Short Biography

Dr. Anoop has completed his Graduation from KMC Mangalore in 1999 and his internship at the Medical College Calicut by the year Feb 2000. He also obtained a Diploma in TB & Chest diseases from the Calicut Medical College in the year 2004-2006. Dr. Anoop is a Diplomate in National Board Of Education 2007-2009 Calicut Medical College.

Training in Interventional Pulmonology

  • American Thoracic Society training in EBUS in the year 2013
  • Completed ERS Training in EBUS- Interventional Bronchoscopy/Thoracoscopy and Rigid Bronchoscopy in 2014 & 2015
  • Interventional training Observership under Steffano Gaspirini Oespadali University Ancona Italy 2016 September
  • Interventional training under Prof-G.Stratokos
  • Athens Solitaria Hospital June 2018
  • Rigid Bronchoscopy & Cryobiopsy Observership in 2019 May in Malaysia under Dr.Jamalul Azizi
Area of expertise
  • Interventional Pulmonology(IP) : 1. Rigid Bronchoscopy  2. Bronchoscopy  3. EBUS  4. Thoracoscopy  5. Bronchoscopic Foreign body removal(Adult & Pediatric)  6. Indwelling Pleural cauterization  7. Transbronchial lung Cryobiopsy  8. Transbronchial Lung Nodular Cryobiopsy  9. Self-expandable Metallic stent insertion(SEMS)  10. Tracheobronchial silicone Y-Stent insertion  11. ICD/Aspiration 
  • Newer trends  in Asthma & COPD Management
  • Newer Trends in lung malignancies management, Tuberculosis and ILD management
  • Newer trends in Allergen management(Drug, Food, Insect, Latex, Pet, Mold, Pollen Allergies)
  • Newer Trends in Sleeping and Life style disease management.
Awards and recognitions
  • Award for Best Inspiring Respiratory Physician in India-2024 Award given by ECONOMIC TIMES NOW, New Delhi, India
  • Adjudged Best free paper award recipient 2005 Kolkatta Napcon- for Quit Smoking Study and observational Clinical Study
  • Same Paper Was Adjudged Best Research Article in Pulmon Journal 2015
  • Young Scientist award 2007 November Napcon Chandigarh

Experience

  • Chief Medical Officer from 2000-2002
    Vincentgiri Mannanthavadi
    Pothery Nursing Home- Kannur
    Nirmala Hospital – Calicut
  • Pulmonologist and Critical Care Specialist in Nirmala Hospital, Calicut since 2009 Feb-2012 March
  • From 2012 April to till date, Sr. Consultant Pulmonologist in aster MIMS Calicut
    Heading the department (HOD) since 2017 June.
  • World Association for Bronchoscopy and Interventional Pulmonology(WABIP) Membership

Papers Published

  • Tracheal Pseudocyst: A Rare Case Report (World First Case Report) Journal of Advanced Lung Health | Published by Wolters Kluwer-Medknow
  • Clinical Profile of persons attending the smoking clinic of Institute of Chest Diseases A prospective study
  •  Askin Tumour masquerading as a pleural effusion in young; Pulmon 2007
  •  An Unusual Cause for Pulmonary Metastasis.
  • Comparison of treatment outcome for cessession of smoking in subjects treated with bupropion, nicotine replacement therapy or combination of both.

Working Shifts