Dr. K. K. Sharma
Department
Designation
HOD and Senior Consultant - Pulmonary & Sleep Medicine
Pulmonology
About Doctor
Dr. K. K. Sharma completed his MD in Respiratory Medicine from the prestigious Institute of respiratory diseases, SMS Medical College, Jaipur. He has undergone training in Interventional Bronchoscopy at Mount Sinai Hospital, New York. He was awarded fellowship by ERS for PAH course at Lausanne, Switzerland. He has been associated with many conferences and workshops on Respiratory Medicine as speaker. As a postgraduate, he accomplished various clinical acumens in respiratory medicine. During his Senior Registrar training period and independently as a Consultant, he has acquired considerable expertise in the management of all aspects of respiratory disorders like Asthma, COPD, Interstitial Lung Disease, Lung Cancer, Sarcoidosis, Sleep disorders, TB, post TB sequelae, Bronchiectasis and all forms of Pleural disease. He is also skilled in diverse interventional pulmonary procedures specifically bronchoscopy, bronchial biopsy, chest drain insertion, pleural drainage procedures. His clinical domain involves proficiency in the management of critically ill patients with acute respiratory distress in an intensive care setting with different ventilation strategies.
Education & Experience
- EDARM(European Diploma in Adult Respiratory Medicine)
- MD (Chest Disease & TB) - SMS Medical College, Jaipur
- MBBS - SMS Medical College, Jaipur
- Fellow, American College of Chest Physicians, FCCP
- Fellowship in Intensive Care Medicine (FICM)
- Fundamental Critical Care Support (FCCS) course
Work Experience
- Consultant Pulmonologist & Intensivist - Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Metro MAS Heart Care and Multispecialty Hospital, Jaipur (Dec. 2012 - Aug. 2013)
- Specialist Consultant - Pulmonary Medicine, ESIC Hospital, Rajasthan, India (Dec. 2010 - Dec. 2012)
- Senior Registrar - Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Fortis Escorts Hospital, Jaipur, India (Aug. 2009 - Dec. 2010)
Special Interests
- Interventional Pulmonology (Bronchoscopy and biopsies)
- Interstitial Lung Disease
- Asthma, COPD
- Allergic Disorders
- Sleep Disorders
- Respiratory Critical Care
Membership
- European Respiratory Society (ERS)
- American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP)
- American Thoracic Society
- National College of Chest Physicians(I)
- ndian Association of Bronchology
- Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine
- Indian Chest Society
- Thoracic Endoscopic Society (TES)
- Certified FCCS provider
Publications
- Gender differences of echocardiographic characteristics in patients with acute exacerbation of COPD; European Respiratory Journal 2015; 46 (suppl 59).
- Sleep quality in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients and its relationship with general well being; European Respiratory Journal 2014; 43 (suppl 58).
- Apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with hemodynamically unstable ventricular arrhythmia - Atypical presentation; Indian Heart Journal 2015;
- Reliability of Anti-Mycobacterial Drug Susceptibility Testing and Importance of Accreditation of Laboratory Performing the Test; SAARC Journal of Tuberculosis,Lung Diseases and HIV/AIDS 2013; X (1); 1-6.
- Extensively Drug Resistance (XDR) TB Is Not Always Fatal; Indian J Tuberc 2009; 56:48-50
- Treatment outcome and one year follow-up status of patients treated under DOTS category II. European Respiratory Journal 2008;Vol 32,Supplement 52: E3045
- Gender differences in expression of COPD: a study from western Rajasthan. European Respiratory Journal 2008;Vol 32,Supplement 52: E1833
- Treatment Under DOTS Plus; NCCP bulletin, Pulmonary Update: April 2009
- Postgraduate Dissertation on : "Prevalence of drug resistance among new cases of tuberculosis and its impact on outcome of dots category I"
- DOTS - Plus RNTCP: Scientific Basis and Methodology; RAJCON 2009 conference book.
OPD Time
Days: Monday to Saturday
Time: 9:00 AM- 5:00 PM
Room Number: 24
Contact: +91-9549158888
Address: Eternal Hospital, 3 A Jagatpura Road,
Near Jawahar Circle, Jaipur 302017