Dr. Soumitra Sinha Roy

Senior Consultant – Pulmonology, Interventional Pulmonology & Lung Transplant
MGM Healthcare, Chennai (May 2021 – Present)

• Established advanced Interventional Pulmonology services, including:
  • EBUS-TBNA (6-8 cases/week), central airway stenting (30+ cases), foreign body removal (pediatric/adult).
  • ECMO management for COVID-19 & post-transplant respiratory failure.
  • Lung Transplant Program: Managed 75+ post-transplant cases, including airway stenosis interventions.
• Academic Contributions:
  • Faculty for DNB (Pulmonology) – Training 2 candidates yearly.
  • Launched Fellowship in Interventional Pulmonology & Lung Transplant.

Consultant Physician & Pulmonologist
Southern Railway HQ Hospital, Chennai (May 1998 – April 2021)

• ICU & Respiratory Ward In-Charge: Supervised 16-bed ICU & 30-bed respiratory ward.
• COVID-19 Response Leader: Treated 6000 in patients, established a 200-bed COVID block.
• DNB Medicine Faculty: Trained postgraduates since 2008.

• Advanced Lung Transplantation & Post-Transplant Care

• ECMO Support for Critical Lung Conditions

• End-stage Lung Disease management

• Bronchoscopic & EBUS Interventions

• Laser/ APC Airway Therapy & Complex Airway Stenting

• Interventional Medical Thoracoscopy

• Advanced Critical Care Medicine & ICU Management

• Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Management

• Sleep Disorders & Diagnostic Sleep Studies

• Smoking Cessation & Pulmonary Rehabilitation

Dr. Roy has contributed extensively to pulmonary medicine through clinical research, publications, and participation in international studies.

Selected Publications

• Endobronchial Valve Used as Salvage Therapy in a Mechanically Ventilated Patient with Intractable Life-Threatening Haemoptysis – Respiration (2017)

• Can Large Hydatid Cyst Resolve with Medical Treatment Alone? – Respiration (2016)

• No Benefit of Long-Term Oxygen Therapy in Moderate Hypoxemia in COPD – SA Respiratory Journal (2017)

• An Approach to Solitary Pulmonary Nodule – SA Respiratory Journal (2016)

• Pulmonary Puzzle: A Rare Case of Dysphagia – SA Respiratory Journal (2016)

Research Involvement

• Principal Investigator – RECREATE Trial, McMaster University, Canada

• Investigator – PILOT Study, Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals

• Investigator – EASE Asthma Study

• Investigator – Young Diabetic Registry of India (ICMR)

• Ongoing Research – Genetic Variations in Lung Fibrosis Among the Indian Population

Key Recognitions:

• Examiner for the coveted MRCP-PACES exam for the last 3 years

• Indian Railway National Award

• Governor’s Medal for Exemplary Community Service

• Gold Medal in Medicine – Calcutta University

• ISHLT International Scholarship Award – Toronto General Hospital

• ESCMID Critical Care Training – University of Barcelona, Spain

Professional Membership:

• American College of Chest Physicians

• European Respiratory Society

• International Society for Heart & Lung Transplant (ISHLT)

• European Society of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases

• Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine

• Association of Physicians of India

• Indian Association of Bronchology