Dr Naghmeh Radhakrishna (Respiratory and Sleep Medicine Specialist)
- Name
- Dr Naghmeh Narvada Radhakrishna
- Qualifications
- Bachelor of Medicine / Bachelor of Surgery University of Adelaide
- Occupation
- Respiratory and Sleep Medicine Specialist
- Scientist - Researcher - Academia
- Gender
- Female
- Languages Spoken
- Creole
- Farsi
- French
- Hindi
- Medical Specialties
- Respiratory and Sleep Medicine
Dr Naghmeh Radhakrishna is a lung, allergy and sleep specialist. She graduated from Adelaide University in 2004 and completed her training in Melbourne. She undertook a fellowship in Asthma and Allergy at the Alfred Hospital, where she helped establish the Difficult Asthma Clinic, a service that provides a detailed assessment and management of complex asthma patients. She is involved in ongoing research in severe asthma and has published numerous papers in peer reviewed journals. She continues her public service at the Alfred with clinics in sleep medicine, allergy and difficult asthma where she also provides services in respiratory allergy with desensitization therapy for hayfever. She further trained at the Royal Brompton Hospital (London), a center of excellence, developing an interest in dysfunctional breathing (unexplained shortness of breath) and laryngeal disorders (chronic cough, laryngeal hypersensitivity, vocal cord disorders). Additionally, Naghmeh has an interest and expertise in lung cancer, for which she has gained experience locally and in Leeds, UK and is involved in a lung nodule service at St Vincent’s Private. Naghmeh has been the secretary for the Victorian Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand (TSANZ). She has been on the National TSANZ Specialty Training Committee. She was a council member for the Australian Medical Association where she represented the Thoracic Society and is also a member of the Australian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy (ASCIA).
- Hospital Affiliations
- St Vincent's Private Fitzroy
- Affiliated Clinics
- East Melbourne Heart & Lung
- Ballarat Allergy Clinic
- Affiliated Organisations
- Australian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy (ASCIA)
- Australian Medical Association (AMA)
- The Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand (TSANZ)
- Medical Conditions
- Asthma
Practice Locations
Melbourne
- East Melbourne Heart & Lung
- Address
- 5/55 Victoria Parade
Fitzroy VIC 3065
Australia
- Phone
- 03 9419 2477
- Fax
- 03 9417 1694
Ballarat
- Ballarat Allergy Clinic
- Address
- 1101 Howitt St
Wendouree VIC 3350
Australia
- Phone
- 03 5339 5200
- Fax
- 03 5339 5233
