Dr. Vijil Rahulan

Lung Transplant 21 years of overall experience KIMS Hospital Hyderabad

About Dr. Vijil Rahulan

Dr Vijil Rahulan is a Diplomat of American Board of Internal medicine and pulmonary and critical care medicine. He graduated from Armed Forces Medical College, Pune in the year 1993. He has been trained in Interventional Pulmonology at Lahey Clinic, Massachusetts, USA and in Lung Transplantation at Barnes Jewish Medical Center, St Louis, Missouri, USA. He spent seven years of full time consultative practice experience in USA in the field of Pulmonology, Critical Care and Sleep and is currently the Additional Director at KIMS Heart & Lung Transplant Institute. Dr Vijil was actively involved in the first lung transplant done in India in 2011 and has an experience of more than 150 lung transplantations since then

Education & Certifications

Diplomate of American Board of Internal Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Graduated from Armed Forces Medical College, Pune 1993. Residency in Internal Medicine and Fellowship in Pulmonary Medicine from Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, USA. Fellowship in Critical Care medicine from Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, USA. Further training in Interventional Pulmonology at Lahey Clinic, Massachusetts, USA and in Lung Transplantation at Barnes Jewish Medical Center, St Louis, Missouri, USA. Seven years of full time consultative practice experience in USA in the field of Pulmonolgy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine.

Awards & Recognition

Pioneer in lung transplantation in India, actively involved in the first lung transplant performed in India in 2011.Over 150 lung transplantations performed.Recognized leader in transplant pulmonology in India