pulmonology and Critical Care) 2013 -2015 at AIIMS, Delhi.
      Participated in MECVENT 2012 –workshop on mechanical ventilation.

    • Chest 145(3 suppl) March 2014. Higher AHI predicts More exacerbation in Indian Patients with Bronchial Asthma with overlap of Obstructive Sleep Apnea and not affected by PAP therapy.
    • ‘Afghan Frontier: Understanding Tobacco Practices among Migrant Population in India’, Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention, 21(7), pp. 1931-1937. doi: 10.31557/APJCP.2020.21.7.1931
    • Bringing Public Health to Dentistry Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic – Cancer Research, Statistics, and Treatment
    • ⁠Effects of Metabolic Risk Factors on Lung Transplant Recipients. Under Review

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