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Dr Meghena Mathew

Pulmonologist

MBBS,DNB (Pulmonology), IDCCM, EDIC

11 years experience overall

Apollo First Med Hospitals 154, P H Road, Chennai 600 010 PH:044-2821 1111/ 2222, Chennai

Specialities
  • Bronchitis Treatment
  • Bronchoscopy(Diagnostic & Therapeutic)
  • Pulmonary Function Test
  • Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
  • Body Plethysmography
  • Critical care medicine
  • Covid-19 & Post Covid Pulmonary Complications
  • Lung Transplantation
  • Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
  • Diagnostic & therapeutic bronchoscopy - EBUS - Airway stenting
  • Medical thoracoscopy
  • Asthma/COPD/Tuberculosis
  • Sleep Medicine - Diagnostic & therapeutic
  • End stage lung diseases.
  • Asthma/COPD/Tuberculosis
  • Sleep Medicine - Diagnostic & Interventional bronchoscopy
  • Medical Thoracoscopy
  • Occupational lung disease
  • Critical care medicine
  • Pneumonia
  • Healthcare associated pneumonia & ventilated pneumonia
  • Adult Vaccination
  • Therapeutic procedure include: - Rigid Bronchoscopy - Cryo dubulking of tumors - Cryo lung biopsy - Laser debulking of tumors - Airway stenting (Both silicone & SEMS) - Balloon bronchoscopy - Spigot closure of bronchopleural fistula - Interstitial lung disease
  • Advanced thoracoscopic procedures like: - Adhesiolysis - Pneumothorax management
  • Interventional bronchoscopy
  • Asthma
  • COPD
  • Bronchiectasis
  • ILD
  • Sarcoidosis
  • ABPA
  • Sleep Medicine
  • Insomnia
  • Sleep disorders
  • Tuberculosis
  • Allergy
  • Covid - 19 treatment
  • Bronchoscopy
  • EBUS
  • Pulmonary Function Test
  • DLCO
  • lung transplant
  • Heart & Lungs Transplantation
Experience
  • Completed MBBS from Christian Medical College Vellore ( 2003 – 2008)

·         Worked as Resident in Apollo Hospitals (July 2010 - 2013) Pulmonology OP & IP Department

·         Worked as Registrar in Apollo Hospitals, Greams Road(Oct 13 - Jan 15) Critical care unit

·         Worked as Senior Registrar in Apollo first med hospitals,(April 15 - Feb 17) Critical care unit

.          Worked as Consultant in Apollo first med hospitals, (Feb 2017 to till date) critical care unit and since 2019 as Consultant Pulmonologist in Apollo First Med Hospitals .

 

Members ship

Indian chest Society

European Respiratory Society

Indian society of Critical Care medicine

European Society of Critical Care Medicine

Emergency Neurological Life Society Trainer

European Diploma in Critical Care Medicine  certified – 2016

European Diploma in Adult Respiratory Medicine  certified – 2022

 

Certifications

Second prize at quiz competition at SRMC, Chennai for CME(RRRR)

Anand Memorial Award- Gold Medal for National Topper In Indian fellowship of Critical Care Medicine – 2021 – 2020

 

 

 

  1. Reddy RC, Mathew M, Parameswaran A, Narasimhan R. A case of concomitant Hodgkin's lymphoma with tuberculosis. Lung India [serial online] 2014 [cited 2015 Apr 6]; 31:59-62.
  2. A young Individual with Mediastinal Lymphadenopathy: Unleashed with EBUS Raghupathi Narasimhan*, MD; Meghena Mathew, MBBS Chest. 2012; 142(4_MeetingAbstracts):887.
  3. Journal- Chest; Lakshmi Varadarajalu, MD; Sunder Thirugnanasambandan, MS; Paul Jude Thangaraj, MS; Ashok Parameswaran, MD; Meghena Mathew*, MBBS (October 2012). "A Rare Presentation of Rosai Dorfman Disease". Chest. 4 142 (meeting abstracts): 998A–998A.
  4. Tolppa T, Pari V, Pell C, Aryal D, Hashmi M, Shamal Ghalib M, Jawad I, Tripathy S, Tirupakuzhi Vijayaraghavan BK, Beane A, Dondorp AM, Haniffa R; Collaboration of Research Implementation & Training in Critical Care in Asia Investigators. (Pratheema Ramachandran, Bharath Kumar Tirupakuzhi Vijayaraghavan, Augustian James, Nagarajan Ramakrishnan, Ramesh Venkataraman, Lakshmi Ranganathan, Meghena Mathew, Ebenezer Rabindrarajan, Usha Rani Chandramohan, Raymond Savio, Sristi Patodia, Balaji Venkatachalam) Determinants of Implementation of a Critical Care Registry in Asia: Lessons From a Qualitative Study. J Med Internet Res. 2023 Mar 6;25:e41028. doi: 10.2196/41028. PMID: 36877557.  (Mar 2023).
  5. Writing Committee for the REMAP-CAP Investigators. India. (Devachandran Jayakumar, R Pratheema, Suresh Babu, C Vignesh, Bharath Kumar TV, N Ramakrishnan, Augustian James, Evangeline Elvira, R Ebenezer, S Krishnamoorthy, Lakshmi Ranganathan, Manisha Ganesan, Madhu Shree, Ashwin Kumar Mani, Meghena Mathew, Revathi Kandeepan). Effect of Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitor and Angiotensin Receptor Blocker Initiation on Organ Support–Free Days in Patients Hospitalized With COVID-19: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA. 2023;329(14):1183–1196. doi:10.1001/jama.2023.4480 (Apr 2023)
  6. Mathew M, Bharadwaj TP, Nambi PS, Mani A. The first-ever reported primary spinal infection with Aeromonas. Indian J Case Reports. 2023
  7. Meghena Mathew, Pratheema Ramachandran. Planning of Nutrition in a Critical Care unit. ISCCM Textbook Critical Care Medicine.2023 :883-887
  8. Meghena M, Dedeepiya Devaprasad, Ramesh V. Delayed versus Very Delayed Renal Replacement Therapy. In: Mishra RC, Myatra SN, Deepak Govil, Todi S, editors. Critical Care Update 2023, 5th edition. New Delhi: Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd; 2023:297–299.
  9. Babu K Abraham, Meghena Mathew .Acute Severe Asthma. Case Based Review in Critical Care Medicine. 2nd Edition: Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd; 2023:60-69.
  10. Meghena M, Venkataraman R. Continuous Urine output monitoring. Critical Care update 2022,$th Edition.New Delhi: Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (P) Ltd; 2022:297–299.165-168
  11. REMAP-CAP Investigators (Bharath Kumar TV, Nagarajan Ramakrishnan, Ebenezer R, Ashwin Kumar Mani, Meghena Mathew, Pratheema Ramachandran, Suresh Babu, Vignesh C), Bradbury CA, Lawler PR, Stanworth SJ, McVerry BJ, McQuilten Z, Higgins AM et al. Effect of Antiplatelet Therapy on Survival and Organ Support-Free Days in Critically Ill Patients With COVID-19: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA. 2022 Apr 5;327(13):1247-1259. doi: 10.1001/jama.2022.2910. PMID: 35315874; PMCID: PMC8941448
  12. Mathew M, Sairam S, Ramakrishnan N, Mani AK. The role of plasma exchange for fulminant lupus with multiorgan involvement. Indian J Case Reports. 2020; October 28
  13. Mathew M, Ramakrishnan N, Mani A K. Chronic respiratory failure from bilateral vocal cord palsy. Journal of Anaesthesia and Critical Care Case Reports Jan-April 2019;5(1):9-10.
Services
  • Bronchitis Treatment
  • Bronchoscopy(Diagnostic & Therapeutic)
  • Pulmonary Function Test
  • Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
  • Body Plethysmography
  • Critical care medicine
  • Covid-19 & Post Covid Pulmonary Complications
  • Lung Transplantation
  • Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
  • Diagnostic & therapeutic bronchoscopy - EBUS - Airway stenting
  • Medical thoracoscopy
  • Asthma/COPD/Tuberculosis
  • Sleep Medicine - Diagnostic & therapeutic
  • End stage lung diseases.
  • Asthma/COPD/Tuberculosis
Languages spoken

English,Hindi,Malayalam,Tamil

Gender

Female

Apollo Firstmed Hospital

Apollo First Med Hospitals 154, P H Road, Chennai 600 010 PH:044-2821 1111/ 2222, Chennai, Tamil Nadu - 400010