Dr. Belgundi Preeti Vidyasagar

About the Doctor

Dr. Belgundi Preeti Vidyasagar has received intensive training and has developed the necessary skills to perform both basic and advanced bronchoscopy, including flexible bronchoscopy, transbronchial lung biopsy, endobronchial biopsy, endobronchial ultrasound (linear & radial), semi-rigid and rigid pleuroscopy, foreign body extraction, and cryoextraction.

She had undergone basic training in the management of sleep disorders; level 1 polysomnography and other levels of sleep studies, positive airway pressure therapy in OSA, COPD, obesity, hypoventilation syndrome, neuromuscular disorders, and other sleep-disordered breathing disorders.

She has gained first-hand experience in other ICU-related procedures like central venous cannulation, echocardiography, and arterial lines, as well as critical care ultrasound. She has also gained expertise in the use of non-invasive ventilator strategies as well as high-flow nasal cannulas.

Her additional skills and experience include managing COPD, asthma, bronchiolitis, bronchiectasis, tuberculosis, infectious disease, ILD (DPLD), ABPA, vasculitis, pulmonary vascular disorders, occupational lung diseases, pleural and mediastinal disorders, and lung and pleural malignancies.

Educational Qualifications

• 2022-2023: Level II Masters in Interventional Pulmonology, University Of Firenze, Florence, Italy.
• Clinical Fellowship in Advanced Interventional Pulmonology, Yashoda Hospital, Secunderabad
• DM Pulmonary Medicine, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, Kerala
• DNB Respiratory Medicine, National Board of Examinations
• MD Respiratory Medicine, JJM Medical College, Davangere, Karnataka
• MBBS, JJM Medical College, Davangere, Karnataka

Experience

• Nov 2020-Present: Consultant Interventional Pulmonologist, Yashoda Hospitals, Secunderabad
• Aug 2017-Oct 2017: Senior Resident, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Chest Diseases, Bangalore
• Sep 2016-Mar 2017: Senior Resident, Department of Respiratory Medicine, St. John’s Medical College Hospital & Research Institute, Bangalore

Services offered

• Diagnosis of Peripheral Pulmonary Lesions
• Diagnosis of Persistent Air Leak
• Diagnosis and Treatment of Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD)
• Airway Disease Management
• Respiratory Disease Management
• Tuberculosis Management
• Critical Care Medicine
• Advanced Endoscopy Services
• Endobronchial Ultrasound-Convex and Radial Probe
• Cryobiopsy & APC
• Tracheobronchial Stenting
• Pleuroscopy (Rigid & Semi-Rigid)
• Indwelling Pleural Catheter
• ARDS Management
• Sleep Study
• Lung Transplant
• Asthma

Special Interest and Expertise

• Advanced Therapeutic Thoracic Bronchoscopy
• Respiratory Medical Oncology
• Allergy Management
• Thoracoscopy
• Critical Care
• Respiratory Infections