About Us

We started Advanced Respiratory Interventions & Sleep Evaluation (ARISE) Medical Research Centre to provide superior care in the field of respiratory & sleep medicine. We pride ourselves on our commitment to excellent patient care. We provide consultative services to intensive care units, as well as for inpatients & outpatients on all adult & pediatric respiratory & sleep disorders.


We operate daily outpatient pulmonary clinics as well as specialist services for both common & unusual illnesses such as asthma, bronchiectasis, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Interstitial lung disease, connective tissue related lung disease, lung cancer, pulmonary embolism, pneumonia, pulmonary hypertension, sleep apnea, insomnia, narcolepsy, pleural diseases, tuberculosis & mycobacterial diseases. We offer individualized treatment for multidrug resistant tuberculosis.

Doctor’s Profile

Dr. Vikas Punamiya

Pulmonary & Sleep Medicine

Primary:

MBBS

Postgraduate:

MD (Tuberculous & Chest Diseases)
Diploma In Tuberculous Diseases (TDD) MRCP (UK), FCCP (USA)
European Diploma In Adult Respiratory Medicine (HERMES)

Consultant Interventional Pulmonology & Sleep Physician

Hon. Assistant Professor, Sir J J Group of Hospitals

Breach Candy Hospital | S L Raheja Hospital | Masina Hospital


Dr Vikas Punamiya is an adept medical professional with over two decades of experience. He’s internationally trained and has been associated with renowned international medical institutions such as Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, UK, Lancaster Hospital, UK, Hornsby Ku - Ring Gai Hospital, Australia, and more. He has a special interest in the speciality of Sleep Medicine & has completed his Fellowship in Sleep Medicine from Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, UK

He has recently been appointed as an Honorary Assistant Professor at Sir J. J. Group of Hospitals & is also attached to Breach Candy, Masina & S. L. Raheja Hospitals as a Consultant Pulmonary & Sleep Physician.

Throughout his medical career, he has been formally and informally involved in teaching and guiding undergraduate & postgraduate medical students, and allied health professionals. He’s been a teacher and mentor to most of them. Presently, he is involved in teaching and guiding his junior staff for procedures such as bronchoscopy, pleural drains & taps, and respiratory system examination & management of pulmonary & sleep disorders.

Dr Punamiya has attended conferences and workshops around the world to hone his knowledge and has been invited as a guest speaker by reputed medical institutions of India. He has also worked on a host of research papers that have been published in peer – reviewed medical journals.

Dr Punamiya is also a reputed member of various national and international associations such as the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, World Sleep Society, American Thoracic Society, European Respiratory Society, Indian Association of Bronchology, amongst others.

Services & Procedures

Analyze various physiologic pulmonary function tests including spirometry, static lung volumes & diffusion studies, as well as Six – minute walk test.

Demonstrate & review patient’s inhaler technique, providing with appropriate information regarding maintenance & cleaning of spacer devices.

We have ties with specialist physiotherapists to provide services such as pulmonary rehabilitation, chest physiotherapy, postural drainage techniques.

Review CT & CXRs on our system in the clinic & be able to explain to the patient promptly.

We also counsel our patients regarding Smoking Cessation & assist their efforts to quit with medical support.

Managing patients on Non-Invasive ventilation – Acute & Domiciliary; as well as patients on Invasive Mechanical Ventilation.

We perform adult as well as pediatric diagnostic and therapeutic bronchoscopies to manage various lung conditions. We also perform Linear (EBUS), which helps diagnosis of mediastinal lymphadenopathy, staging of lung cancer & diagnostic evaluation of central pulmonary lesions.

Medical Thoracoscopy is performed under local anesthetic & sedation for diagnosis & management of pleural disorders.

Our dedicated SLEEP LAB with deluxe room is equipped with latest Philips Respironics Alice 6 software for evaluation of various Sleep Disorders in adults & children as well as the state of the art Omnilab Advanced for CPAP Titration studies.

Specialist Clinics

Breathlessness/Cough Clinic: Aiming to manage two most debilitating symptoms commonly associated with respiratory diseases.

Tuberculosis Clinic: Providing evaluation & management for patients with primary as well as the more severe Multidrug – Resistant Tuberculosis & atypical Mycobacterial infections.

Adult/Pediatric Sleep Clinic: Evaluating & managing adult/pediatric sleep disorder such as Sleep Apnea, Insomnia, Narcolepsy etc.

Lung Cancer Clinic: Rapid Access clinic with aim to diagnose or exclude lung cancer.