Pravachan Hegde, MD
Assistant Professor
Pulmonology - Fresno
School of Medicine

Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, UCSF Director, Interventional Pulmonology, Advanced Interventional Thoracic Endoscopy

Pravachan Hegde, M.D. is board certified in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine and with the American Association for Bronchology and Interventional Pulmonology.

He completed his residency in Internal Medicine at Gundersen Lutheran Medical Foundation and finished his fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Medical College of Wisconsin. He subsequently went on to finish another advanced fellowship in Advanced Interventional Thoracic Endoscopy/Interventional Pulmonology at University of Montreal.

Dr. Hegde has advanced training in Comprehensive Thoracic Endoscopy Techniques and Interventional Pulmonology from the division of Thoracic Surgery at University of Montreal. Dr. Hegde is also interested in clinical research related to lung cancer, advanced devices, and Interventional Pulmonology.

Proficiency and expertise in advanced interventional procedures include: •Convex EBUS / Radial EBUS (Mini-Probe) •Convex EUS / Radial EUS •Tracheo-Bronchial Stenting •Rigid Bronchoscopy with therapeutic intervention •Endoscopic treatment of tracheo-esophageal fistulae and broncho-pleural fistulae •Endobronchial Tumor Ablation, Resection •Airway / Esophageal / Pyloric Dilation •EBUS Mini-Probe biopsy and targeting of peripheral pulmonary nodules •Pleuroscopy •Cyberknife Fiducial Insertion •Chest Ultrasound, Ultrasound-guided pleural procedures •Esophageal Stenting •Rigid Esophagoscopy

Dr. Hegde is fluent in English, Hindi, Kannada, and working French. His hobbies include table tennis, soccer, and cricket.

• Transesophageal approach to lung, adrenal biopsy and fiducial placement using endoscopic ultrasonography (EUS): An interventional pulmonology experience. Initial experience of the UCSF-FRETOC (fresno tracheobronchial & oesophageal center) study group.
  Respiratory medicine 2018 Pais FM, Shah RA, Vempilly JJ, Gullapalli S, Upadhyay D, Peterson M, Liberman M, Hegde P
• Combined Endosonography Reduces Time to Diagnose Pulmonary Coccidioidomycosis.
  Journal of bronchology & interventional pulmonology 2018 Shah RA, Vempilly JJ, Noor Ul Husnain SM, Hegde P
• Endobronchial and Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Transvascular Biopsy of Mediastinal, Hilar, and Lung Lesions.
  The Annals of thoracic surgery 2016 Kazakov J, Hegde P, Tahiri M, Thiffault V, Ferraro P, Liberman M
• Mediastinal Staging: Endosonographic Ultrasound Lymph Node Biopsy or Mediastinoscopy.
  Thoracic surgery clinics 2016 Hegde PV, Liberman M
• Pulmonary Artery Sealing With an Ultrasonic Energy Device in Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery Lobectomy: An Animal Survival Study.
  The Annals of thoracic surgery 2016 Goudie E, Khereba M, Tahiri M, Hegde P, Thiffault V, Hadjeres R, Berdugo J, Ferraro P, Liberman M
• Echo-endoscopic lymph node staging in lung cancer: an endoscopic alternative.
  Expert review of anticancer therapy 2015 Hegde P, Liberman M