Dr Chandrakant Tarke

Overview

Dr. Chandrakant Tarke is a senior consultant Pulmonologist and Chest Physician at Apollo Hospitals, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad. He has done his MD (Pulmonary Medicine) in Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute, Delhi (2012). He did DM in Pulmonary Medicine from University of Delhi (2017). He obtained European Diploma in Respiratory Medicine from University of Bern, Switzerland (2017). He trained in advanced Interventional Pulmonology at Serdang Hospital, Malaysia (2022). He obtained Fellowship of Asian Pacific Society of Respirology (FAPSR) Japan (2022) and Fellowship of National College of Chest Physicians (FNCCP) (2022). He has been elected as Chairperson Indian Chest Society (South Zone) (2022-2024).Some of the services he provides include Diagnosis and management of common and rare pulmonary diseases including Asthma, Allergic Rhinitis, Sinusitis, COPD, TB, COVID 19, Pneumonia, Bronchiectasis, ABPA, Sarcoidosis, ILDs/Lung fibrosis, Pulmonary Vascular Diseases, Pulmonary Hypertension, Lung cancer, Drug Resistant Tuberculosis, Allergen Immunotherapy, Tobacco Cessation, Sleep Disorders, Polysomnography, Obstructive sleep apnea, Insominia, Post COVID symptoms, Critical Care Medicine, ICU interventions, Pleural interventions such as Thoracocentesis, ICD insertion, Pleural biopsy, Pleurodesis, Medical Thoracoscopy, Bronchoscopy- Diagnostic and Therapeutic, Endobronchial Ultrasonography (EBUS), Rigid bronchoscopic interventions (stenting, debulking tumors etc).

He has received several prestigious awards in the lifetime of his career including NCCP (I)Prof. S.N. Gaur Young Scientist’s Award 2016 for best clinical research paper presentation in NAPCON 2016 (24-27 Nov 2016) at Mumbai. Guinness World Record certificate for participating in ‘Largest oral Hygiene lesion’ held in Telangana, India on 3rd February 2019. Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Memorial Excellence Award 2020 on 25th November, 2020. ‘Vaidya Ratna Award 2022’ by Mother Foundation, Hyderabad. Apollo ‘Young Clinician Award 2022’, in a ceremony held on 5th February 2023 at Chennai, India. Telangana Bhushan Puraskar- Best Pulmonologist, at Hyderabad (May 2023) by Global Scholar Foundation.

Registration No: MCI-IMR/12/1032

Education

European Respiratory Society (ERS)Indian Chest Society (ICS)National College of Chest Physicians (NCCP, India)National Academy of Medical Sciences (NAMS)Indian Association for Bronchology (IAB)American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (ACAAI)European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI)American Sleep Association (ASA)American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)European Thoracic Oncology Platform (ETOP)Sleep Forum Association (India)Society for Tobacco Control (STC)Delhi Medical AssociationIndian Society of Critical Care Council (ISCCM). Chest Council of India (CCI)

Experience

Junior Resident (MD), Department of Pulmonary Medicine, V. P. Chest Institute, University of Delhi, Delhi, June 2009 to May 2012Registrar (Critical Care Medicine), Apollo Hospital, Sarita Vihar, Delhi, July 2012 to Sept 2012Senior Resident, Department of Pulmonary Medicine and Tuberculosis, Rajan Babu Institute for Pulmonary Medicine & Tuberculosis (RBIPMT), Delhi, Sept 2012 to July 2014Senior resident (DM fellow), Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, V. P. Chest Institute (VPCI), University of Delhi, Delhi, Aug 2014 to July 2017Presently Working in Apollo Hospitals Jublee hills, Hyderabad since last assignment

Special Interests

Diagnosis and management of all respiratory diseases including Asthma, Allergic Rhinitis, Sinusitis, COPD, TB, Pneumonia, Bronchiectasis, ABPA, Sarcoidosis, ILD, IPF, Pulmonary Vascular Diseases, Lung cancer. Drug Resistant TuberculosisAllerge