Puneet S. Garcha
Experienced in Lung Nodules

Dr. Puneet S. Garcha

Intensive Care Medicine | Sleep Medicine
CommonSpirit Health
Baylor College Of Medicine - Pulmonary
7200 Cambridge St, 8th Floor, Ste 8A-1, 
Houston, TX 
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Experienced in Lung Nodules
CommonSpirit Health
Baylor College Of Medicine - Pulmonary
7200 Cambridge St, 8th Floor, Ste 8A-1, 
Houston, TX 
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Puneet S. Garcha, MD, FCCP, specializes in the clinical evaluation & management of patients with end-stage lung diseases & lung transplantation. Dr. Garcha is the Medical Director of Lung Transplantation at Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center. He earned his medical degree at Kasturba Medical College in Manipal, India, completed internal medicine training at Drexel University College of Medicine and pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine fellowships at the Cleveland Clinic. He was the Assistant Director of Lung Transplantation and Advanced Lung Diseases at Baylor Scott & White Health, Dallas where he was instrumental in establishing programmatic multidisciplinary care of end-stage interstitial lung disease patients. He anticipates completing a Master’s in Business Administration from the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business in May 2021. His research is focused on identification of therapeutic pathways for chronic lung allograft dysfunction and systematic optimization of post-transplant survival. Dr. Garcha is committed to transplant program development, innovative healthcare delivery, equitable organ distribution and the education of physicians-in-training in transplant medicine.

Dr. Garcha is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Lung Nodules. His top areas of expertise are Acute Interstitial Pneumonia, Interstitial Lung Disease, Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, Lung Metastases, and Lung Transplant.

His clinical research consists of co-authoring 22 peer reviewed articles and participating in 1 clinical trial. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.

Graduate Institution
Kasturba Medical College
Specialties
Intensive Care Medicine
Sleep Medicine
Licenses
Critical Care Medicine in TX
Hospital Affiliations
Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center - Houston, TX
St. Luke's Health - The Woodlands Hospital - The Woodlands, TX
Languages Spoken
English
Gender
Male

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Locations

Baylor College of Medicine - Pulmonary
7200 Cambridge St, 8th Floor, Ste 8A-1, Houston, TX 77030
Call: 713-798-2500

Clinical Research

Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.


1 Clinical Trials

Extracorporeal Photopheresis for the Management of Progressive Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome in Medicare-Eligible Recipients of Lung Allografts
Extracorporeal Photopheresis for the Management of Progressive Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome in Medicare-Eligible Recipients of Lung Allografts
Enrollment Status: Active_not_recruiting
Publish Date: April 17, 2025
Intervention Type: Combination product, Other
Study Drug: Extracorporeal Photopheresis (ECP)
Study Phase: Phase 3

22 Total Publications

Antithymocyte globulin therapy in chronic lung allograft dysfunction.
Antithymocyte globulin therapy in chronic lung allograft dysfunction.
Journal: Frontiers in transplantation
Published: April 07, 2025
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