Profile Summary

Medical Qualification: MD (Chest and TB)

Designation at JHRC: Consultant, Respiratory Medicine 

Introduction:

Dr. Rahul A. Wakankar is a Consultant Chest Physician and Lung Transplant Physician at Jaslok Hospital & Research Centre, Mumbai. He is trained at the prestigious Armed Forces Medical College, Pune. He specializes in Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis. He had selected difficult cases for lung transplantation which was done successfully. He has worked in Covid times continuously in hospitals and his own private clinic.

Awards & Publications:

Awards & Publications:

• He has been awarded the Corona Yoddha Samman Award at Raj Bhavan from respected Governor Shri Bhagat Singh Koshari on 29th January 2022 for his hard work and relentless service during Covid 19 pandemic
• He has presented odd case of Idiopathic CD4 depletion syndrome in JAPI journal in October 2002 where he is the first author
• In NAPCON 2000, he has presented a paper on the platform- Pulmonary Hydatidosis - Our Experience
• In NAPCON 2001 ,he has presented Lung Function studies in Armed Forces
• In Asia Pacific Conference of Chest 2001, he has presented a paper -Spirometric norms in female population