Pulmonary & Sleep Medicine

Susheel Bindroo

Dr. Susheel Bindroo

Director-Pulmonary Medicine, Medical Advisor, Department of Quality & Lead – Clinical Governance
Department
Pulmonary & Sleep Medicine
Qualification

M.D., IDCCM, FNB (CCM), European Diploma in Intensive Care (EDIC), European Diploma in Adult Respiratory Medicine (EDARM), FCCP (USA), Interventional Pulmonology (Penn Medical Centre, Philadelphia)

Experience

Clinical experience of over 15 years

About Us:

Dr. Susheel Bindroo is the Director of Interventional Pulmonology at Sir H. N. Reliance Foundation Hospital, Mumbai. He received his medical degree from SP Medical College, Bikaner, and did his post-graduate residency in Pulmonary Medicine from VP Chest Institute and MA Medical College, Delhi. He earned his Diploma in Critical Care from the Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine, followed by a Fellowship in Critical Care from the National Board of Examinations. He completed his training in Interventional Pulmonology at Penn Medical Centre, Philadelphia. He has an EDIC and an EDARM and has earned a fellowship from the American College of Chest Physicians.

With over 15 years of clinical expertise, Dr. Bindroo specialises in the treatment of all lung-related disorders and critically ill patients. He is one of the pioneers of interventional pulmonology in India and has performed more than 500 endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS) procedures and other complex procedures, including medical thoracoscopy, stenting of tracheobronchial airways, ablation of endo-bronchial tumours, and placement of indwelling pleural catheters.

Areas of Expertise & Special Interest:

  • Interventional pulmonology, electrocautery ablation of endobronchial tumour, airway stenting and dilation, percutaneous tracheostomy, and endobronchial ultrasonography
  • Critical Care & Interventional Pulmonology: Trained in Interventional Pulmonology in the Department of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care at the University of Pennsylvania Medical Centre, Philadelphia under Dr. Daniel H Sterman, MD, FCCP (one of the pioneers of interventional pulmonology)
  • Well-versed with convex probe-EBUS and peripheral EBUS for diagnosis and staging of lung cancer
  • Medical thoracoscopy for minimally invasive management of pleural diseases
  • Laser, electrocautery, and argon plasma coagulation (APC) treatment of obstructing endobronchial lesions
  • Stenting of benign and malignant stenosis of the tracheobronchial tree
  • Rigid bronchoscopy and its attendant procedures
  • Placement of subcutaneously tunnelled catheters (PleurX) for the management of malignant pleural effusions
  • Percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy for airway management
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