This course is not only good for students but also for practicing Pulmonologists to update themselves with the latest recommendations for the management of various respiratory diseases. CPMeC has been prepared with the help of eminent Pulmonology Experts from all over India and abroad. The Course has over 50 modules to cover all important aspects of pulmonary medicine which have been designed to run for 180 days (21 weeks 3 days).
Module 1: Respiratory System Examination A Conceptual Approach
Consultant, Professor and Head of Department of Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine
Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjang Hospital, New Delhi
Module 2: Pulmonary Function Tests (I) - Spirometry in Clinical
Head of Department of TB and Chest Diseases
Incharge, PFT Laboratary, National Institute of TB and Respiratory Diseases
Module 3: Pulmonary Function Tests (II) - Lung Function Assessment in Respiratory Diseases
Head, Department of Pulmonary, Sleep and Critical Care Medicine
Primus Super Specialty Hospital, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi
Former Director-Prof. Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute
Module 4: Radiology (I) - Chest Radiograph - Normal and Approach
Professor, Department of Radiodiagnosis
All India Institute of Medical Sciences(AIIMS), New Delhi
Module 5: Radiology (II) - Chest Radiograph - Patterns and Signs of Diseases
Professor, Department of Radiodiagnosis
All India Institute of Medical Sciences(AIIMS), New Delhi
Module 6: Radiology (IV) - Contrast Enhanced CT of the Chest
Consultant Radiologist/Partner, Picture This, Imaging and Beyond, Mumbai
Module 7: Radiology (V) - HRCT Chest - Diffuse Lung Diseases
Consultant Radiologist/Partner, Picture This, Imaging and Beyond, Mumbai
Module 8: ABG - Arterial Blood Gases
Consultant, Professor and Head, Department of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjang Hospital, New Delhi
Module 9: Interventional Pulmonology - I
Chief Coordinator & Moderator – Comprehensive Pulmonary Medicine e Course (CPMC)
Senior Consultant Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, Delhi,
Past-President, National College of Chest Physicians (NCCP)
Past-President, Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine (ISCCM)
Module 10: Interventional Pulmonology - II
Chief Coordinator & Moderator – Comprehensive Pulmonary Medicine e Course (CPMeC)
Senior Consultant Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, Delhi
Past-President, National College of Chest Physicians (NCCP)
Past-President, Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine (ISCCM)
Module 11: Oxygen Therapy
Consultant, Professor & Head, Department of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjang Hospital, New Delhi
Module 12: Application of Noninvasive Ventilation in Acute Respiratory Failure
Chief Coordinator & Moderator – Comprehensive Pulmonary Medicine e Course (CPMeC)
Senior Consultant Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, Delhi
Past-President, National College of Chest Physicians (NCCP)
Past-President, Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine (ISCCM)
Module 13: Fundamentals of Mechanical Ventilation
Chief Coordinator & Moderator – Comprehensive Pulmonary Medicine e Course (CPMeC)
Senior Consultant Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, Delhi
Past-President, National College of Chest Physicians (NCCP)
Past-President, Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine (ISCCM)
Module 14: Asthma (I) - Definition, Clinical Phenotypes and Pathophysiology of Bronchial Asthma
Senior Professor and Chair, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
University of Health Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana
Module 15: Asthma (II)- An approach to the diagnosis of Asthma
Director, Asthma Bhawan, Jaipur
Past President, Indian Chest Society
Module 16: Asthma (III) - Aerosol Therapy in Airway Diseases
Senior Consultant Chest Physician
Parmanand Deepchand (PD) Hinduja Hospital and Medical Research Center, Mumbai
Module 17: Asthma (IV) - Step wise management in Asthma
Chief Coordinator and Moderator – Comprehensive Pulmonary Medicine e Course (CPMeC)
Senior Consultant Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, Delhi
Past-President, National College of Chest Physicians (NCCP)
Past-President, Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine (ISCCM)
Module 18: Asthma (V) - Management of Acute Severe Asthma
Professor and Head Department of Pulmonary Medicine and Sleep Disorders
AIIMS, Delhi
Module 19: Asthma (VI) – Immunotherapy in Asthma (current status)
Director (Acting) and Professor and Head, Department of Pulmonary Medicine
V. P. Chest Institute, University of Delhi
Secretary, National College of Chest Physicians
Module 20: COPD (I) - Definition & Diagnosis Different Phenotypes
Additional Professor, Department of Pulmonary Medicine and Sleep Disorders
AIIMS, New Delhi
Module 21: COPD (II) - Management of COPD
Emeritus Professor & Head, Pulmonary Medicine
Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh
Medical Director, Jindal Clinics, Sec 20 D, Chandigarh
Module 22: COPD (III)- Emerging treatment modalities for COPD
Interventional Pulmonologist
Director, Institute of Pulmonology Medical Research and Development, Mumbai
Lung care & Sleep Centre, Mumbai
Module 23: Community Acquired Pneumonia Clinical Perspective
Consultant – Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
Jaypee Hospital, Noida
Module 24: Clinical Radiological Approach to Interstitial Lung Disease
Director, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)
Professor, Department of Pulmonary Medicine and Sleep Disorders
All India Institute of Medical Sciences(AIIMS), New Delhi
Module 25: Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
Chief Coordinator and Moderator – Comprehensive Pulmonary Medicine e Course (CPMeC)
Senior Consultant Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, Delhi,
Past-President, National College of Chest Physicians (NCCP)
Past-President, Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine (ISCCM)
Module 26: Pulmonary manifestations of Collagen Vascular Diseases
Assistant Professor, Department of Pulmonary Medicine
Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Sector-12, Chandigarh
Module 27: Pulmonary Sarcoidosis
Consultant, Department of Pulmonary Medicine
Max Hospital, Shalimar Bagh, New Delhi
Module 28: Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis
Professor, Department of Pulmonary Medicine
Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India
Module 29: Diagnosis of Tuberculosis
Director, Respiratory and Sleep Medicine
Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Medanta, Medicity, Gurugram, Haryana, India
Module 30: Treatment of Tuberculosis
Professor and Head, Department of Respiratory Medicine
K.G. Medical University. Uttar Pradesh, Lucknow
President (2016 – 2017), Indian Chest Society
Module 31: Standards for TB Care in India
Director, National Institute of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
Sri Arbindo Marg, Delhi
Module 32: Management of MDR/XDR - TB
Head of Department of Tuberculosis and Chest Diseases
Incharge, PFT Laboratory, National Institute of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
Module 33: Pulmonary Vasculitis
Senior Consultant Rheumatologist, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi
Formerly Professor of Medicine, AIIMS, New Delhi
Module 34: An Approach to Pulmonary Embolism
Chief Coordinator and Moderator – Comprehensive Pulmonary Medicine e Course (CPMeC)
Senior Consultant Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, Delhi
Past-President, National College of Chest Physicians (NCCP)
Past-President, Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine (ISCCM)
Module 35: Pulmonary Artery Hypertension
Senior Professor and Chair, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
University of Health Sciences, Rohtak , Haryana
Module 36: Lung Cancer (I): An Overview
Senior Professor and Head, Department of Pulmonary Medicine
Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh
Module 37: Lung Cancer (II): Diagnosis of Lung Cancer Newer Developments
Senior Professor and Head, Department of Pulmonary Medicine
Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh
Module 38: Lung Cancer (III): Treatment of Non Small Cell Carcinoma
Senior Professor and Head, Department of Pulmonary Medicine
Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh
Module 39: Lung Cancer (IV): Small Cell Carcinoma
Senior Consultant, Medical Oncology
Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi
Module 40: Smoking – Effect on Health and cessation
Department of Pulmonary Medicine and Head, National Center of Respiratory, Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, Incharge-National Tobacco Quitline
Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute, Delhi University
Module 41: SLEEP (I): Normal Sleep and Consequences of Sleep Deprivation
Consultant, Professor and Head of Department of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjang Hospital, New Delhi
Module 42: SLEEP (II): Diagnosis and Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Consultant, Professor and Head of Department of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjang Hospital, New Delhi
Module 43: SLEEP (III): Positive Airway Pressure Therapy - Choosing Modes and Machines: Which and When?
Consultant, Professor and Head of Department of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjang Hospital, New Delhi
Module 44: SLEEP (IV): Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome
Senior Consultant, Pulmonology and Interventional Pulmonology and Critical Care Medicine
Apollo Hospitals, Jayanagar, Bangalore
Module 45: Approach to the Management of Pleural Effusion
Consultant Pulmonologist and Chest Physician
Mumbai
Module 46: Approach to Empyema
Professor and Head Department of Pulmonary Medicine
St John’s Medical College, Bangalore
Module 47: Management of Pneumothorax
Consultant Respiratory Physician
Fortis Hospital, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Module 48: Eosinophilic Lung Diseases
Professor, Department of Pulmonary Medicine
Christian Medical College, Vellore
Module 49: Bronchiectasis
Treasurer, Indian Chest Society
Ex-Professor and Head of Department of Chest Diseases
Institute of Medical Sciences, B.H.U. Varanasi (India)
Module 50: Pulmonary Rehabilitation
Director and Chair, Pulmonary, Sleep and Critical Care Medicine
Metro Group of Hospitals, India