Dr. Prashant Chhajed received his medical doctorate from the University of Mumbai, India in 1996. In 1998, he was a Fellow in the department of Respiratory Medicine at The Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney Australia, where he continued as a Fellow in thoracic medicine, and lung transplantation until 2002. After a short stay as a visiting researcher in the department of thoracic surgery at Chiba, University, in Japan, Dr. Chhajed was a Clinical and Research Consultant in pulmonary diseases at the University Hospital in Basel, Switzerland where he received the title of Privat Dozen in 2007. In 2008, he returned to Mumbai India, where he is Director of the Institute of Pulmonology, Medical research and Development, and a Consultant at the Nanavati Hospital and Saifee Hospital in Mumbai India. Dr. Chhajed continues to be faculty at the University Hospital Basel, Switzerland.

Dr. Chhajed has published more than 50, peer-reviewed original research articles, numerous review articles, editorials and book chapters. He has presented numerous abstracts of his research at national and international meetings, and has received numerous awards for his research presentations. He is a Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians, and has been elected Joint Secretary of the Indian Association for Bronchology. He is also Secretary of the European Association for Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology since 2006. He has been active in numerous national and international organizations, and has served on the program committee and the planning committee of the clinical problems assembly of the American Thoracic Society, and on the governing council of the Indian Association for Bronchology.

Dr. Chhajed is a recognized expertise in all facets of bronchoscopy. He has also been an active clinical researcher in the area of asthma, obstructive lung disease and lung transplantation. He has been an invited lecturer at numerous national and international meetings, and he is a well recognized teacher and has been a faculty in numerous bronchoscopy workshops around the world.

Selected Publications

1. Breitenbucher A, Chhajed PN, Brutsche M, Mordasini C, Schilter D, Tamm M
   Long-term follow-up and survival after Ultraflex stent insertion in the management of complex malignant airway stenoses. Respiration. 2008;75(4):443-9.
2. Schafroth-Torok S, Leppi J, Baty F, Tamm M, Chhajed PN
   Combined oximetry-cutaneous capnography in patients assessed for long term oxygen therapy. Chest 2008. Jun;133(6):1421-5.
3. Gyoerik S, Erni S, Studler U, Hodek-Wuerz R, Tamm M, Chhajed PN
   Long term follow up of thoracoscopic talc pleurodesis for primary spontaneous pneumothorax. European Respiratory Journal 2007. April; 29(4):757-60
4. Stolz D, Pollak V, Chhajed PN, Gysin C, Pflimlin E, Tamm M
   A randomized placebo-controlled trial of bronchodilators for bronchoscopy in patients with COPD. Chest 2007. March; 131 (3): 756-72
5. Chhajed PN, Baty F, Pless M, Somandin S, Tamm M, Brutsche M.
   “Outcome of treated advanced non-small cell lung cancer with and without central airway obstruction”. Chest 2006. 103(6):1803-1807
6. Chhajed PN, Rajasekaran R, Bruno K, Chhajed TP, Pflimlin E, Leuppi JD, Tamm M “Measurement of combined oximetry and cutaneous capnography during flexible bronchoscopy”. European Respiratory Journal 2006. Aug;28(2):386-90
7. Joos L, Chhajed PN, Wallner J, Battegay M, Steiger J, Gratwohl A, Tamm M
   “Pulmonary infections diagnosed by bronchoalveolar lavage: A 12 year experience in 1066 immunocompromised patients“. Respiratory Medicine 2006.
8. Chhajed PN, Eberhardt R, Deinemann M, Azzola A, Brutsche M, Tamm M, Herth FJF
   “Therapeutic bronchoscopy interventions prior to surgical resection of lung cancer” Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2006. May;81(5):1839-43.
9. Bernasconi M, Chhajed PN, Gambazzi F, Bubendorf L, Rasch H, Kneifel S, Tamm M
   “Combined TBNA and PET for mediastinal staging of non-small cell lung cancer” European Respiratory Journal 2006. May;27(5):889-94
10. Tueller C, Chhajed PN, Buitrago-Tellez C, Frei R, Frey M, Tamm M
    Value of smear and PCR in bronchoalveolar lavage in culture positive pulmonary tuberculosis. European Respiratory Journal 2005. Nov;26(5):767-72.
11. Chhajed PN, Bernasconi M, Gambazzi F, Bubendorf L, Rasch H, Kneifel S, Tamm M
    “Combining bronchoscopy and PET for the diagnosis of the small pulmonary nodule” CHEST 2005. Vol;128: 3558-3564
12. Chhajed PN, Wallner J, Stolz D, Baty F, Strobel W, Brutsche M, Tamm M
    “Sedative drug requiements during flexible bronchoscopy”. Respiration 2005;72:617-21
13. Chhajed PN, Shibuya K, Hoshino H, Chiyo M, Yasufuku K, Hiroshima K, Fujisawa T
    Comparison of Video and Autofluorescence bronchoscopy in patients at high risk of lung cancer. European Respiratory Journal 2005. June. Vol 25(6):951-5.
14. Stolz D, Chhajed PN, Leuppi J, Pflimlin E, Tamm M
    Nebulized lidocaine for bronchoscopy: Randomized, double blind, placebo controlled trial. CHEST 2005. 128(3):1756-60.
15. Chhajed PN, Bruno K, Rajasekaran R, Tamm M
    “Detection of hypoventilation during thoracoscopy: Combined carbon dioxide and oxygen tension monitoring using a new digital sensor”. CHEST 2005. 127 (2): 585-588
16. Stolz D, Chhajed PN, Leuppi J, Brutsche M, Pflimlin E, Tamm M
    “Cough suppression during flexible bronchoscopy using combined sedation with midazolam and hydrocodone – A randomized, double blind, placebo controlled trial” THORAX 2004. 59: 773-776
17. K Yasufuku, M Chiyo, Y Sekine, Chhajed PN, K Shibuya, T Iizasa, T Fujisawa
    “Real time ultrasound guided transbronchial needle aspiration of mediastinal and hilar lymph nodes”. CHEST 2004. July, 126: 122-128
18. Chhajed PN, Aboyoun C, Malouf M, Hopkins P, Plit M, Grunstein R, Glanville A
    “Prophylactic insertion of nasopharyngeal tube prevents acute hypoxaemia during flexible bronchoscopy”. Internal Medicine Journal 2003. Vol 33(7): 317-8
19. Chhajed PN, Malouf MA, Tamm M, Glanville AR
    “Ultraflex stents for the management of airway complications following lung transplantation”. Respirology 2003. Vol 8, 59 – 64
20. Chhajed PN, Aboyoun C, Malouf MA, Hopkins PM, Plit ML, Glanville AR
    “Risk factors and management of bleeding associated with transbronchial biopsy in lung transplant recipients”. Journal of Heart & Lung Transplantation 2003. Vol 32; 195 – 197
21. Chhajed PN, Aboyoun C, Malouf M, Hopkins P, Plit M, Grunstein RR, Glanville AR
    “Management of acute hypoxaemia during flexible bronchoscopy with nasopharyngeal tube insertion in lung transplant recipients”. CHEST 2002:121. 1350 – 1354
22. Chhajed PN, Malouf MA, Tamm M, Spratt P, Glanville AR.
    “Interventional bronchoscopy in the management of airway complications following lung transplantation”. CHEST 2001; 120;1894 – 1899
23. Chhajed PN, Malouf MA, Glanville AR
    Bronchoscopic dilatation in management of benign (non-transplant) tracheobronchial stenosis”. Internal Medicine Journal 2001; 31: 512-516