Dr. Ankit Rathi
MD (CHEST PHYSICIAN), EDRM (ITALY), FCCS (USA), IDCCM, PGDID (APOLLO HOSPITAL, DELHI)
ALLERGY, ASTHMA, RESPIRATORY (PULMONARY), CRITICAL CARE (ICU) AND SLEEP DISORDERS SPECIALIST
Dr Ankit Rathi is one of the best chest physicians / pulmonologists, in Jodhpur. He has many years of experience in respiratory and critical care medicine. He is the only one to get an EDRM (European diploma in respiratory medicine) degree. After completing his MD, he completed IDCCM (Indian diploma in critical care medicine) and worked as a consultant in AIIMS. He is a consultant pulmonologist, bronchoscopist, thoracoscopist, intensivist, sleep medicine and infectious disease specialist at Rathi Hospital Jodhpur.
Rathi Hospital was started in 1990 with a vision to provide the best Medical treatment for western Rajasthan. Over the years, we have evolved and gained a reputation for being a great medical care-providing institution because of the quintessential treatment that is given to our patients. Rathi Hospital is the only super speciality chest and critical care centre in the whole of western Rajasthan, which provides all kinds of chest related and critical care treatments.
Professional Affiliations
- Member of Medical Council of India
- Member of the European Respiratory Society (ERS)
- Member of Asian Pacific Society of Respirology (APSR)
- Member of American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP)
- Member of European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM)
- Life Member of Indian Chest Society (ICS)
- Life Member of Indian Association of Bronchology
- Life Member of Indian Sleep Disorders Association (ICS)
- Life Member of Critical Care Education Foundation
- Life Member of Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine (ISSCM)
Field of Expertise
- Bronchoscopy Service Including BAL, Transbronchial Lung Biopsies And Transbronchial Needle Aspiration.
- Complex Care For Most Complex Pulmonary Cases
- Thoracoscopy
- Pulmonary Test (Lung Test)
- Allergy
- Immunotherapy
- Sleep Studies
Past Appointments
- Intensivist at Global Hospital & Research Centre, Andheri West, Mumbai.
- Consultant in Kailash Hospital, Noida.
- Consultant in Dept of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine in Jaypee Hospital, Noida.
- Senior Resident Consultant in Dept of Pulmonary Medicine in All India Institute of Medical Science, Jodhpur.
- Consultant in KN Chest Hospital Jodhpur
Publications
- “Echocardiographic evaluation of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease” A MD. Thesis.
- “Early diagnosis of pulmonary arterial Hypertension using Transthoracic Doppler echocardiography in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease” in Lung India 2013.
- Lymphangioleiomyomatosis: A case report J NTR Univ Health Science 2014.
- A rare case of Primary mediastinal yolk sac tumour” Arch Med Health Science 2014.
Key Procedures
- Surgical management of lung cancer
- Smoking related lung diseases
- Mediastinal tumors
- Thymectomy
- Esophageal disease
- Cosmetic correction of chest wall deformities
- Pulmonary infections like tuberculosis and pneumonia
- Airway Disorders such as Asthma, bronchitis, COPD, and Bronchiectesis.
- Pleural diseases such as pleural effusion and pneumothorax
- Interstitial lung Disease (ILD), including Sarcoidosis and IPF
- Pulmonary Vascular disease, including Pulmonary Hypertension, Pulmonary embolism and others
- Sleep Disorders including Obstructive Sleep Apnea
- Shortness of breath due to any cause
- Peri-operative care of patients with lung disease
- Respiratory care of Neuromuscular disease such as motor neuron disease, kyphoscoliosis and so on
- Smoking related lung disorders and smoking prevention.
- Interventional Pulmonology: A unique specialty by itself
Key Services
- Lung diseases
- Thymectomy
- Esophageal disease
- Bronchitis
- Chronic Cough
- Hemoptysis
- Pleural Effusion
- Inpatient management and referrals
- General Chest OPD
- Sleep studies (Polysomnography)
- Assessment for domiciliary non-invasive ventilatory support
- Bronchoscopy service including BAL, Transbronchial lung biopsies and Transbronchial needle aspiration.
- Pulmonary function testing
- Allergy testing and immunotherapy(allergy vaccine)
- Medical thoracoscopy
- Special chest clinics like ILD clinic, COPD clinic, SMOKING CESSATION clinic, ASTHMA and ALLERGY CLINIC.
- Pulmonary rehabilitation services
