Dr. Amit Kumar Mandal

Dr Amit Kumar Mandal is a highly accomplished Pulmonologist in Panchkula with 35 years of clinical and teaching experience in pulmonology, sleep medicine, and medical intensive care.

Patients searching for a chest specialist in Panchkula or expert care for severe asthma, COPD, interstitial lung disease, interventional bronchoscopy, or sleep disorders will find in Dr Mandal a clinician with extensive national and international training and a distinguished career as Senior Director of Pulmonology at Paras Health, Panchkula.

He previously led pulmonology, sleep, and critical care services at Fortis Hospital, Mohali for 17 years.

Area of Expertise

Dr Mandal provides comprehensive pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine services. He manages severe asthma, ABPA, interstitial lung disease, COPD, pneumonia, ARDS, sleep-disordered breathing, sarcoidosis, and complex fungal pulmonary infections.

Core Clinical Services

• Severe Asthma and Biologic Therapy
• COPD and Chronic Respiratory Disease Management
• Interstitial Lung Disease including Sarcoidosis
• ABPA Management
• Pneumonia and ARDS Treatment
• Interventional Bronchoscopy including EBUS
• Medical Thoracoscopy
• Sleep Medicine Diagnostics and Therapy
• Medical Intensive Care and MICU Management
• ECMO (Extra-Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation)
• Antimicrobial Stewardship and Infection Control

Professional Experience

Paras Health, Panchkula

Senior Director – Pulmonology

Fortis Hospital, Mohali

Director – Pulmonology, Sleep and Critical Care (2008 to 2025)
Led expansion to 18 MICU and 11 GICU beds. The department became the first private hospital in the region to acquire EBUS bronchoscope and Medical Thoracoscope in 2014, with the team performing over 50 interventional procedures monthly.

Fortis Flt Lt Rajan Dhall Hospital and Escorts Heart Institute, New Delhi

Consultant (2006 to 2008)

Mata Chanan Devi Hospital, New Delhi

Junior Consultant (2002 to 2006)

NITRD, New Delhi

Senior Resident and DNB Fellow (1997 to 2001)
First DNB student in Respiratory Diseases to pass from NITRD.

Education

• MBBS from Maulana Azad Medical College in 1991
• Diploma in Tuberculosis and Chest DiseasesVallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute in 1997
• DNB in Respiratory Diseases from National institute of TB and Respiratory Diseases in 2001
• IFCCM (Indian Fellowship in Critical Care Medicine)

International Training

• Interventional Bronchoscopy and Thoracic Ultrasonography, Lahey Clinic, Boston, USA, 2007
• Sleep Medicine and Diagnostics, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2008
• Nutrition Support for the Critically Ill, Sungai Buloh Hospital, Malaysia, 2013
• Severe Asthma Management with Biologicals, Mainz, Germany, 2014
• Management of Fungal Infections, Gregorio Marañón Hospital, Madrid, Spain, 2017
• ELSO-Certified ECMO Training, Fortis Memorial Research Institute, Gurugram, 2025
• Sarcoidosis and Uncommon ILDs, PACS Octane 2025, India

Academic and Teaching Contributions

• Established IDCCM and IFCCM programs under ISCCM in 2010
• Department accredited for DrNB in Critical Care from 2024
• Principal Investigator for national and international clinical trials
• Published in national and international peer-reviewed journals
• Regular speaker and chairperson at national and international conferences
• Co-author, National Guidelines for Infection Prevention and Control in Healthcare Facilities, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, 2020

Languages Spoken

Dr Amit Kumar Mandal consults in English and Hindi.

Why Consult Dr Amit Kumar Mandal?

Dr Mandal combines over two decades of pulmonology leadership with advanced international training and a proven track record in interventional bronchoscopy, ECMO, and severe asthma management.

As co-author of India's national infection control guidelines, he brings regulatory-level expertise alongside frontline critical care practice, making him one of the most credentialed chest specialists in the region.

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