Dr. Harish Chafle is a renowned Consultant Intensivist from Mumbai city of Maharashtra. He possesses more than 20 years of rich experience and expertise in the field of -

- Critical Care pertaining to Respiratory Medicine with special emphasis on ventilators and non-invasive ventilator.
- Procedures in ICU like Central line, Arterial line, Intubation, ICD insertion, Surgical tracheostomy.
- Bronchoscopy and allied procedures.
- Pulmonary Function testing and Sleep Study.

He has 6 years of clinical experience in Critical Care and 5 years of clinical experience in Respiratory Medicine. His area of specialisation lies in critical care pertaining to Respiratory Medicine and procedures like central line, arterial line, intubation, ventilator, non-invasive ventilator, ICD insertion, surgical tracheostomy.

Dr. Chafle completed his MBBS in 1996 from Indira Gandhi Medical College and DTCD in 2004 from Government Medical College, Nagpur. He further pursued IDCC and DICC in 2009 from the prestigious Saifee Hospital in Mumbai where he served as Junior Intensivist and Senior Resident, ICU. His DNB in Respiratory Medicine was accomplished in 2009 from Jaslok Hospital, Mumbai. He gained further insights in the field of Respiratory medicine during his Senior Resident tenure at Jaslok Hospital. Dr. Chafle also worked as Senior Resident at Department of Medicine of MGM Hospital (Parel), Neuro-Trauma Unit at Ruby Hall Clinic (Pune), and Department of TB & Chest of Government Medical College in Nagpur. He served as Resident in Department of TB & Chest, Department of Radiology and as House Officer ICCU at Indira Gandhi Medical College in Nagpur.

He is currently associated as Consultant Intensivist, Chest Physician, Bronchoscopist & Sleep Disorder Specialist at Global Hospitals in Mumbai since November 2012. Previously he worked as Intensivist and Incharge of ICU at Sir H N Hospital & Research Centre for approximately 2 years.

Dr. Chafle regularly attends medical conferences and symposiums in order to maintain competence and learn about new and developing areas in the field of Respiratory Medicine. Some of the conferences attended by him in the past are as follows -

- CRITICARE 2012, at Pune, February 2012.
- ‘PENSA 2011’ conference on Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition at Taiwan.
- 6th Asia Pacific Clinical Nutrition by ESPEN Life Long Learning Programme at Thailand, July 2011.
- CRITICARE 2011,New Delhi, February 2011.
- Stepwise approach to Bronchoscopy, Fortis Hospital, Mumbai, April 2010.
- CRITICARE 2010, Hyderabad, February 2010.
- CRITICARE 2009, Agra, February 2009.
- Sepsis an Update, Pune April 2009.
- Criticon GI, Jaslok Hospital, June 2009.
- Nutrisight, Insite on Nutrition, July 2009, Mumbai.
- Ultrasonic Critical life Support, Tata Hospital Mumbai August 2009.
- CRITICON Shock, November 2009.
- 3rd National Update in Respiratory Medicine, December 2009.
- Indo-Australian Critical care training course, Pune December 2008.
- 2nd National Update in Respiratory Medicine, November 2008.
- THEMATICS, Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, September 2008.
- CRITICON Neuro-Trauma, Jaslok Hospital, Mumbai, July 2008.
- ISCCM Review course, June 2008
- CRITICON Respiratory, Jaslok Hospital, Mumbai January2008.
- NAPCON 2006, Nagpur.
- National conference on management of HIV in Resource restricted setting, Mumbai, February 2004.
- NAPCON 2003, Coimbatore.
- Respiratory CME and Workshop on Spirometry, Nagpur, October 2003.