Dr Himanshu Garg, is a very experienced and accomplished Respiratory & Sleep Disorders physician with close to two decades of experience across different geographies. He has trained extensively in Australia and India and has served as head of Respiratory & Sleep Medicine services of large tertiary care hospitals in India. He played a pioneering role in the emergence of Sleep Medicine in the South East Asian region. Recently he has been a staff specialist at the Royal Darwin Hospital. He was very active academically and involved in teaching of fellows and medical students. He has served as the founder president of the South East Asian Academy of Sleep Medicine and has published in national and international journals. He has been awarded both for his clinical work and community initiatives.

Areas of Interest

  • Sleep Disorders like Sleep Apnea, Insomnia
  • Airway diseases like Asthma, COPD
  • Occupational & Interstitial Lung Diseases
  • Tuberculosis & other lung Infections
  • Bronchiectasis
  • Lung Cancer & Mediastinal diseases

Major Educational Qualifications

  • MBBS from Dr. S.N. Medical College, Jodhpur, INDIA in Oct. 1998.
  • Post-Graduation training & Residency in Respiratory Medicine from the prestigious S.M.S. Medical College, Jaipur, INDIA in June 2003 to obtain MD
  • Fellowship training in Sleep Medicine at the Western Hospital, Melbourne (Australia) in 2007
  • Accorded Fellowship by American College of Chest Physicians in 2007- FCCP
  • American Board Certified in Behavioral Sleep Medicine in June 2008 to obtain ABSM; one of only few people outside of North America
  • American Board Certification in Polysomnographic Technology in June 2008 to obtain RPSGT
  • Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians in 2020 FRACP

Procedures performed

  • Complete Lung (pulmonary) Function testing
  • Fibroptic Bronchoscopy and related procures
  • EBUS
  • Sleep Studies (Polysomnography)
  • Pleural procedures

Recent Awards & Honours

  • Awarded in October 2019 by the World Sleep Society at Vancouver Canada for winning the International World Sleep Day Completion two years in row and for the work in creating awareness about Sleep disorders.
  • Awarded by the Indian Chest Society Chairman’s award at the Haryana Pulmocon 2018 for exceptional services in Respiratory & Sleep Medicine
  • Awarded by the Honorable Governor of Haryana for starting the Haryana Chest Forum
  • Awarded the ‘Times Achievers award’ by Times of India for achieving excellence in Respiratory & Sleep Medicine in Nov 2018. (Times group is the most prestigious media group in India)
  • Awarded as “Young achiever” by the World Leadership Federation at Middle-East Asia Leadership Summit in Dubai February 2017 for exceptional entrepreneurship