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Overview
Dr. Gomathi R G is a highly qualified and dedicated medical professional specializing in Respiratory Medicine and Covid Consultations. With over 7 years of experience in the field, she has established herself as a trusted expert in managing various respiratory conditions, particularly in the context of the ongoing global pandemic. Dr. Gomathi received her MBBS degree followed by an M.D. in TB & Pulmonology Medicine from Sri Ramachandra Medical University in Chennai, where her commitment to excellence was recognized through her rigorous training and academic achievements.
Being fluent in both English and Tamil, Dr. Gomathi effectively communicates with her diverse patient base in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Her compassionate approach and in-depth knowledge of respiratory ailments enable her to tailor treatment plans that best suit her patients' needs.
Dr. Gomathi's dedication to her field is evident from her continuous professional development and her commitment to staying updated with the latest advancements in respiratory medicine. She is well-versed in the complexities of Covid-19, providing comprehensive consultations and effective management strategies to her patients during these challenging times.
As a part of the Apollo network, Dr. Gomathi G offers her services with a focus on ensuring optimal health outcomes for all patients, making her a reliable choice for anyone seeking expert care in respiratory health.
Experience
· Junior Resident in Medical Oncology at Apollo Speciality Hospital, teynampet from 2011 to 2012
· Junior Resident in general ward at Apollo Speciality Hospital, vanagaram from 2012
. Observership in tamabarm TB hospital 2016.
Memberships
ACL, DLS
Awards
- Mehta R, Niederman MS. Adequate empirical therapy minimizes the impact of diagnostic methods in patients with ventilator-associated pneumonia. Crit Care Med 2000; 28,8: 3092-3094.
- Mehta R, Niederman MS et al. Natural history and variability of respiratory isolates and antibiotic susceptibility in a medical ICU. Chest 2000; 118, 4 (Suppl): 178S3.
- Mehta R, Weinstein MD et al. Rapid Eye Movement-specific Obstructive Sleep Apnea: a demographically and clinically distinct subset of patients with sleep-disordered breathing. Sleep 2000; 23, 2:A78-79
- Mehta R, Groth ML. Continuous Positive Airway Pressure in Heart Failure with Cheyne-Stokes Respiration and Central Sleep Apnea- an important factor influencing mortality. ClinPulm Med 2000; 7,6: 344-345
- Mehta R, Groth ML. Invasive or Non-invasive management of suspected Ventilator- Associated Pneumonia ? – An old controversy revisited. ClinPulm Med 2000; 7,5: 277-279
- Mehta R, Groth ML. Non-Invasive Ventilation: An alternative to prolonged intratracheal intubation in Acute-on-Chronic Respiratory Failure. ClinPulmMed 2000; 7,2: 107-108
- Mehta R, Groth ML. Severe Community Acquired Pneumonia needingMechanical Ventilation: What determines Prognosis? ClinPulm Med 2000; 7,4: 214-215
- Mehta R, Groth ML. Making breathing easier: Does Tracheotomy decrease the work of Breathing in Ventilator-Dependent patients? ClinPulm Med 2000; 7,1: 62-63
- Mehta R, Groth ML. Antibiotic restriction and rotation for Ventilator-associated Pneumonia-does it make a difference? ClinPulm Med 2001; 8,1: 55-56
- Mehta R, Groth ML. A better mode of ventilation in patients with acute hypercapnicCOPD exacerbations and Acute Cardiogenic Pulmonary Edema.ClinPulm Med 2001; 8,3: 188-190
- Mehta R, Groth ML. A Novel Therapy for Sleep Apnea in patients with Chronic Renal Failure on Hemodialysis.ClinPulm Med 2001; 8,4: 253-254
- Mehta R, Groth ML. Initial vasopressor for cardiac arrest: vasopressin orepinephrine? ClinPulm Med 2001; 8,6: 366-67
- Mehta R, Groth ML. Clinical application of a prognostic model for severe CAP. Chest 2001; 119: 312-313.
- Mehta R, Groth ML. Prognostic importance of CPAP in patients with CHF and Cheyne Stokes Respiration-Central Sleep Apnea. Circulation 2001; 103: e121
- Mehta R, F Gress, J Ilowite et al. Role of Endoscopic Esophageal Ultrasound Guided Fine Needle Aspiration (EUS-FNA) in the diagnosis of Sarcoidosis. Am J of Resp. & Crit. Care Med. 2001;163, 5: A558
- Mehta R, O Radu, Pollack S, Niederman MS, MD. Natural Variability of Respiratory Pathogens and Antibiotic Sensitivity in a Medical Intensive Care Unit.Am J of Resp. & Crit. Care Med 2001; 163, 5:A929.
- Alobeidy S, Mehta R ,Niederman MS. Etiology and Outcome of Hemoptysis in patients on Anticoagulation Therapy. Am J of Resp.& Crit. Care Med 2001; 163, 5: A65
- Mehta R, Groth ML. How Common is the “Classical” Presentation of Narcolepsy in Clinical Practice? Sleep 2001; 24: A31119.
- Mehta R, Weinstein MD. Is a History of Hypothyroidism a Risk Factor forObstructive Sleep Apnea.Sleep 2001; 24: A326-27
- Mehta R, Lazar J, Hurewitz AN.EKG characteristics reliably distinguish between pre-capillary and post-capillary pulmonary hypertension. Chest 2001; 120, 4 (Suppl), 196S.
- Mehta RM, Radu OA et al. The Impact of Vancomycin usage on subsequent patterns of Gram-positive resistance. Am J of Resp.& Crit. Care Med 2001; 167, 7:A559
- Mehta R, Groth ML, Weinstein MD. Clinical characteristics of the Nocturnal Sleep-related Eating syndrome. Sleep 2002; 25: A485
- Mehta R, Niederman MS. Nosocomial Pneumonia. CurrOpin in Infect Dis 2002;15: 387-394
- Mehta R, Groth ML. A Study of Pseudomonas aeruginosa colonization in the Intensive Care Unit: lessons learnt from screening and genotyping. ClinPulm Med2002
- Mehta R, Groth ML. Antibiotic rotation: A simple solution for antibiotic resistance in the intensive care unit. ClinPulm Med 2002; 9, 4: 242-243
- Radu OA, Kudalkar DP, Mehta RM et al. Antibiotic Usage and Respiratory Pathogens resistance Pattern in an ICU.Am J of Resp.& Crit. Care Med 2003; 167, 7:A562
- Mehta RM, Niederman MS. Nosocomial pneumonia in the Intensive Care Unit. J Int. Care Med. 2003; 18,4.
- Mehta RM, Beal A. Targeting comprehensive outcomes in Intensive Care and beyond: a holistic paradigm. Chest- Pulmonary Perspectives Jun 2004; 21,2: 7-10
- 29. Ravindra M. Mehta, Alice Beal.A New Look at Endocrinopathy of Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock. Chest- Pulmonary Perspectives Dec 2005; 22, 4
- M.D. Cohen, Mehta RM, M. Cutaia. Combined Accelerometry and AmbulatoryOximetry Monitoring: A New Approach To Quantify Hypoxemia and Activity in COPD Patients. Proc. Am. Thorac. Soc. 2005; 2: A652
- Cohen Miriam D., PawaSakshi, Mehta Ravindra, et al. Ambulatory Monitoring of Oximetry and Activity in Patients with Advanced Lung Disease: A New Approach to Optimize Long-term Oxygen Therapy. Chest 2005 128: 158S-a
- Varghese Sholu, Cohen Miriam D., Mehta Ravindra, CutaiaMichael”Dipper or Persister?” Duration of desaturation is more relevant than severity forfunctional performance in COPD. Chest 2006 130: 98S-c-99
- Cohen M, Mehta R, Cutaia M. Activity/Oxygen Profile in Patients with Chronic Lung Disease. Proc. Am. Thorac. Soc. Apr 2006; 3: A318
- Ravindra Mehta, MichealCutaia. The role of interventional pulmonary procedures in the management of post-obstructive pneumonia.Curr Infect Dis Rep. 2006; 8(3):207-14
- R.M. Mehta, A. Aneja, R. Sahni. Antibiotic Resistance in the ICU.Neth J Crit Care 2007; 11, 2: 72-80
- Vanthanh Ly, Ravindra Mehta, Andrew Seymour, Michael Cutaia. Multicentric granular cell tumor complicated by tracheobronchial obstruction. Journal of Bronchology 2007; 14,4: 269-71
- MuraliChakravarthy, PadmajaKamble, KadapaSatish, Ravindra Mehta, et al. Spontaneous Respiration for endoscopic cauterization and stenting of a tracheal tumour using thoracic epidural anesthesia. J CardiothoracVascAnesth 2008: 22,6: 822-824
- Mehta Ravindra.,Reyas A.K., SrinivasanLakshmipriya et al Medical Thoracoscopy in an effective treatment Modality for the Treatment of LoculatedEmoyema.Chest 2009;136: 46S
- Mehta Ravindra, KasargodChethan, Reddy Prabhakar. Treatment of Recurrent Spontaneous Pneumothorax by Pleuroscopic Talc Pleurodesis with Conscious Sedation.Chest 2009;136: 46S
- Tauro D, Roy S, K Madhusudhan, Ravindra Mehta. Extracorporeal Membrance Oxygenation (ECMO) for amlodipine overdose: A life saving intervention. Chest 2009: 136: 37S-38.
- MuralidharRamchandra T., DeshpandeShrikant, Ramachandran Deepak, Mehta Ravindra M. Cardiac Bypass Erythroderma. Chest 2009:136: 45S-e-46
- Murlidhar TR, Sanchayan R, Ramachandran D, Deepak T, Ravindra Mehta, Critically ill patients with H1NI pneumonia/ALI – The Indian experience. Abstract accepted at ERS 2010
- Ravindra Mehta, Muralidhar T R, Sathish K S.Innovative and unconventional methods for the management of massive hemoptysis: A novel approach. Abstract accepted at ERS 2010
- Lakshmipriya S, Rajani S.B, Ravindra Mehta. A Rare Case of Primary Pleural Synovial Sarcoma. Chest October 2010 138:4
- Ravindra Mehta, L.B.Arjun, S Lakshmi Priya, Reddy P, et al. Complex TBNA’ – Prevalence and diagnostic yield in a referral population. Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2010;181: A5152.
- Ravindra M, Nidhi G, et al. Non-Real-Time CT-Guided TBNA/TBB – A novel of increasing diagnostic yield in TBNA and TBB. Chest 2010;138:4
- KalpanaBabu, RaghuvirKini, Ravindra Mehta. Scleral Nodule and BilatealDisc Edema as a Presenting Manifestation of Systemic Sarcoidosis. Ocular Immunology and Inflammation 2010; 18 (3): 158-161
- Deepak Tauro, Ravindra Mehta, MadhusudanKalluraya. What looks like Sepsis, but is not Sepsis: Catastrophic Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome. IJCCM Jan 2011 Vol 15: Supplement 1; S16
- Ravindra Mehta, Arjun L.B, Kalpana B, et al. Oculo-Pulmonary Syndromes –AScientific approach to diagnosis. Chest2011:140:4
- Ravindra Mehta, A. Singla, A. L Balaji et al.Conventional TBNA In The Era Of EBUS – “Not A Lost Art”.Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2012;185: A3001
- A L Balaji, Ravindra Mehta, Abhinav S. A Large Posterior Tracheal Wall TearManaged By Silicone Stenting: An Out-Of-The-Box Solution To A Life-ThreateningInterventional Pulmonary (IP) Problem. Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 2012;185:A5187
- KalpanaBabu, RaghuvirKini, Ravindra Mehta et al. Predictors for Tubercular Uveitis: A Comparison Between Biopsy-Proven Cases of Tubercular and Sarcoid Uveitis. Retina 2012; 32,5: 1017 -102
- PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:
- American College Chest Physicians.
- Indian Association of Bronchology.
- American Thoracic Society.
- Indian Chest Society.
- Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine.
- Indian Association of Allergy/Immunology.
- Karnataka Medical Council, India.
Research and Publication
Research paper on “Unusual Presentation of Pulmonary Nocardiosis”. The paper was published in JEMDS.
Thesis on “Role of Bronchoscopy in pleural Effusion”.
Special Interests
Bronchoscopy
List of Treatments
- Pneumonia Treatment
- Respiratory Treatment
- Chest Disease Treatment
- Bronchitis Treatment
- Bronchiolitis Treatment
- Bronchiectasis Treatment
- Bronchial Asthma Treatment
List of Conditions Treated
- Pleural Disease
- Respiratory Disorders
- Respiratory Tract Infection
- Obesity Related Lung Diseases
- Diseases Of The Chest
- Chronic Respiratory Disorders
- Aspergillosis
- Asthma
- Bronchiectasis
- Bronchitis
- Chronic Bronchitis
- Emphysema
- Histoplasmosis
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Frequently Asked Questions
Where does Dr. Gomathi R G practice?
Dr. Gomathi R G is a practicing physician at Apollo First Med Hospitals, Kilpauk. This hospital offers comprehensive healthcare services.
Why do patients choose Dr. Gomathi R G?
Patients consult Dr. Gomathi R G for expertise in Bronchoscopy, Thoracoscopy, and Pleural Effusion Treatment. For further details on her areas of specialization, please refer to her professional profile.
What are Dr. Gomathi R G's medical qualifications?
Dr. Gomathi R G holds an MBBS and an MD in Tuberculosis & Respiratory Diseases/Pulmonary Medicine.
What is Dr. Gomathi R G's medical specialty?
Dr. Gomathi R G specializes in pulmonology.
How many years of experience does Dr. Gomathi R G have?
Dr. Gomathi R G possesses 8 years of experience in pulmonology.
Who is Dr. Gomathi R G?
Dr. Gomathi R G is a highly experienced Respiratory Medicine and Covid-19 specialist in Chennai with over 7 years of experience at Apollo First Med Hospitals P H Road. Holding MBBS and MD (TB & Pulmonary Medicine) degrees, she provides comprehensive respiratory care, specializing in conditions such as bronchiectasis, emphysema, pulmonary nodules, and chest disease. Her expertise includes advanced diagnostics, bronchiectasis treatment, pleural disease management, asthma treatment, pulmonary function testing, and Covid-19 consultations. Dr. Gomathi is known for her personalized treatment plans, accurate diagnosis, and compassionate patient care.
What is a Pulmonologist?
A pulmonologist is a medical doctor specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of respiratory diseases. Their expertise covers the airway, lungs, and respiratory muscles?all components of the respiratory system.
What respiratory conditions do Pulmonologists treat?
Pulmonologists treat various respiratory illnesses, including airway inflammation, airway obstruction, alveolar damage from inhalant exposure (dust, chemicals, smoke), genetic lung diseases such as cystic fibrosis, and conditions like tuberculosis, asthma, and bronchitis. They specialize in lung and airway health.
When should I see a pulmonologist?
Consult a pulmonologist for persistent cough, breathing difficulties, coughing up blood or mucus, unexplained weight loss, or shortness of breath during daily activities or exercise. These symptoms may indicate respiratory issues requiring specialized care.
What tests will a pulmonologist perform during a checkup?
A pulmonologist may conduct various tests based on your specific condition. These can include: CT scan, chest ultrasound, chest X-ray, pulse oximetry, pleural biopsy, bronchoscopy (airway examination), pulmonary function tests (breathing tests) to assess lung function, and sleep studies for sleep disorder detection.
