Pulmonary, critical care & sleep medicine with calm precision.
Dr. Rakesh Godara is the founder of Advance Pulmo Care, Jagatpura — his personal chest & interventional pulmonology clinic — and serves as Additional Director - Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine | Interventional Pulmonologist, CK Birla Hospitals - RBH, Jaipur. Over 20 years of experience in pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine, with specialised expertise in interventional pulmonology. He specialises in interventional pulmonology, critical care and complex airway disorders, with international training and a reputation built on clarity, honesty and patient-first care.
- MBBSS.P. Medical College, Bikaner · University of Rajasthan · 2003
- MD — Pulmonary MedicineS.P. Medical College / PBM Group of Hospitals, Bikaner · June 2006 – May 2009
- IDCCM — Critical Care MedicineSir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi · January 2010 – March 2011
- DNB — Critical Care MedicineEscorts Heart Institute and Research Centre, New Delhi · National Board of Examinations · March 2011 – July 2013
- EDARM — European Diploma of Adult Respiratory MedicineEuropean Diploma of Adult Respiratory Medicine (EDARM) · European Respiratory Society (ERS), Netherlands · September 2015
- Advanced Interventional Pulmonology & Critical Care TrainingDecember 2013 – March 2016
- Observership in Interventional PulmonologyCleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA · April 2016
- MBBS RegistrationRajasthan Medical Council · Reg. No. 23258 · 15-03-2005 · Renewed · valid until 14-03-2030
- MD (Pulmonary Medicine)Additional Qualification Reg. No. 14786 · 27-06-2016
- DNB (Critical Care Medicine)Additional Qualification Reg. No. 15791 · 16-03-2017
- Dr. Kalicharan Mathur Best Paper AwardGold medal · 8th NCCP RajPulmocon · 2008
- Sepsis Quiz — 2nd PositionSepsis Conference, New Delhi · 2011
- Interesting Cases in EBUS — First PrizeEUS/EBUS Conference, Noida · 2016
- Diagnostic bronchoscopy8000+
- EBUS-guided TBNA500+
- Rigid bronchoscopy300+
- Conventional TBNA100+
- Radial EBUS-GS TBBx50+
- Cryobiopsy10+
- Medical thoracoscopy / pleuroscopy
- Pleural biopsy & pleurodesis
- Indwelling tunneled pleural catheter
- Ultrasound-guided pleural procedures
- Percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy300+
- Central, arterial & HD lines1000+
- Mechanical ventilation in ARDS
- ICU bronchoscopy & lung ultrasound
- Full PFT with DLCO
- Forced oscillation technique (FOT)
- 6-minute walk test & night oximetry
- Level I and Level III sleep studies
Invited faculty, panellist and organising-committee member at NAPCON, TESCON, BRONCOCON, RAJPULMOCON, CAPI and ATICON, with invited faculty roles at international meetings in Muscat and Almaty.
- 01An innovative solution for prolonged air leaks: The customized endobronchial silicone blockerAbhinav Singla, Rakesh Godara, Chakravarthi Lokanath, Suvarna Salankay, Ravindra MehtaEuropean Respiratory Journal, 2017; 50: PA3786DOI: 10.1183/1393003.congress-2017.PA3786
- 02An innovative strategy for the emergent management of massive hemoptysis: The customized Endobronchial Silicone Blocker (CESB)Rakesh Godara, Rajani S Bhat, Abhinav Singla, Suvarna B G, Ravindra M MehtaAmerican Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2017; 195: A1648
From foundation to respiratory leadership.
Over two decades of training and practice across Bikaner, New Delhi, Amritsar, Bengaluru and the United States — now anchored in Jaipur.
Undergraduate medicine and postgraduate specialisation in pulmonary medicine.
Senior residency and formal critical-care qualifications in New Delhi.
Interventional pulmonology training, a European diploma and a US observership.
A decade of building and leading pulmonary services at CK Birla Hospitals – RBH.
- 1998 – 2004
MBBS
S.P. Medical College, Bikaner · University of RajasthanBachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery. Registered with the Rajasthan Medical Council (Reg. No. 23258) on 15 March 2005.
- Jun 2006 – Jun 2009
MD — Pulmonary Medicine
S.P. Medical College / PBM Group of Hospitals, Bikaner, RajasthanPostgraduate specialisation in pulmonary medicine.
- Jun 2009 – Jan 2010
Senior Resident — Pulmonary & Critical Care
BLK Superspeciality Hospital, New DelhiFirst exposure to tertiary-level respiratory and intensive care.
- Jan 2010 – Mar 2011
IDCCM — Critical Care Medicine
Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New DelhiSenior Resident in Critical Care and Emergency Medicine.
- Mar 2011 – Jul 2013
FNB — Critical Care Medicine
Fortis Escorts Heart Institute, Okhla, New DelhiFellowship training in critical care medicine.
- Jul 2013 – Nov 2013
Consultant — Pulmonology
Fortis Escorts Hospitals, Amritsar, PunjabIn charge of the Cardiac and Neuro Critical Care Unit.
- Nov 2013 – Mar 2016
Associate Consultant — Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep Medicine & Interventional Pulmonology
Apollo Hospitals, BengaluruTwo years of dedicated advanced interventional pulmonology and critical-care training, including EBUS, medical thoracoscopy and sleep studies.
- Sep 2015
EDARM — European Diploma of Adult Respiratory Medicine
European Respiratory Society (ERS), NetherlandsEuropean qualification in adult respiratory medicine.
- Apr 2016
Observership in Interventional Pulmonology
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USADepartment of Pulmonary Medicine, 4 – 29 April 2016.
CK Birla Hospitals – RBH, Jaipur
Heads the Department of Pulmonary Medicine with a dedicated interventional pulmonology suite and pulmonary function lab. Pioneered rigid bronchoscopy, endobronchial tumour removal and airway stenting in Rajasthan.
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