Dr. V Nagarjuna Maturu

About the Doctor

Dr V. Nagarjuna Maturu is a Senior Consultant, Clinical and Interventional Pulmonology, at Yashoda Hospitals, Hitec City, with over 18 years of experience.

He is a skilled pulmonologist specialising in the diagnosis and management of respiratory diseases, with particular expertise in minimally invasive pulmonology procedures for both adults and children.

Educational Qualifications

• MD, DM (Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine), FCCP (USA), FAPSR

Services offered

• Diagnostic Procedures
• Bronchoalveolar lavage
• Endobronchial biopsy
• Transbronchial lung biopsy
• Transbronchial cryo-lung biopsy
• Endobronchial ultrasound-guided TBNA (Linear EBUS)
• Radial EBUS-guided biopsy of peripheral lung nodules
• Cryobiopsy for peripheral pulmonary nodules
• Navigational bronchoscopy for peripheral lung nodules
• Diagnostic medical thoracoscopy (Pleuroscopy)
• Therapeutic Procedures
• Airway foreign body removal
• Endobronchial tumor removal (benign and malignant)
• Tracheobronchial stenting
• Tracheobronchial dilation for benign airway stenosis
• Bronchial thermoplasty for refractory asthma
• Bronchoscopic thermal vapor ablation for severe emphysema
• Therapeutic whole lung lavage for pulmonary alveolar proteinosis
• Bronchoscopic closure of airway fistulae
• Thoracoscopic adhesiolysis and pleurodesis
• Indwelling pleural catheter placement
• Pediatric Pulmonology
• Pediatric Bronchoscopy
• Foreign Body Removal from the Pediatric Airway
• Evaluation of Congenital Airway Disorders
• Management of Chronic Lung Disease of Prematurity
• Pediatric Sleep Breathing Disorders
• Advanced Pulmonary Care
• Advanced & critical respiratory care

Special Interest and Expertise

• Bronchoscopy and Endobronchial Ultrasonography (EBUS): Trained in both linear and radial EBUS, and has performed over 1000 bronchoscopies and 150 EBUS procedures.
• Medical thoracoscopy: Well-versed in both rigid and semirigid thoracoscopies, having performed around 200 thoracoscopies for both diagnostic and therapeutic purposes. The first in our country to perform pleural biopsies using cryotherapy.
• Rigid bronchoscopy and therapeutic bronchoscopy with electrocautery, Argon plasma coagulation, and cryotherapy.
• Sleep Medicine: Performed and interpreted over 300 level 1 polysomnographies, and is skilled in treating both central and obstructive sleep apneas.