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
Consultant – Medicine Pulmonary Critical Care at Prime Hospital, Hyderabad.
Consultant – Medicine, Pulmonary Critical Care at Care Hospitals, Hyderabad.
DM fellow – Pulmonary and Critical Care at PGIMER, Chandigarh.
Senior Resident Medicine at AIIMS, New Delhi.
Senior Resident Medicine at NIMS, Hyderabad.
Senior Resident Medicine at Care Hospitals, Hyderabad.
Field of Expertise
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 & Publications
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.
Certifications & Memberships
Best Teacher award for DNB Critical care Medicine-2022.
Life Member of ISCCM.
Executive Committee member ISCCM Hyderabad Chapter 2021-23.