Dr. SUNDEEP SALVI , Paediatric - Pulmonologist Doctor in PUNE

Sundeep Salvi is the Director of the Chest Research Foundation, a state-of-the art research institute dedicated to research and education in the field of respiratory diseases, with a major focus on Obstructive Airways Diseases. He is an Honorary Senior Lecturer at Imperial College, London, a Visiting Faculty at the Johns Hopkins University, and a PhD guide at the University of Pune. After completing his specialization in Respiratory Medicine at the University of Pune, he spent 8 years in the UK researching the effects of air pollution on the human lung. He earned a PhD from the University of Southampton and returned to India in 2002, and helped in the setting up of the Chest Research Foundation. He has been actively involved in driving research in the field of Obstructive Airways Disease and has contributed significantly to this field. He has received several national and international awards and has published over 100 research papers in peer reviewed medical journals. He has also contributed to several book chapters and has served as a Guest Editor of JAPI for a special Supplement on COPD. He is regularly invited as a faculty speaker at international conferences. He sits on the Editorial Board of several national and international journals. His main area of interest is asthma and COPD and he has developed a particular interest in non-smoking COPD. He was invited to write a review article for the Lancet on this topic and has been conducting pioneering research in this field in India.