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Office
6620 Main Street
Suite 1475
Houston, TX 77030Phone+1 832-355-2285Fax+1 832-355-3499
Summary
- Dr. Puneet Garcha is the Medical Director of Lung Transplantation at Baylor College of Medicine, in Houston, TX. He received his medical degree from Kasturba Medical College Manipal, further trained at Drexel University College of Medicine and the Cleveland Clinic. He specializes in lung transplantation medicine, critical care medicine, interstitial lung diseases, and sleep medicine. He graduated from the Ross School of Business, the University of Michigan with an Executive MBA in May 2021.
Education & Training
- Ross School of Business, University of Michigan MBA, 2019 - 2021
- Cleveland Clinic FoundationFellowship, Sleep Medicine, 2011 - 2012
- Cleveland Clinic FoundationFellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 2008 - 2011
- Drexel University College of Medicine/Hahnemann University HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 2005 - 2008
- Kasturba Medical College ManipalClass of 2001
Certifications & Licensure
- OH State Medical License 2008 - 2025
- TX State Medical License 2015 - 2025
- PA State Medical License 2005 - 2008
- American Board of Internal Medicine Critical Care Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine Pulmonary Disease
- American Board of Internal Medicine Sleep Medicine
- National Board of Physicians and Surgeons Critical Care Medicine
- National Board of Physicians and Surgeons Internal Medicine
- National Board of Physicians and Surgeons Pulmonary Disease
- National Board of Physicians and Surgeons Sleep Medicine
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2013
- Vice-Chancellor's Commendation Intern's Council, 2001
- Year 4 Honors Kasturba Medical College, 2000
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Clinical Trials
- Extracorporeal Photopheresis for Medicare Recipients of Lung Allografts Start of enrollment: 2015 Jan 01
- Efficacy + Safety of Liposome Cyclosporine A to Treat Bronchiolitis Obliterans Post Single Lung Transplant (BOSTON-2) Start of enrollment: 2019 Mar 29
- Efficacy + Safety of Liposome Cyclosporine A to Treat Bronchiolitis Obliterans Post Single Lung Transplant (BOSTON-1) Start of enrollment: 2019 Apr 02
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 10 citationsSystemic sclerosis associated interstitial lung disease: a conceptual framework for subclinical, clinical and progressive disease.David Roofeh, Kevin K Brown, Ella A Kazerooni, Donald Tashkin, Shervin Assassi
Rheumatology. 2023-05-02 - 20 citationsA narrative review of interstitial lung disease in anti-synthetase syndrome: a clinical approachNaina Sawal, Sanjay Mukhopadhyay, Sheetal Rayancha, Alastair Moore, Puneet Garcha
Journal of Thoracic Disease. 2021-09-01 - 13 citationsFulminant lung fibrosis in non-resolvable COVID-19 requiring transplantation.Soma S K Jyothula, Andrew Peters, Yafen Liang, Weizhen Bi, Pooja Shivshankar
Ebiomedicine. 2022-12-01
Journal Articles
- Endobronchial Hamartoma causing Massive HemoptysisGarcha PS, Machuzak MS, Arrossi AV, Stoller JK, Journal of Bronchology, 10/1/2009
Books/Book Chapters
Abstracts/Posters
- Outcomes of Lung Transplant Recipients of Hepatitis B Core Antibody Positive DonorsHaala Rokadia, Christine Koval, Stanley Mistak, Olufemi Akindipe, Puneet Garcha, Charles Lane, Wayne Tsuang, Marie Budev, ISHLT 34th Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions, San Diego, CA, 4/10/2014
- Functional Status at Discharge Predicts 6-month Survival among Lung Transplant Patients Admitted to the Medical Intensive Care UnitAmit Banga, Debasis Sahoo, Marie Budev, Olufemi Akindipe, Charles Lane, Puneet Garcha, Madhu Sasidhar, CHEST 2013, the American College of Chest Physicians, Annual International Scientific Assembly, Chicago, IL, 10/26/2013
- Primary Hepatic Angiosarcoma Presenting Early After Lung TransplantationRafid Fadul, David Barnes , Binu John , Olufemi Akindipe , Thomas Olbrych , Puneet Garcha, Charles R. Lane , Atul Mehta , Marie Budev, The American Thoracic Society ATS 2013 International Conference, Philadelphia, PA, 5/17/2013
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Lectures
- Board Simulation: What You Need to Know on Sleep DisordersCleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH - 7/1/2014
- Troubleshooting the PAP-Challenged PatientIndependence, OH - 3/1/2014
- Hypoventilation Syndromes in SleepCleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH - 12/1/2013
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Other
- Online Case-Based Lesson on Obstructive Sleep ApneaBaumgartner M, Garcha PS
http://www.clevelandclinicmeded.com/medicalpubs/diseasemanagement
4/1/2013 - Sleep Disordered BreathingGarcha PS, Aboussouan LS, Minai O
http://www.clevelandclinicmeded.com/medicalpubs/diseasemanagement/
1/1/2013 - Online Case-Based Lesson on URIGarcha PS, Ashton RW
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Authored Content
- Power washing pulmonary alveolar proteinosisAugust 2021
Press Mentions
- New CDC Numbers Show More Than 2,000 People Diagnosed With Vaping IllnessesFebruary 23rd, 2020
- COVID-19 Patient with Irreversible Lung Damage Recovers After Double Lung TransplantMay 29th, 2021
- Can COVID-19 Cause Irreversible Lung Damage?May 29th, 2021
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Committees
- Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Heart & Lung Transplant 2021 - Present
- Lung Review Board, UNOS 2018 - 2019
Professional Memberships
- Member
- Member
- International Society for Heart & Lung TransplantationMember
Other Languages
- Punjabi
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