Dr. Vijay Kumar Chennamchetty is a highly experienced Senior Consultant Pulmonologist at Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad, with over 16 years of clinical practice. He specialises in managing asthma, COPD, and complex respiratory diseases, with proficiency in advanced bronchoscopic procedures and sleep disorder management. His patient-centric approach has made him a preferred lung specialist in Hyderabad.

Educational Qualification:

• MBBS – Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery
• MD (Pulmonary Medicine) – Specialisation in Respiratory and Chest Medicine
• IDCC (Critical Care Medicine),
• FCCP (USA) – Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians
• Specialised Training in Bronchoscopy and Sleep Medicine

Professional Experience:

• Tutor, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Christian Medical College, Vellore, July 2008 - December 2008
• Senior Registrar, Department of Critical Care Medicine, Sundaram Medical Foundation, Chennai, January 2009 - December 2009
• Registrar cum Junior Consultant, Department of Critical Care Medicine & Intensive Care Services, Apollo Hospitals, Chennai, 2010 - 2011
• Consultant Pulmonologist & Sleep Disorder Specialist, Yashoda Hospital, Malakpet, 2011 - 2013
• Interventional Pulmonologist & Sleep Disorder Specialist, Citizens Hospital, Hyderabad, 2013 - 2015
• Presently Working in Apollo Hospitals Jublee hills, Hyd since Jan 2015.

Notable Achievements

• Recognised expert in bronchoscopy and interventional pulmonology
• Contributor to public health campaigns on asthma and smoking cessation
• Speaker at national respiratory and pulmonary conferences

Professional Memberships

• Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine
• European Respiratory Society (ERS)
• European Society of Critical Care Medicine (ESCCM)
• Society of Minimal Invasive Thoracic Surgeons (SMITS)
• American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP)
• Indian Sleep Disorders Association (ISDA )

Research and Publication

• Vijay Kumar Chennamchetty, G Ravindra Babu, N Usharani, “Interferon gamma in Tuberculous Pleural Effusions”. Paper presented in Ninth National Pulmonology Conference at  P.G.I., Chandigarh NAPCON, 2007& Published in proceedings.
• Vijay Kumar Chennamchetty, G Ravindra Babu, paper on “Interesting case report of Cryptococcal fungal infection  Presenting as SPN” in Vizag Chest Club August 20th 2007, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India.
• Vijay Kumar Chennamchetty, Gurpreeth Singh, Raghavendra D.S., paper on “Audit of VAP in a ICU of a Community Health Hospital” (Sundaram Medical Foundation, Chennai). Paper presented at  International Critical Care Congress & 16th Annual Conference of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine; Hyderabad, 2010.
• Vijay C, G Ravindra Babu, N Usharani, A Giant Syphillitic Aneurysm in a Young Human Immunodeficiency Virus Seroposotive individual:  The Indian Journal of Chest Diseases & Allied Sciences 2009;51:245-247.
• Author of POSITIE AIRWAY PRESSURE THERAPY, CHAPTER –the book titled SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING.by Dr VIVEK NANGIA & Dr SHIVANI SWAMI
• Presented various research papers & posters in various international conferences like, WABIP, ATS, ERS.Co-author of various chapters in few textbooks of sleep medicine.
• Thoracoscopic removal of Intrapieural Foreign Body-Lung India (DUE for Publication)
• Vijay K Chennamchetty, Raghavendra Rao MV, Abrar A Khan, Dilip Mathai, Tiara Calvo Leon, Pamphil Igman, Surekha Bhat and Sanjay Kumar Agarwal presented at Scientist-Emeritus and Director of Central Research Laboratory, Apollo Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Hyderabad, Telangana, India on Death and Grief of Viral Myocarditis and Exciting Portrayal of Viruses.
• Vijaya C, Raghavendra Rao M.V, Abrar A khan, Badam Aruna Kumari ,Mohammed Khaleel , Mohammed Ismail Nizami , Jithendra K.Naik ,Mahendra Kumar Verma has presented on Parasitic Lung Diseases Death and Dilemma at International Journal of Open Medicine and surgery.
• An indigenous substitute for peptone as the basic ingredient of culture media presented by Vijay Kumar Chennamchetty, Raghavendra Rao
• M.V, Raja Rajeswari M,  S.P.Pallavi,Dilip Mathai, Mahendra Kumar Verma.
• Removal of a needle from the pleural space by video assisted throcoscopy: An unusual encounter in practice written by Vijay Kumar Chennamchetty, Jayasri Helen Gali, Shekar Reddy Gurrala , Nayantara Rao Gandra.
• Vijay K. Chennamchetty, M. V. Raghavendra Rao , Dilip Mathai ,Mahendra Kumar Verma , Tiara Calvo Leon , Pamphil Igman , Surekha Bhat, Mohammad Ismail Nizami , Sanjay Kumar Agarwal , Lakshmi Hitesh Billa, Abrar A. Khan presented on the The Portrayal of Microbes in Respiratory Medicine.
• Reviewed article on Immunity in Medically Important Parasitic Infections with Rao RMV, khaleel M, Rao S, Khan A, Calvo T, Nisanth AM, Kudari, Dilip Mathai R and Verma MK, at Scientist-Emeritus and Director Central Research laboratory, Apollo institute of Medical Sciences and Research, India.
• Vijay Kumar Chennamchetty, Raghavendra Rao M V, Srinivasa Rao D and Dilip Mathai presented on Management of Immune Responses to Bacterial Infection.
• Chennamchetty Vijay Kumar, Raghavendra Rao MV, Siva Anoop Yella, Mohammed Khaleel, YK Verma, Srinivasa Rao D, Adarsh Meher Nisanth, Dilip Mathai, Abrar A Khan and Reshma Fatteh reviewed article on Is Brain Aggression a Mystery Presented on the The Role of Immunity in Fighting and Checking the Spread of Viral Diseases.