Dr. Naveen trained extensively in India and abroad, including the UK and Australia. He worked for over 10 years at Starship Children’s Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand as a Consultant before returning to India. He has been invited as faculty at national and international conferences. His research work on cystic fibrosis, asthma, bronchiectasis, and the airway microbiome is widely published in reputed international journals. He believes in early diagnosis and intervention for long-term lung health.

Educational Qualifications:

• MBBS – Hyderabad
• MD Pediatrics – Hyderabad
• Dual CCT – Pediatrics & Pediatric Respiratory Medicine, UK (Birmingham & Manchester)
• Fellowship in Pediatric Respiratory Medicine – Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne
• Consultant (10+ years) – Starship Children’s Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand

Professional Memberships:

• Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP)
• European Respiratory Society (ERS)
• Royal College of Pediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH), UK

Publications:

• Infection, inflammation and lung function decline in infants with cystic fibrosis
• Bacterial signatures of pediatric respiratory disease: an Individual participant data meta-analysis
• Tools in asthma evaluation and management: when and how to use them?
• Early bronchiectasis in cystic fibrosis detected by surveillance CT
• The airway microbiota in children newly diagnosed with bronchiectasis largely retains its diversity
• Case report of a hypobaric chamber fitness to fly test in a child with severe cystic lung disease
• Asthma: Advances in Management
• The Lung Microbiome of Children with Non-CF Bronchiectasis at the point of Diagnosis
• Dynamic Upper and Lower Airway Microbiotas in Pediatric Bronchiectasis Exacerbations
• The effect of exacerbations on the airway microbiota in children with non-CF bronchiectasis
• The lower airway microbiota in infants with severe bronchiolitis is largely similar to the upper airway microbiota
• Invasive multifocal cryptococcal airway disease in a teenager with hypogammaglobulinemia
• Transitioning young adults with bronchiectasis – Challenges and Pitfalls

Media Presentations:

• Is it recommended to give more vaccines to children?
• Childhood Asthma: Myths and facts, explained by a pulmonologist.

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