Dr. Aashish A. Kadakia

Dr. Aashish Kadakia, an experienced Chest Physician in Vadodara, is known for his keen interest in treating acute and chronic lung diseases with utmost care and patience. His patient-friendly behaviour and approach puts his patients at ease and increases their confidence. He treats most patients with lung ailments as outpatients at his clinic, with only the critical cases being admitted into the hospital. Dr. Kadakia's main areas of interest are asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), smoking cessation, multi-drug resistant (MDR) tuberculosis, interventional pulmonology including bronchoscopy and thoracoscopy, and obstructive sleep apnea. 

Dr. Kadakia is well qualified and experienced. After completing his MBBS, he did a Diploma in Tuberculosis and Chest Diseases (DTCD) and further went on to acquire the Diplomate of National Board (DNB) title in Respiratory Medicine through Jaslok Hospital, Mumbai. Dr. Kadakia also received training in Interventional Bronchoscopy at Apollo Hospital, Hyderabad, under Dr. Ajit Vigg, and in Diagnostic Thoracoscopy under Dr. John Thanakumar at Kovai Medical College, Coimbatore. Dr. Kadakia is a Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians (FCCP).

Dr. Kadakia was a part of the International Study of Asthma and Allergy n Children (ISAAC), which was a unique worldwide epidemiological research programme established in 1991 to investigate asthma, rhinitis and eczema in children due to considerable concern that these conditions were increasing in western and developing countries. He was also the primary investigator in several clinical trials relating to asthma, COPD, obstructive sleep apnea and pneumonia.

Dr. Kadakia can be consulted at Aashish Chest Clinic at Raopura in Vadodara. He also visits Sangam Hospital and Sterling Hospital in the same city.