Nishil Dalsania, MD

As an interventional pulmonologist and critical care physician, Dr. Nishil Dalsania helps people breathe easier. “We open airways, remove diseased tissue and install valves and stents. We almost always see immediate improvement. Every day is a good day,” he says.

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Using a tiny camera and miniature tools, he diagnoses and treats problems in the lungs and airway. Less invasive than surgery, these procedures are often used for diagnosis and therapy as the first line of action against tumors, fluid buildup, bleeding, or any other abnormality that causes discomfort or blocks the free movement of air.

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He says the techniques give the team more options, especially when surgery is not recommended. “The technology is growing by leaps and bounds. It’s changing the way we treat many long-term diseases, especially cancer,” he says.

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Dr. Dalsania has trained with residencies and fellowships completed in internal medicine, pulmonary medicine, critical care medicine, and interventional pulmonary medicine.

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After his chemical engineering and bio-molecular engineering bachelor’s degree at The Ohio State University, Columbus; he earned his medical degree from Ross University School of Medicine. He completed his internal medicine residency at Yale University School of Medicine – St. Mary’s Hospital, in Connecticut. He completed a fellowship in pulmonary medicine and critical care medicine at Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, N.Y., where he served as chief fellow and received fellow of the year award. He also completed a fellowship in interventional pulmonary medicine at National Jewish Health – University of Colorado School of Medicine in Denver, Colorado.

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He always had an interest in medicine but started out in a different discipline, engineering. The draw of medicine won out, however. “Fortunately I realized early that it’s what I really wanted to do. I never looked back. I don’t have any regrets,” he says.

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