Transplant Counsellor - Doctor Details

about Dr. Vijil Rahulan

Dr. Vijil Rahulan has an overall experience of 25 years and is currently working at Gleneagles Global Health City. He is in charge of 15 bedded ICU supervising a critical care team comprising Anesthesiologists, Pulmonologists, DNB trainees, Nurses and Paramedics.

Qualification

Diplomate of American Board of Internal Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Graduated from Armed Forces Medical College, Pune 1993.
Residency in Internal Medicine and Fellowship in Pulmonary Medicine from Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, USA.
Fellowship in Critical Care medicine from Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Further training in Interventional Pulmonology at Lahey Clinic, Massachusetts, USA, and in Lung Transplantation at Barnes Jewish Medical Center, St Louis, Missouri, USA.
Seven years of full-time consultative practice experience in the USA in the field of Pulmonology, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine.

Experience

HOD, Pulmonary/Critical Care & Senior Transplant Pulmonologist.
Institute of Pulmonary, Critical Care Medicine & Lung Transplantation At Gleneagles Global Health city, Chennai (from 2008 till present).
Actively involved in the first lung transplant done in India in 2011.
Experience of more than 70 lung transplantations since 2011.