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National Heart Institute, Holy Family Instititue

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Thoracic Surgeon – New Delhi
MBBS, MS, Doctorate Thoracic Surgery
Holy Family Hospital, National Heart Institute, Delhi Heart & Lung Institute, Kailash Hospital Noida, Apollo Spectra Kanpur, Delhi Chest Surgery
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Thoracic Surgeon – New Delhi
MBBS, MS, Doctorate Thoracic Surgery

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Dr. Pallavi Purwar

Consultant Thoracic Surgeon at Holy Family Hospital Delhi
  • Lung Cancer
  • Bronchiectasis
  • Aspergilloma
  • Mucormycosis
  • Tuberculosis
  • Emphysematous Bulla
  • Diaphragmatic Hernia
  • Chest Wall Trauma
  • Tracheal Stenosis
  • Esophageal Tumors 
  • Thymoma
  • Thymic Cancer
  • Pleural Effusion
  • Chest Wall Tumors
  • Empyema, Lung Absces
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Chest, Thoracic & Lung Surgery Specialist

About Dr. Pallavi Purwar

MBBS, MS, DrNB Thoracic Surgery Dr. Pallavi Purwar is a highly skilled and accomplished Thoracic Surgeon at Holy Family Hospital Delhi. With her extensive expertise in the field of thoracic surgery, she has made significant contributions to the medical community.Dr. Purwar’s passion for helping patients and her commitment to excellence are evident in her work. She specialises in the surgical treatment of diseases affecting the chest, including the lungs, esophagus, and mediastinum. As best chest specialist in Delhi, her meticulous attention to detail and systematic approach ensure the highest quality of care for her patients.
Best Chest Specialist in Delhi

Delhi Medical Council

MEDICAL COUNCIL CERTIFICATION AND LICENSURE - R 04443:

Medical Council of India

MEDICAL COUNCIL CERTIFICATION AND LICENSURE - MCI-IMR-13/1723

Guidelines and Committees

  1. Part of the ICMR lung cancer guidelines subcommittee
  2. Part of Committee for Development of Thoracic Surgical Services in SAARC Nations subcommittee
  3. Part of DR-TB committee for the surgical management of Multi drug resistant Tuberculosis

Book Chapter

First author for the chapter on Multimodality management of Carcinoma Esophagus in the Textbook - Surgical Gastroenterology by Sanjeev Haribhakti

  • Education
  • Awards
  • Memberships
  • Experience
  • DrNB Thoracic Surgery (Doctorate) :
     Mar 2017-2020
    National (erstwhile LRS) Institute of TB and Respiratory Diseases
  • MS General Surgery
    June 2008-2011
    Post-graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh
  • MBBS
    Jan 2002- 2007
    Maulana Azad Medical College
  • First Runner up in PGC Master cup as part of Team Asia in the ESTS conference at Dublin in June 2019
  • Young Investigator's Award at NALCCON Patna 2018: Evaluation of the extent of implementation of Evidence Based guidelines for the management of lung cancer in the Tata Memorial Centre.
  • Young Investigator's Award at NALCCON Patna 2015: Mediastinal staging in the era of improved imaging for non-small cell lung cancer.
  • First Prize for Oral Presentation at 1st Indian Cancer Congress 21-24 Nov 2013 Post Esophagectomy chyle Leak: Impact on postoperative outcomes
  • First Prize for Poster Presentation at NALCCON 2015 at Kolkota 18-19 April: Mediastinal staging in era of improved imaging for non-small cell lung cancer.
  • Second Prize for Oral Presentation at NALCCON 2018 6-7 Oct Patna: Evaluation of the extent of implementation of Evidence Based guidelines for the management of lung cancer in the Tata Memorial Centre.
  • Second Prize at Quiz conducted at AIIMS Jan 19-21, 2018: Contemporary Practices in Surgery.
  • European Society of Thoracic Surgeons
  • Indian Society of Thoracic Surgeons and Trust
  • Indian Society for Study of Lung Cancer
  • Indian Association of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery
  • Assistant Professor CTVS
    16 June 2022 to 09 Jan 2023
    Vardhaman Mahavir Medical College & Safdarjung Hospital
  • Specialist Grade II (Faculty) Thoracic Surgeon
    17 Dec 2020 to 8 June 2022
    National (erstwhile LRS) Institute of TB and Respiratory Diseases
  • Post DNB SS Thoracic Surgery Senior Resident
    23 Mar 2020 to 16 Dec 2020
    National (erstwhile LRS) Institute of TB and Respiratory Diseases
  • DNB SS Senior Resident
    22 Mar 2017 to 21 March 2020
    National (erstwhile LRS) Institute of TB and Respiratory Diseases
  • Senior Resident Thoracic Surgery
    03 Mar 2016 to 04 Sep 2016
    National (erstwhile LRS) Institute of TB and Respiratory Diseases
  • Senior Resident Thoracic Surgery
    10 Aug 2015 to 13 Feb 2016
    Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi
  • Fellow Thoracic Surgical Oncology
    01 Aug 2014 to 29 July 2015
    Tata Memorial Centre Mumbai
  • Senior Resident, Thoracic Oncology
    13 May 2013 to 31 July 2014
    Tata Memorial Centre Mumbai

Participation in Covid 19

  1. Worked with Doctors for You for COVID care in centers near LNJP hospital during the second wave of COVID 19
  2. Worked as volunteer for COVID care at RML hospital during the first wave of COVID-19
  3. Worked for COVID patient attendant counselling at my center during the second wave of COVID-19
  4. Visited COVID patients in my residential locality during bed crisis at hospitals and supported in COVID management via telephonic conversations and counselling
  • Training & Academic Activities
  • Allied Training
  • Extracurricular Activities
  1. Stage Management of the 28th Annual Conference of the North Chapter of Association of Surgeons of India 2010
  2. Stage Management of Thoracic Surgery CME in 2016
  3. Co-organising Secretary of the second Annual Conference of the Thoracic Surgeons and Trust
  4. Facilitator for the Monthly difficult to treat NITRD ISTST Thoracic Surgery clinic
  5. Organising Secretary for the IACTS Thoracic CME
  • NPTEL Certification on Management of Tuberculosis
  • Certificate course on Comprehensive Trauma Life Support
  • Certification by ACCORD on Protocol writing workshop
  • Certificate course on Research Methodology and Biostatistics
  • End of Life Care Certificate Programme
  1. Participation in clinic held by Ganga Prem Hospice in the state of Uttarakhand and helping patients get optimum treatment at Delhi whenever possible SINCE 2011
  2. Participation in Surgical camps with Shri Sai Onkar Trust wherein surgeries are conducted at far flung villages free of cost SINCE 2012
  3. Involvement in creation of animation videos for health awareness
  4. Health awareness in villages and school children
  5. Attended Preparation primary departure course with Medicine sans Frontiers

    Publications

    Prognostic significance of lymph node counts in operable esophageal cancer. Ann Thorac Surg 2014

    Purwar P, Bambarkar S, Jiwnani S and Pramesh CS.

    Multimodality treatment of esophageal cancer. Ind J Surg 2014

    Purwar P, Jiwnani S, Karimundackal G, Ghosh-Laskar S and Pramesh CS.

    Management of esophageal small cell carcinoma. Ann Thorac Surg. 2015 Apr;99(4):1488

    Purwar P, Jiwnani S, Karimundackal G, Pramesh CS

    To study the presence of live Mycobacterium Tuberculosis in resected lung specimens of patients undergoing surgery for post tuberculosis sequelae.

    Purwar P, Dewan RK, Bansal S, Myneedu VP, Sethi P.

    Postoperative chylothorax in patients undergoing esophagectomy for cancer: Incidence, risk factors and outcomes.

    Purwar P, Ashok A, Yadav P, Ranganathan P, Tiwari V, Niyogi D, Jiwnani S, Karimundakcal G, Pramesh CS

    The effect of oral arginine supplementation on the postoperative parameters in patients undergoing lung resection surgery: A randomized study.

    Bansal S, Purwar P, Dewan RK, Siddhartha K, Phanindra B, Jindal S, Rajendran R.

    Preparedness for establishing COVID-19 services during acute emergency of COVID-19 pandemic: Experience of a tertiary care TB and respiratory diseases hospital [published online ahead of print, 2021 Sep 30]. Indian J Tuberc. 2021 ;doi:10.1016/j.ijtb.2021.09.011

    Singla N, Saini JK, Purwar P, Yadav P, Gupta A, Dewan RK

    Prognosis of metastasis based on age and serum analytes after follow-up of non-metastatic lung cancer patients. Translational oncology, 14(1), 100933.

    Balla, M. M. S., Patwardhan, S., Melwani, P. K., Purwar, P., Kumar, A., Pramesh, C. S.,
    Pandey, B. N. (2020).

    Prevalence and nonsexual transmission of human papilloma virus (HPV) in the adolescence girls from rural area of Maharashtra state, India. Indian journal of cancer. 55. 336-339. 10

    Budukh, Atul & Maheshwari, Amita & Palayekar, Vrushali & Bagal, Sonali & Purwar
    Pallavi & Deodhar, Kedar & Dikshit, Rajesh & Badwe, Rajendra. (2018)

    "Menstrual pad, a cervical cancer screening tool, a population-based study in rural India." European Journal of Cancer Prevention 27, no. 6 (2018): 546-552.

    Budukh, Atul, Vrushali Palayekar, Amita Maheshwari, Kedar Deodhar, Pallavi Purwar, Sonali Bagal, Ashok Vadigoppula et al.

    Lingaraju, Vijay & Asaf, B. & Kumar, A. & Purwar Pallavi. (2016). P-271

    Budukh, Atul, Vrushali Palayekar, Amita Maheshwari, Kedar Deodhar, Pallavi Purwar, Sonali Bagal, Ashok Vadigoppula et al.

    Differential diagnosis of lung cancer, its metastasis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease based on serum Vegf, Il-8 and MMP-9. Sci Rep. 2016

    Balla MM, Desai S, Purwar P, Kumar A, Bhandarkar P, Shejul YK, Pramesh CS, Laskar S, Pandey BN

    Dear Pallavi ma'am, It was a great experience with you. We loved the way you and the staff treated us, the surgery was done smoothly and without any pain, the atmosphere of the hospital was quite good. Thank you for being nice with us
    Rishabh
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