Dr Nandini Biswas

Dr. Nandini Biswas is a highly experienced Senior Consultant Pulmonologist with over 16 years of expertise in respiratory and general medicine. She is internationally trained and holds the prestigious FRCP and CCST qualifications. Her clinical strengths include advanced bronchoscopy, lung cancer care, MDR TB management, and ICU pulmonology. She is also deeply involved in teaching and academic mentoring, having completed formal “Training the Trainers” and Educational Supervisor programs. Dr. Biswas is widely respected for her clinical acumen, leadership, and patient-centric approach.

Educational Qualifications:

• MBBS – 1994
• MRCP – 2003
• FRCP – 2012
• Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training (CCST) – Respiratory & General Medicine

Professional Experience:

• Senior Consultant – Pulmonology, Manipal Hospitals, EM Bypass, Kolkata (Current)
• Extensive ICU and advanced respiratory medicine experience
• Consultant-led services in sleep medicine and respiratory diagnostics

Awards and Achievements:

• "Sunrise" American College of Chest Physicians 2025
• Selected Courses & Conferences attended Selected Courses & Conferences Attended
• Poster presentations at ATS Conference 2024
• Poster presentation at ATS Conference 2022
• NAPCON 2022
• ERS virtual Conference Milan, 2021
• ERS Conference Vienna, Sept 2020
• ERS Conference Paris, Sept 2018
• ERS Conference Milan, Sept 2017
• ERS Conference, Amsterdam, Sept 2015
• ERS Thoracoscopy Course, Marseille, April 2012
• Thoracic Ultrasound Course, March 2011
• Advanced techniques in Bronchoscopy, Jan 2011
• ATS Conference 2010, New Orleans
• TB in the era of emerging drug resistance, Hamburg, ERS 2010
• BTS Winter Meeting, Dec 2010
• ERS Conference 2009, Vienna
• Management and Leadership Skills for Senior Doctors, July 2008
• Training the Trainers course, June 2008
• Transplant attachment at Harefield Hospital, June 2008
• American Thoracic Society Meeting, May 2008
• Acute Medicine Course, April 2008
• Lead or be Led Course, March 2008
• The Oxford course for interventional bronchoscopy & medical thoracoscopy, Sept 2007
• BTS Oxford Radiology Course, Sept 2006
• Advanced communication skills course, July 2006
• BTS rare Lung diseases course, Oct 2005
• Ventilatory Failure in acute take, Royal College of Physicians, Jul 2005

Publications:

• Review Article on the Exacerbation of COPD – Published in the Society of Acute Medicine
• Review of Journal Article on the Efficiency of the Influenza Vaccine – Published for ‘Lung Alert’ in Thorax
• Management of Radiologically Identified Massive PE – Presented at the American Thoracic Society (ATS) Conference, Toronto, May 2008
• Usefulness of Urinary Pneumococcal Antigen Testing in Patients with Suspected Community-Acquired Pneumonia – Presented at the ERS Conference, 2009
• Use of NIV in Acute Respiratory Failure in Hospital Against BTS Guidelines – Presented at ATS, 2010
• Review on CRP Levels, Haplotypes & Risk of Incidental COPD – Published in Elsevier
• First Case Report of Pathological Infection with M. shimoidei from the UK – Presented at the ERS Conference, 2011
• Pulmonary Embolism in a Patient with Ocular Myasthenia – Presented at ATS Conference, 2022
• Primary Vocal Cord Aspergillosis – Presented at the American Thoracic Society Conference, 2022
• It’s All in History: Abstract Presentation on ILD – Presented at the American Thoracic Society Conference, 2024
• Pulmo Cast: A Comprehensive Analysis of Pulmonary Hypertension in Eastern India – Cureus, 15(R2): e550996, DOI: 10.7759/Cureus.50996
• Tuberculosis-Related Pleural Effusion: An Update – Current Pulmonology Reports (2025) 14:9, DOI: 10.1007/s13665-025-00373-4.