Pralay Kumar Sarkar, M.D.

Assistant Professor

(713) 873-2468

Pralay.Sarkar@bcm.edu

Assistant Professor: Department of Medicine
Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX, US

Fellowship at University of Florida: 06/2013 - Gainesville, Florida, United States; Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

Residency at Albert Einstein College of Medicine: 12/2009 - New Hyde Park, New York, United States; Internal Medicine

Fellowship at Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research: 12/2002 - Chandigarh, India; Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

Residency at Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research: 12/1999 - Chandigarh, India; Internal Medicine

Examination of Special Competence in Adult Echocardiography (ASCeXAM): National Board of Echocardiography (NBE)

Critical Care Ultrasonography
Advanced Critical Care Echocardiography
Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) in critical care
Lung cancer
Advanced bronchoscopy
Application of ultrasonography in triage of unstable medical patients to improve outcome

VIICTR Publications List

Pulmonary, Critcal Care & Sleep Medicine Care Center

Medrek S, Bandi V, Xu Y, Sarkar P, Guy E, Kao C. " Fatal Progressive Membranous Obliterative Bronchitis: A Sequela of Influenza? " J Bronchology Interv Pulmonol. 2017 Jan ; 24 (1) : 88-91.
Pubmed PMID: 27984386.
Chandra S, Sarkar PK, Chandra D, Ginsberg NE, Cohen RI. " Finding an alternative diagnosis does not justify increased use of CT-pulmonary angiography " BMC Pulm Med. 2013 Feb ;
Pubmed PMID: 23388541.
Aggarwal AN, Sarkar P, Gupta D, Jindal SK. " Performance of standard severity scoring systems for outcome prediction in patients admitted to a respiratory intensive care unit in North India " Respirology. 2006 Mar ; 11 (2) : 196-204.
Pubmed PMID: 16548906.
Sarkar P, Patel N, Chusid J, Shah R, Talwar A. " The role of computed tomography bronchography in the management of bronchopleural fistulas " J Thorac Imaging. 2010 Feb ; 25 (1) : W10-3.
Pubmed PMID: 20160584.
Talwar A, Sarkar P, Patel N, Shah R, Babchyck B, Palestro CJ. " Correlation of a scintigraphic pulmonary perfusion index with hemodynamic parameters in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension " J Thorac Imaging. 2010 Nov ; 25 (4) : 320-5.
Pubmed PMID: 20562729.