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Dr. Chitra V

MBBS, DNB

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Assistant Professor/ Pulmonary Medicine

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English, Hindi, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Marathi
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Experienced in managing patients with complex respiratory and sleep disorders with special interest in chronic respiratory disorders and lung cancer 

Qualification/ Education

MBBS (Amala Institute of Medical Sciences), DNB (Respiratory diseases) St. John’s medical college Bengaluru

Experience

Senior resident, Bharti Vidyapeeth, Pune (June 2016 to July 2017)

Assistant Professor, DY Patil Medical College, Pune (June 2017 to July 2019)

Assistant Professor, St. John’s medical college (from Sep 2019)

Areas of interest

Chronic respiratory diseases and rehabilitation, Lung cancer and palliation in end stage lung diseases

Field of Expertise

Pulmonary medicine and sleep

Other formal training/certification

  • Certified International Sleep Disorders Specialist from World Sleep Society (2023)
  • MECOR (ATS) 2023 
  • Basic course in Biomedical Research (ICMR/ NIE) – 2021
  • International Sleep Research Training Program (WSS) – 2021
  • Basic Certificate Course in Palliative Medicine by Institute of Palliative Medicine -2010

Institutional portfolios/ Committees

Member of Institutional Ethics committee 

Membership of professional associations/bodies

Karnataka Pulmonologists Association

No groups and associations specified.

No project details available.

Hydropneumothorax with renal tumor: A genetic syndrome unraveled.

Groups and Associations Swetha C. Nair, Venkatnarayan K, Chitra Veluthat, Uma Maheswari Krishnaswamy, Uma Devaraj, Priya Ramachandran.
Medical Journal Armed Forces India 2025
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Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome (HPS): a rare genetic interstitial lung disease

Groups and Associations Shuvranu Ghosh, Chitra Veluthat,Kavitha Venkatnarayan,Priya Ramachandran
Respiratory medicine 2025
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Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) secondary to tuberculosis: A case series

Groups and Associations Chitra Veluthat, Kavitha Venkatnarayan, Uma Maheswari, Uma Devaraj, Priya Ramachandran 
Indian Journal of Tuberculosis 2025
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Comparison of Lung Ultrasound Findings in Patients with Pulmonary Tuberculosis and Lobar Pneumonia: A Case–Control Study.

Groups and Associations Devaraj U, Veluthat C, Venkatnarayan K, Krishnaswamy UM, Ramachandran P
Journal of Medical Ultrasound 2025
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Evaluation of Oxidative Stress Biomarkers and Their Correlation with Severity of Obstructive Sleep Apnea.

Groups and Associations Nagaraju K, Venkatnarayan K, Veluthat C, et al.
Indian J Sleep Med 2025
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Development of a reference equation for maximal exercise capacity in normal Indian subjects using cardiopulmonary exercise testing.

Groups and Associations Uma Devaraj , Chitra Veluthat , Kavitha Venkatnarayan , Uma Maheswari Krishnaswamy 1, Priya Ramachandran 1
Indian J Physiol Pharmacol 2025
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Development and evaluation of the Indian Sleepiness Scale to assess excessive daytime sleepiness in patients with Obstructive sleep apnea

Groups and Associations Krishnaswamy UM, Venkatnarayan K, Selvam S, Veluthat C, Ramachandran P, Devaraj U
Sleep Med X  2024
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Assessment of health-related quality of life in individuals with interstitial lung diseases in a tertiary care hospital in south India

Groups and Associations D'Souza K, Ravichandran T, Venkatnarayan K, Veluthat C, Devaraj U, Ramachandran P, Maheswari Krishnaswamy U
Indian J Med Res 2024
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Consolidation with pseudocavitation

Groups and Associations Rahaman T, Venkatnarayan K, Veluthat C, Ramachandran P.
Thorax. 2024 2024
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A rare cause of recurrent massive hemoptysis

Groups and Associations Deshpande PN, Venkatnarayan K, Krishnaswamy UM, Veluthat C, Niranjanmurthy L, Devaraj U, et al.
Respirol Case Rep 2024
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Mediastinal hematoma following thrombolysis for acute pulmonary thromboembolism

Groups and Associations Veluthat C, Krishnaswamy UM, Venkatnarayan K, Ramachandran P, Devaraj U..
Respirol Case Rep 2023
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A simple x-ray scoring system for the diagnosis of chronic pulmonary aspergillosis

Groups and Associations Priya Ramachandran | Jayanthi Savio | Priyadarshini Padaki | Ruchita Chhabra | Chitra Veluthat1 | Uma Devaraj1 | Kavitha Venkatanarayan1 | Uma M. Krishnaswamy1 |Santu Ghosh | George A. D’souza
Mycoses 2021
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Prevalence and Risk Factors for OSA among Urban and Rural Subjects in Bengaluru District, South India: Across-sectional Study

Groups and Associations Uma Devaraj, Uma Maheswari K, Sujana Balla3, Ashna M Pinto, Kavitha Venkatnarayan , Priya Ramachandran , Chitra Veluthat, George D Souza
Indian Journal of Sleep Medicine 2021
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