Siddharthan Vaithilingam MD DAABIP (He/Him)

[Pronunciation: sih-DHAR-then vy-thih-ling-gum]

Critical Care Medicine, Interventional Pulmonology

Interventional Pulmonologist at Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX

Summary

Dr.Vaithilingam is a fellowship-trained, quintuple board-certified interventional pulmonologist with expertise in minimally invasive pulmonary diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. He has a particular focus on diagnosing lung cancer using robotic bronchoscopy, managing complications of lung cancer, and bronchoscopic lung volume reduction (BLVR) for patients with COPD.

In addition to providing lung cancer-related care, Dr. Vaithilingam is board-certified in critical care echocardiography and has a special interest in using ultrasound for diagnosis and procedures.

Pulmonology, Critical care medicine, Thoracostomy, Pleuroscopy, Lung cancer, Rigid bronchoscopy, Robotic bronchoscopy, Therapeutic bronchoscopy, Tracheal intubation, Endobronchial ultrasonography, Transthoracic fine needle aspiration, Lumbar puncture, Percutaneous tracheostomy, Photodynamic therapy, Esophagoscopy, Interventional pulmonology, Argon plasma coagulation, Thoracentesis, Endobronchial valve placement, Paracentesis, Electromagnetic navigation bronchoscopy, Chest tube placement, Critical care echocardiography, Tunneled Pleural Catheter Placement, Surgical chest tube, Balloon Dilation, Airway stent placement

Northwestern UniversityMaster of Science, Clinical Investigation, 2018 - 2024
University of Arkansas for Medical SciencesMD, Interventional Pulmonology, 2022 - 2023
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) College of MedicineFellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 2019 - 2022
Ascension Illinois/Saint Joseph (Chicago)Residency, Internal Medicine, 2015 - 2018
K.A.P Viswantham Government Medical College, The Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical UniversityClass of 2012, MBBS

Baylor University Medical Center (Dallas, TX)Interventional Pulmonologist · September 2024 - Current
John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County (Chicago, IL)Interventional Pulmonologist · September 2023 - July 2024
University of Arkansas For Medical Sciences College of MedicineInstructor · July 2022 - June 2023
Northwestern Memorial Hospital (Chicago, IL)Hospitalist · July 2018 - June 2019

AR State Medical License 2022 - 2026
IL State Medical License 2017 - 2026
TX State Medical License 2023 - 2025
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Critical Care Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Pulmonary Disease
American Association for Bronchology and Interventional PulmonologyDiplomate in Interventional Pulmonology
American Heart AssociationAdvanced Cardiovascular Life Support
American Heart AssociationBasic Life Support
ECFMGECFMG Certified Physician
National Board of EchocardiographyDiplomate in Critical Care Echocardiography

PubMed

10 citations
Robotic Bronchoscopy for Peripheral Pulmonary Lesion Biopsy: Evidence-Based Review of the Two Platforms.
Abhishek Kumar, Jose Diego Caceres, Siddharthan Vaithilingam, Gurshan Sandhu, Nikhil Meena
Diagnostics. 2021-08-15
An Intruder in the Heart.
Siddharthan Vaithilingam, Fuad Habash, Angel López-Candales, Anand N. Venkata
Chest. 2021-06-01
8 citations
Vaping epidemic in US teens: problem and solutions.
Anand N. Venkata, Raga Deepak Reddy Palagiri, Siddharthan Vaithilingam
Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine. 2021-03-01

Abstracts/Posters

When the cause is hidden but the effect is visible: An occult cause of recurrent pleural effusion
P.Saluja, S.Vaithilingam, A.N.Venkata, ATS 2021, 5/19/2021
TB, or not TB, That is the question: Large bilateral cavitary lesions in the lung from a clever Mycobacterium tuberculosis mimic
Carlos Marin Ramirez, Nehan Sher, Mariam Mir, Diana Miranda Ruiz, Siddharthan Vaithilingam, CHEST, 10/1/2018

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