Qualifications

MBBS, Kurnool Medical College, NTR University of Health Sciences.
MD (Medicine), All India Institute of Medical Science, (AIIMS), New Delhi.
DM (Pulmonary & Critical Care), Postgraduate Institute Medical Education & Research (PGIMER) Chandigarh.

Experience

Providing high-quality ICU care with good outcomes.
Care of critically ill patients (both medical and surgical) with multiple organ failure.
Management of patients with severe respiratory failure – Ventilation and ECMO.
Management of chronic respiratory diseases like asthma, ILD, COPD, Sarcoidosis, Sleep disorders (sleep apnoea, OHS) and infections (tuberculosis, pneumonia, fungal infections).

Research & Presentations
Articles Published in journals:

CASE REPORT- An Unusual Cause of Acute Abdominal Pain in Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Report of Two Cases Indian J Crit Care Med 2022; 26 (9):1045-1048.
Is There A Role for Non-invasive Ventilation In Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome? A Meta Analysis. Agarwal R, Reddy C. Respir Med 2006;100(12);2235.
Non-invasive ventilation in acute neuromuscular respiratory failure due to myasthenic crisis: case report and review of literature. Agarwal R, Reddy C, Gupta D. Emerg Med J. 2006 Jan :23(1);26.
It’s Pneumocystis Jiroveci not Pneumocystis carinii- Agarwal R, Reddy C, Agarwal AN, Saxena AK. Chest 2006 Feb:129(2);198

Chapters in Textbooks:

Section Editor – Respiratory system in Current Concepts in Critical Care 2022.
“Blood gas Monitoring” in OXYGEN THERAPY by S. K. Jindal & Ritesh Agarwal. 2008.Jaypee Brothers medical Publishers (P) limited.
“Acute lung injury in Tuberculosis” in TUBERCULOSIS By Dr. S. K. Sharma & Dr. A. Mohan.
“Blood gas Monitoring” in TEXT BOOK OF PULMONARY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE – S. K. Jindal & Ritesh Agarwal. 2011.Jaypee Brothers medical Publishers (P) limited.
Fungal infections in ICU in APICON Textbook of Medicine.

Clinical research done during postgraduation and fellowship:

Role of steroids in tubercular pleural effusion.
Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor in pleural fluid for the differential diagnosis of pleural effusions.