Dr. Randeep Guleria is Pulmonologist, Sleep Medicine and metabolic disorders specialist at Medanta Hospital Gurugram, Haryana, India

Dr. Randeep Guleria [DM - Pulmonary Medicine, MD - Medicine, MBBS]

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Experience:

 40 Year

Specialization:

  Respiratory Medicine , Pulmonologist | Pediatric Pulmonologist | Child Chest Specialist,

Hospitals:

  Medanta - The Medicity Hospital-Gurugram

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  • Dr. Randeep Guleria is Pulmonologist & Sleep Medicine Specialist and Currently working as Chairman of Institute of Internal Medicine and Respiratory & Sleep Medicine Department at Medanta Hospital Gurugram, Haryana, India.
  • He is having more than 40 years of experience in the field.
  • He Completed his MBBS from Indira Gandhi Medical College (IGMC), Shimla in 1982, MD in General Medicine from Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research Chandigarh in 1986, DM in Pulmonary Medicine from Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research Chandigarh in 1991 and Fellowship / Clinical Research Fellowship from Royal Brompton Hospital, London.
  • Dr. Guleria is the first Indian to get a Doctorate of Medicine (DM) in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine.
  • He established India's first center for pulmonary medicine and sleep disorders at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi in 2011.
  • Dr. Guleria was the personal physician to Atal Bihari Vajpayee, former Prime Minister of India since 1998.
  • He was leading AIIMS New Delhi as Director for around 5½ years.
  • He is the former Professor and Head of Pulmonary Medicine & Sleep Disorders at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi.
  • He was the recipient of the prestigious “Padma Shri” in 2015 in the field of medicine.
  • He has been awarded the prestigious Dr. B. C. Roy National Award for Eminent Medical person for the year 2014 and the “Lung India Award” for the best original article in Lung India by the Indian Chest Society in 2014.
  • He has been awarded Doctor of Science (D.Sc.) Honoris Causa by IIT, Kharagpur, and Amity University.
  • He had many other prestigious awards, like the Swastha Bharat Samman for Medicine from LIC and Zee TV and the Himachal Gaurav Puraskar, and the 22nd Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award for Excellence in 2021.
  • He is also an advisor and consultant to various international and national bodies, including the WHO (Geneva) and the IAEA (Vienna).
  • He has been Personal Physician to the Prime Minister of India Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee from 1998 to 2004 and has since continued to be his Personal Physician.
  • He has been asked by the Government of India to see various national and international dignitaries including Mr. Koirala, the then Prime Minister of Nepal.
  • He has also worked at the prestigious Royal Brompton Hospital, London as a Clinical Research Fellow.

His Expertise :

Pulmonary Medicine & Respiratory Diseases

  • Asthma management 
  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) diagnosis and treatment
  • Lung cancer diagnosis / management 
  • Respiratory muscle function disorders (weakness of respiratory muscles, neuromuscular respiratory involvement)
  • Interventional pulmonology: use of procedures like bronchoscopy etc.

Sleep Medicine & Sleep Disorders

  • Diagnosing and treating sleep apnea (obstructive / central)
  • Sleep-disordered breathing, and related conditions such as insomnia when associated with respiratory issues

Critical Care & Internal Medicine

  • Managing acute respiratory distress, severe lung infections, ICU respiratory support 
  • Internal medicine aspects when respiratory disease intersects with systemic illness or comorbidities 

Metabolic Disorders / Metabolic Syndrome

  • Overseeing comorbid metabolic disorders in patients with respiratory or sleep issues, e.g. obesity, diabetes, hypertension (since these often complicate or exacerbate respiratory disease and sleep-disordered breathing)

Lung Function Testing and Diagnostic Expertise

  • Pulmonary function tests (spirometry, diffusion capacity, etc.) to assess lung capacities and monitor disease progression.
  • Imaging, biopsy, and diagnostics for lung cancer and interstitial lung diseases.
  • Sleep studies (polysomnography) for assessment of sleep disorders.

Long-Term & Complication Management

  • Post-COVID pulmonary complications (lung fibrosis, impaired lung function)
  • Management of chronic respiratory disorders to minimize exacerbations, improve quality of life.

Pulmonary Medicine & Respiratory Diseases

  • Asthma management 
  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) diagnosis and treatment
  • Lung cancer diagnosis / management 
  • Respiratory muscle function disorders (weakness of respiratory muscles, neuromuscular respiratory involvement)
  • Interventional pulmonology: use of procedures like bronchoscopy etc.

Sleep Medicine & Sleep Disorders

  • Diagnosing and treating sleep apnea (obstructive / central)
  • Sleep-disordered breathing, and related conditions such as insomnia when associated with respiratory issues

Critical Care & Internal Medicine

  • Managing acute respiratory distress, severe lung infections, ICU respiratory support 
  • Internal medicine aspects when respiratory disease intersects with systemic illness or comorbidities 

Metabolic Disorders / Metabolic Syndrome

  • Overseeing comorbid metabolic disorders in patients with respiratory or sleep issues, e.g. obesity, diabetes, hypertension (since these often complicate or exacerbate respiratory disease and sleep-disordered breathing)

Lung Function Testing and Diagnostic Expertise

  • Pulmonary function tests (spirometry, diffusion capacity, etc.) to assess lung capacities and monitor disease progression.
  • Imaging, biopsy, and diagnostics for lung cancer and interstitial lung diseases.
  • Sleep studies (polysomnography) for assessment of sleep disorders.

Long-Term & Complication Management

  • Post-COVID pulmonary complications (lung fibrosis, impaired lung function)
  • Management of chronic respiratory disorders to minimize exacerbations, improve quality of life.

Currently working as Chairman of Institute of Internal Medicine and Respiratory & Sleep Medicine Department at Medanta Hospital Gurugram, Haryana, India.

Past Experience :

  • Professor and Head, Department of Pulmonary Medicine and Sleep Disorders at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi,
  • MBBS from Indira Gandhi Medical College (IGMC), Shimla in 1982
  • MD in General Medicine from Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research Chandigarh in 1986
  • DM in Pulmonary Medicine from Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research Chandigarh in 1991
  • Fellowship / Clinical Research Fellowship from Royal Brompton Hospital, London
  • Dr. Guleria was conferred with the prestigious “Padma Shri” Award in 2015 by the President of India and
  • “Dr. B.C. Roy Award in the category Eminent Medical Person” for the year 2014.
  • He has several awards and honours to his credit, notably, Himachal Gaurav Award in 2011, Zee TV and LIC “Swasth Bharat Award” in 2010, “Lung India Award” for the best original article in Lung India by the Indian Chest Society in 2014,
  • Dr. Reddy’s Chest Oration by the National College of Chest Physicians (India) 2013,
  • Association of Physicians EMerck award for research in Chest Diseases in 2008,
  • Raj Nanda and Royal College of Physicians Joint fellowship in Pulmonary Diseases in 2007-08,
  • Dr. Mahinder Narain Oration in 2005, Indian Chest Society, Dr CV Ramakrishnan Oration award for his outstanding contribution in Respiratory Diseases in 2011 by the Academy of Respiratory Medicine 
  • Dr P S Shankar Oration in 2011, Humanity (India) Oration at 6 th UKAPICON 2015 by the Association of Physicians of India and the CRS Oration award 2015 at TAPPCON 2015 by the Coimbatore Respiratory Society.

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