Dr. Pavan Yadav M.V. - Clinical Director & Senior Consultant
Biography

Dr. Pavan Yadav M.V. – Academic & Clinical Leader

Dr. Pavan Yadav M.V. is the Clinical Director & Senior Consultant in Interventional Pulmonology, Lung Transplantation, and Sleep Medicine at KIMS (Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences) Hospitals, Bangalore, with over 18+ years of clinical and procedural experience.

He has performed about 15,000 bronchoscopy and thoracoscopy procedures, contributed to over 800 thoracic transplants in India's largest program, established 2 comprehensive lung transplant programs in Bangalore, and serves as an Advisor to the SOTTO Heart & Lung Transplant Expert Committee (MOHFW). He holds an MD (Respiratory Medicine) from IMS-BHU, an MBA from Liverpool Business School (UK), and has authored 23 peer-reviewed publications.

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Years Experience

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Bronchoscopy & Thoracoscopy

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Thoracic Transplants

Clinical & Career Milestones

A chronological timeline mapping Dr. Pavan Yadav's clinical postings, specialized fellowships, and leadership positions across leading institutions.

Present • Apex Advisory Appointment

Advisor – Heart & Lung Transplant Expert Committee

SOTTO, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MOHFW)

Advising governmental healthcare authorities on state thoracic organ allocation frameworks, donor lung retrieval quality benchmarks, and transplant clinical governance.

Nov 2025 – Present

Clinical Director – Interventional Pulmonology & Sleep Medicine, Assoc Director – Lung Transplantation

KIMS Hospitals, Electronic City, Bangalore

Provides strategic and clinical leadership for advanced respiratory services, interventional pulmonology, and thoracic transplantation. Directs comprehensive bronchoscopy suites, lung transplant programs, and specialized sleep medicine services.

Nov 2019 – Nov 2025

Lead Consultant – Interventional Pulmonology, Sleep Medicine & Lung Transplantation

Aster DM Healthcare • Aster RV Hospital, Bangalore

Led advanced pulmonary, critical care, and transplant divisions. Instrumental in setting up a large, comprehensive lung transplant program in South Bangalore, establishing active screening protocols, ECMO bridging, and interventional bronchoscopy suites.

Oct 2018 – Nov 2019

Consultant – Lung Transplantation, Critical Care & Interventional Pulmonology

Gleneagles Global Hospitals (Institute of Heart & Lung Transplantation), Chennai

Collaborated with leading cardiothoracic surgical wings to supervise critical pre-operative candidate screenings, donor lung evaluations, acute ECMO bridging therapies, and post-transplant ICU clinical care protocols.

Apr 2016 – Sep 2018

Associate Consultant – Interventional Pulmonology, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine

Apollo Hospitals, Bengaluru

Supervised complex airway mapping, diagnostic and therapeutic bronchoscopy, critical care lung-support therapies including advanced mechanical ventilation, ECMO, and clinical sleep disorder evaluations.

Feb 2016 – Apr 2016

Consultant – Pulmonology, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine

Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital (IGMH), Malé, Maldives

International posting providing comprehensive diagnostic and therapeutic pulmonary care, managing acute multidisciplinary critical care and respiratory units, and establishing sleep apnea diagnostic pathways.

Jul 2014 – Feb 2016

Junior Consultant & Fellow – Interventional Pulmonology & Sleep Medicine

Kovai Medical Center and Hospital (KMCH), Coimbatore

Completed advanced sub-specialty fellowship and served as Junior Consultant, managing interventional pulmonology (rigid and flexible bronchoscopy, radial and linear EBUS-TBNA, cryobiopsy, airway stenting) and sleep medicine diagnostics.

Aug 2013 – Jul 2014

Fellow in Sleep Medicine

Nithra Institute of Sleep Sciences, Chennai

Conducted dedicated clinical research and specialized fellowship training in clinical polysomnography, nocturnal sleep architecture analysis, sleep-disordered breathing, and positive airway pressure (PAP) titration protocols.

May 2013 – Jul 2014

Fellow / Registrar – Critical Care Medicine

Apollo Hospitals, Multi-Disciplinary Critical Care Unit, Chennai

Intensive fellowship training and registrar responsibilities managing multi-disciplinary intensive care units, invasive hemodynamic monitoring, advanced mechanical ventilation, septic shock protocols, and multi-organ life support.

Academic Leadership & Masterclasses

Keynote Addresses & Faculty Masterclasses

Distinguished speaker and workshop mentor at national medical institutes, thoracic societies, and specialized interventional masterclasses.

2026 Summit Chairman
2024 3 Summits & Masterclasses
2023 2 Sessions
2021 Guest Oration
2020 2 Conferences
2026
Organising Chairman
KIMS Hospitals, Bengaluru

KITES 2026 - (KIMS international thoracic transplant and ECMO summit)

Organising Chairman for the premier international thoracic summit convening global pioneer surgeons, pulmonologists, and critical care specialists for advanced masterclasses, live symposiums, and hands-on workshops in lung transplantation and ECMO.

Thoracic Transplant & ECMO Summit
2024
Organizing Delegation & Faculty
Aster Hospitals, Bengaluru

Aster International ECMO Summit 2024

Leading the clinical organizing delegation at the Aster International ECMO Summit 2024, advancing extracorporeal life support protocols, cannulation strategies, and multidisciplinary critical care management.

International ECMO Summit
March 2024
Masterclass Speaker
Trustwell Hospital, Bengaluru

“Complications of EBUS Procedure”

Keynote presentation at the EBUS Elite Masterclass analyzing intra-procedural risk factors, safety protocols, and advanced complication management in Endobronchial Ultrasound.

EBUS Elite Masterclass
March 2024
Faculty & Speaker
Ramaiah Medical College, Bengaluru

“Transbronchial Lung Biopsy”

Bronchoscopy workshop faculty instruction detailing procedural precision, tissue yield optimization, fluoroscopy correlation, and safety techniques in TBLB interventions.

Interventional Bronchoscopy
July 2023
Workshop Faculty
Conducted by ABAPS

“Persistent Air Leak & Bronchopleural Fistula”

Expert masterclass session conducted by the Association of Bronchology and Advanced Pulmonary Sciences on valves, autologous blood patch, and endobronchial management of persistent air leaks.

Advanced Airway Workshop
2023
Guest Speaker
IMA, Coimbatore

“Lung Transplantation for Chronic Lung Disease”

CME address for medical practitioners outlining referral windows, candidate qualification, peri-operative considerations, and survivorship outcomes in end-stage chronic lung disease.

Thoracic Transplantation
December 2021
Guest Oration
BHU, Varanasi (IMS BHU)

“Lung Transplantation for Chronic Lung Diseases”

Prestigious guest oration at Banaras Hindu University exploring advanced respiratory failure, surgical criteria, bridge-to-transplant ECMO support, and multidisciplinary care.

University Guest Oration
2020
Expert Faculty
INSHLT 2020 Annual Conference

“Thoracic Organ Transplantation & Heart-Lung Protocols”

Featured expert faculty and speaker at the Indian Society for Heart & Lung Transplantation, sharing clinical pearls on donor allocation, immunosuppression, and intensive ICU recovery.

Transplant Society Faculty
2020
Conference Speaker
SleepKarn 2020 Conference

“Practical Physiology & Anatomy of Sleep Disordered Breathing”

In-depth lecture breaking down pharyngeal airway mechanics, polysomnographic staging, sleep apnea phenotypes, and physiological titration of positive airway pressure (PAP).

Sleep Medicine
Invitations
CMEs, Masterclasses & Symposiums

Invite Dr. Pavan Yadav for Your Next Medical Conference

Available for keynote orations, live interventional bronchoscopy workshops, and transplant symposiums across India and internationally.

Need to evaluate a chronic lung condition?

Schedule a comprehensive clinical screening with Dr. Pavan Yadav M.V. at KIMS (Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences) Hospital, Electronic City.

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