Dr. Akshay Budhraja

Dr. Akshay Budhraja

Associate Director 

11 Years of Experience

Medicine Specialist, Pulmonologist

MBBS, MD, Fellowship, MBA

Reg. No.:86400, Delhi Medical Council

Aakash Healthcare Super Speciality Hospital, Dwarka, New Delhi

English, Hindi

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About Dr. Akshay Budhraja

  • Dr. Akshay Budhraja is a well-known pulmonologist with more than 11 years of experience.
  • His expertise covers bronchial asthma, COPD, pneumonia, respiratory failure, ILD, pulmonary hypertension, sleep disorders, smoking cessation, tuberculosis, sarcoidosis, and lung cancer.
  • Dr. Budhraja is a respiratory and sleep medicine expert with clinical proficiency in treating critically ill patients and a wide range of respiratory conditions.
  • He successfully performed over 3500 Bronchoscopies, 500 EBUS, and 150 Thoracostomies.
  • He completed his MBBS from Barkatullah University and MD in Tuberculosis & Respiratory Diseases/Medicine from People's College of Medical Sciences & Research Centre.
  • He is also associated with many medical societies, including the Indian Chest Society, India, Indian Medical Association (IMA), the Delhi Medical Council, India (DMC), and the Haryana Medical Council, India(HMC)
  • Dr. Akshay was the principal investigator of 6 International Drug Trials and 3 Ongoing International Drug Trials for COVID-19.
  • He also did various learning programs at the Royal College of Physicians, London.

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Education

  • MBBS, Barkatullah University, Bhopal, 2013
  • MD, (Respiratory Medicine), People's College of Medical Sciences & Research Centre, 2016
  • Fellowship Respiratory & Sleep Medicine, Medanta-The Medicity, Gurgaon, 2018
  • MBA, (Health Care Administration/Management), University of Virginia Darden School of Business, 2021

Training & Certificates

  • Learning programme by Royal College of Physicians, London

Past Experience

  • Attending Consultant, Venkateshwar Hospitals, 2019
  • Senior Resident, (Pulmonary Medicine) All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhopal, 2017
  • Senior Resident, LN Medical College Bhopal,2016

Awards

  • Awarded Best Paper Presentation in PULMOCON, Ujjain, 2014

Associations/Membership

  • Indian Chest Society, India
  • Indian Medical Association (IMA)
  • Delhi Medical Council, India (DMC)
  • Haryana Medical Council, India.(HMC)
  • Madhya Pradesh Medical Council, India.(MPMC)

Paper Published

  • DFV890: a new oral NLRP3 inhibitor—tested in an early phase 2a randomised clinical trial in patients with COVID-19 pneumonia and impaired respiratory function
  • Efficacy and safety of baricitinib for the treatment of hospitalised adults with COVID-19 (COV-BARRIER): a randomised, double-blind, parallel-group, placebo-controlled phase 3 trial

Field of Expertise

  • Airway Reconstruction Surgery
  • Endobronchial Ultrasound (EBUS)
  • Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
  • Ozone Therapy
  • Pleurodesis
  • Pneumonectomy
  • Thoracoscopic Bleb Resection
  • Asthma
  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
  • Congenital Cystic Adenomatoid Malformation (CCAM)
  • Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia (CDH)
  • Congenital High Airway Obstruction Syndrome (CHAOS)
  • Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure
  • Pneumonia
  • Pneumothorax
  • Pulmonary Aspergillosis
  • Pulmonary Edema
  • Pulmonary Embolism (PE)
  • Pulmonary Fibrosis
  • Pulmonary Sequestration
  • Tuberculosis