KRISHNA CHANDRASEKHAR, MD: CURRICULUM VITAE
(KRIS CHANDRA, MD)

QUALIFICATIONS
1. Undergraduate Medical Education:
Graduated Cum Laude with MBBS Degree (Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery) in April 1967. University of Madras, Madras, India. 6/61-4/67
2. Post Graduate Medical Education:
“ Doctorate of Medicine”- MD Degree (Internal Medicine Board) awarded in April 1970 on the basis of a Thesis and Examination following three years of postgraduate training from the University of Madras (Madras Medical College), Madras, India. 4/68-4/70.
3. Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine in 1976
4. Specialty Certification in Internal Medicine and Fellowship in Division of Medicine, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada – FRCP Degree in March 1978.
5. Certification: ABIM Pulmonary Diseases in 1998.
6. Recertification: ABIM Pulmonary Diseases in 2007.

HONORS AND AWARDS
1. First Certificate of HONORS: Anatomy
2. First Certificate of HONORS: Biochemistry
3. First Certificate of HONORS: Pathology
4. First Rank MEDAL: Pathology
5. Sri JAYARAJ NADAR MEDAL: Pediatrics

POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING
1. Rotating Internship- Government KMC Hospital, Madras, India from July 1966-June 1967.
2. Senior Internship (Internal Medicine)- Government General Hospital, Madras, India from 1967-1968.
3. Two years of Postgraduate training (Residency) in Internal Medicine at Government General Hospital, Madras, India from June 1968-June 1970.
4. 1-year Rotating Internship at Mercy Hospital, Buffalo, New York from June 1970-July 1971.
5. 1-year Internal Medicine Residency at Mercy Hospital, Buffalo, New York from July 1971-July 1972.
6. 1-year Internal Medicine Residency at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine (Montefiore Hospital) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from July 1972-June 1973.

FELLOWSHIP IN PULMONARY DISEASES
1. Pulmonary Residency in University Program, State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine (VA Hospital, Buffalo, New York) from July 1973-June 1974.
2. Pulmonary Fellowship at Albany Medical College, Albany, New York from July 1981- June 1982.

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE
1. Medical Director and Chief of Respiratory Therapy, Memorial Southeast Hospital, Houston, Texas from September 1982-Present.
2. Medical Director and Chief of Respiratory Therapy, Doctor’s Hospital, East Loop, Houston, Texas from July 1987-June 1996.
3. Medical Director of Respiratory Care, Texas Specialty Hospital, Houston, Texas from November 1994-Present.

HOSPITAL STAFF APPOINTMENTS
1. Medical Director of Respiratory Care. Texas Specialty Hospital, Houston, Texas
2. Chief of Staff, Medical Staff. Memorial Southeast Hospital from January 1990-December 1991. Houston, Texas
3. Member, Joint Conference Committee. Memorial Hospital System. Houston, Texas
4. Secretary, Medical Staff. Memorial Southeast Hospital from January 1988-December 1988. Houston, Texas
5. Chairman, Department of Medicine. Memorial Southeast Hospital from January 1987- December 1988. Houston, Texas
6. Chairman, Critical Care Committee. Memorial Southeast Hospital from January 1984- December 1985. Houston, Texas
7. Staff Physician, Department of Medicine. V.A. Medical Center from June 1974- July 1981. Buffalo, New York

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Clinical Instructor in Medicine – Department of Medicine of the State University of New York at Buffalo School of Medicine from 1975-1981. Buffalo, New York

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
Member, American College of Physicians
Member, American Thoracic Society
Member, Texas Thoracic Society
Member, Harris County Medical Society
Member, Texas Medical Association
Fellow, American College of Chest Physicians

LECTURES AND SYMPOSIS GIVEN
1. Septic Shock- Current Concepts. Surgical Section Memorial Southeast Hospital. Houston, Texas. June 1989.
2. Newer Modalities of Mechanical Ventilation. Doctor’s Hospital East Loop. Houston, Texas. May 1989.
3. Sleep Apnea Syndromes. Memorial Southeast Hospital. Houston, Texas. November 1988.
4. Pulmonary Embolism – Controversies. Memorial Southeast Hospital. Houston, Texas. November 1986.
5. Occupational Asthma – Family Practice Section. Memorial Southeast Hospital. Houston, Texas. October 1985.
6. Current Therapy of Pulmonary Tuberculosis. Medical Arts Hospital. Houston, Texas. June 1984.
7. Acid – Base Balance and Blood Gases. Raleigh Hills Hospital. Houston, Texas. September 1983.
8. Current Concepts in the Management of Asthma. Memorial Southeast Hospital. Houston, Texas. June 1983.
9. Ventilator Management- State of Art. Memorial Southeast Hospital. Houston, Texas. September 1982.
10. Diagnosis and Management of Venous Thromboembolism. Memorial Hermann Hospital. Houston, Texas. 1998.
11. Nontuberculous Mycobacteria. Memorial Southeast Hospital. Houston, Texas. November 1999.

WORK HISTORY
Houston Pulmonary Medicine- Private Practice, September 1982-Present
Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine/Sleep Medicine