Varsha Kulkarni , MD
Education
- Undergraduate :
- Medical : Grant Medical College, Mumbai India 1995
- Post Graduate: Chest and TB Diseases Residency Mumbai India 1995-1998
- Internship and Residency : Internal Medicine University of Florida Gainesville FL 2003-2006
- Fellowship : Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine University of Florida, Gainesville FL 2006-2009
- Board Certification:
- American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine - 2006-2016
- American Board of Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease - 2008-2018
- American Board of Internal Medicine, Critical Care Medicine - 2000
Professional Activities
- Partner, Augusta Lung Associates, LLP August 2012 to present
- Acute Care Consultants, 9/ 2009- 8/2012
- Ambulatory Surgery Unit Richardson Tx 2001-2003
- King College Hospital London UK 6/2000-9/2000
- Jaslok Hospital and Research Center Mumbai India 02/1999-03/2001
- Breach Candy Hospital and Medical Research Center Mumbai India 06/1998-01/1999
- Memberships:
- American College of Chest Physicians Fellow 2001
- American Thoracic Society
- American Medical Association
- Society of Critical Care Medicine
- American Association of Bronchology
Awards & Honors
- University of Florida Troy Linn Award for Best Resident 2003-2006
- Gold Medalist University of Mumbai MD Exam 1997-1998
- Hargobind Medical Foundation Scholarship 2000-2001
- Top Honors at the Dertd Exama 1997 Bombay University
- National Merit Scholar NCERT 1986-1987
Publications
- "Photodynamic Therapy in the treatment of Endobronchial Non-Lung Cancer tumors: A Single Center Report" Poster Presentation ATS 2009 San Diego
- "Experience with Endobronchial Ultrasound for Diagnosis of Adenopathy and Staging of Intrathoracic Malignancies". Poster Presentation ATS 2009 San Diego
- Endobronchial Ultrasound in the Diagnosis and Staging of Intrathoracic Malignancies and Adenopathy." Poster Presentation Chest 2008 Philadelphia
- "The Alveolus Tracheobronchial Stent in the Management of Malignant Airway Obstruction: A Single Center experience." Poster Presentation Chest 2008 Philadelphia
- "Clinical Experience with the ALVEOLUS Tracheobronchial Stent in the Management of Malignant and Benign Airway Disorders." Oral Presentation ATS 2008 Toronto
- "Contraindications for Hyperbaric O2 Treatment of Critically Ill Patients" Poster Presentation ATS 2007 San Francisco
- "Autoimmunity and Talc" Poster Presentation NIH/NIEHS Conference Durham NC Feb 2003.
- "Ventilator Management in Critical Neuromuscular Disorders" Dissertation University of Mumbai 1995-1998
- "Incidence of Bronchial Hyperreactivity using Methacholine Challenge in Granary Workers in Mumbai", Occupational Asthma, ILO and University of Mubai Project 1996-1997