Puneet Singh Garcha, M.D., M.B.A.
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Puneet Singh Garcha, M.D., M.B.A.
Associate Professor
Positions
- Associate Professor
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Medicine - Pulmonary
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, US
Addresses
- Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center (Clinic)
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Center for Advanced Lung Diseases and Lung Transplantation
6620 Main Street
Houston, TX 77030
United States
Phone: (832) 355-2285
Education
- MBBS from Kasturba Medical College
- 03/2001 - Manipal, Karnataka India
- Residency at Drexel University College of Medicine/Hahnemann University Hospital
- 06/2008 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania United States
- Clinical Fellowship at Cleveland Clinic Foundation
- 06/2011 - Cleveland, Ohio United States
- Clinical Fellowship at Cleveland Clinic Foundation
- 06/2012 - Cleveland, Ohio United States
- MBA from Ross School of Business, University of Michigan
- 05/2021 - Ann Arbor, Michigan United States
Professional Interests
- Lung Transplantation
- Interstitial Lung Diseases
- End Stage Lung Diseases
- Extracorporeal Life Support (ECLS)
- Sleep Related Breathing Disorders
Professional Statement
Puneet S. Garcha, MD, MBA specializes in the clinical evaluation & management of patients with end-stage lung diseases & lung transplantation. Dr. Garcha is the Medical Director of Lung Transplantation at Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center.He earned his medical degree at Kasturba Medical College in Manipal, India, completed internal medicine training at Drexel University College of Medicine followed by pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine fellowships at the Cleveland Clinic. He recently earned his Master’s in Business Administration from the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business.
His research is focused on the identification of therapeutic pathways for chronic lung allograft dysfunction and systematic optimization of post-transplant survival. Dr. Garcha is committed to transplant program development, innovative healthcare delivery, equitable organ distribution, and the education of physicians-in-training in transplant medicine.
Websites
Selected Publications
- NTN Galvan NF Moreno JE Garza S Bourgeois M Hemmersbach‐Miller B Murthy K Timmins CAO Mahony J Anton A Civitello P Garcha G Loor K Liao A Shaffi J Vierling R Stribling A Rana JA Goss "Donor and transplant candidate selection for solid organ transplantation during the COVID‐19 pandemic." 2020 Jun 10;00:1-10. Pubmed PMID: 32524743
- Sheetal Gandotra, Nancy H. Stewart, Dina Khateeb, Puneet Garcha, W. Graham Carlos, Christopher L. Carroll, Viren Kaul "Understanding the “Social” in “Social Media”. An Analysis of Twitter Engagement of Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship Programs." 2021;
- Ross M. Reul, Gabriel Loor, Puneet S. Garcha, John A. Goss, Abbas A. Rana "Allograft discard risk index for lung transplantation." 2021 Sep 9;
- Hanine Inaty, Cesar Artiles, Ruchi Yadav, Puneet Garcha, , Sanjay Mukhopadhyay, and Debasis Sahoo "Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma Presenting as Diffuse Bilateral Ground-Glass Opacities and Diagnosed on Transbronchial Lung Biopsy." 2017 Apr;14(4) Pubmed PMID: 28362535
- Aasim Afzal, MD, MBA Kristen M. Tecson, PhD Aayla K. Jamil, MPH Puneet S. Garcha, MD Shelley A. Hall, MD Sandra A. Carey, PhD "The Effect of Obstructive Sleep Apnea on 3-Year Outcomes in Patients Who Underwent Orthotopic Heart Transplantation.." 2019 Jul 1;124:51-54. Pubmed PMID: 31029415
- Salam, Shameen; Kotloff, Robert; Garcha, Puneet; Krishnan, Sudhir; Joshi, Dhruv; Grady, Patrick; Duggal, Abhijit "Lung Transplantation After 125 Days on ECMO for Severe Refractory Hypoxemia With No Prior Lung Disease.." 2017 Sep;63(5):e66-e68. Pubmed PMID: 28857906
- "Humoral Human Lung Allograft Rejection by Tissue-Restricted Non-HLA Antibodies." 2016 Oct 1;102(4):PE339-E341. Pubmed PMID: 27645977
- Martinu T, Koutsokera A, Benden C, Cantu E, Chambers D, Cypel M, Edelman J, Emtiazjoo A, Fisher AJ, Greenland JR, Hayes D Jr, Hwang D, Keller BC, Lease ED, Perch M, Sato M, Todd JL, Verleden S, von der Thüsen J, Weigt SS, Keshavjee S; [Garcha P] "International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation consensus statement for the standardization of bronchoalveolar lavage in lung transplantation." 2020 Jul 15; Pubmed PMID: 32773322
- Mehta AC, Wang J, Abuqayyas S, Garcha P, Lane CR, Tsuang W, Budev M, Akindipe O. "New Nodule-Newer Etiology." 2016 Mar 24;6:215-219. Pubmed PMID: 27011920
Memberships
- United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS)
- Member, National Lung Review Board (10/2017 - 10/2019)
- National Board for Respiratory Care
- Member, Credential Maintenance Panel (01/2018 - 12/2019)
- The Journal of Heart & Lung Transplantation
- Member, Editorial Board (01/2020)
Languages
Punjabi
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