Dr. Heera Subhagan is an accomplished Clinical and Interventional Pulmonologist with strong expertise in Comprehensive respiratory care that includes Primary Care, Pulmonary Critical Care, and Interventional Pulmonology.
With over 7 years of clinical and teaching experience across leading tertiary and quaternary care hospitals, she has specialized in managing complex airway diseases, early lung cancer detection, pleural diseases, and advanced bronchoscopy guided interventions.
She has done her undergraduate training at the prestigious Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, Manipal University following which she completed her postgraduate training from Government Medical College, Kannur, Kerala. She is also trained in Pulmonary Critical Care and has a Fellowship in Advanced Interventional Pulmonology.
Dr. Heera brings exceptional skill in minimally invasive diagnostic and therapeutic pulmonary procedures. She has been a speaker, faculty at several IP workshops and an organising team member at National and International IP conferences.
Her practice is rooted in evidence-based medicine, technology-assisted interventions, and a compassionate approach towards patient care.
- Basic bronchoscopy – Forceps biopsy / Cryobiopsy.
- Rigid bronchoscopy – Tumour Debulking, Airway Stenosis Dilation & Stenting.
- Balloon Bronchoplasty, Endobronchial Ablative Therapy.
- Endobronchial Spigot insertion, Foreign body removal.
- Radial EBUS for peripheral pulmonary nodule.
- TBLB / TBLC under fluoroscopy / CBCT guidance.
- Linear EBUS – For mediastinal pathology.
- Thoracoscopy – Rigid / Semirigid, ICD, IPFT, Indwelling pleural catheter.
- Basic Life Support – American Heart Association
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support – American Heart Association
- Fellowship in Advanced Interventional Pulmonology (Yashoda Hospitals, Hyderabad)
- Pulmonary Critical Care
- Interventional Pulmonology
- Pulmonary Oncology
- Transplant Pulmonology
- Dr. Heera is also involved in research work in the field of Pulmonary Medicine. Some of her works include :
- Comparison of adverse drug reactions between daily and intermittent Anti Tuberculous Treatment regimens.
- Dyselectrolytemia in acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
- Prevalence and profile of pleuropulmonary complications in CKD patients: A hospital based descriptive study.
- Implications of Pneumoconiosis on Surgical Management of Empyema Thoracis: A Systematic Review – Journal of Chemical Health Risks.
- Indian Medical Association – Lifetime Member
- Academy of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine – Lifetime Member
