Dr. Asmita Mehta

Dr. Asmita is quality-focused Pulmonologist well known for her meticulous skills in the field of Pulmonary/ Respiratory Medicine.  She heads the Department of Respiratory Medicine, Amrita Hospital, Kochi. She is well-known for her expertise in treating complex diseases like Interstitial lung diseases, sarcoidosis, pulmonary fibrosis, difficult to treat asthma, COPD, and lung cancer. She has excellent skills for doing procedures such EBUS, bronchoscopies and thoracoscopies. She is the first to open an “ILD and Sarcoidosis Clinic” in Kerala. Dr. Asmita is well known for her accuracy and quality standards for exceptional patient care and management.

• ILD/IPF/Sarcoidosis
• Lung Cancer
• Difficult to treat asthma/COPD
• EBUS
• Bronchoscopy
• Thoracoscopy
• USG chest/Pleural procedure

• Received "Young Pulmonologist" Award by Association of pulmonary and critical care medicine in the year 2015.
• Awarded FRCP (Edin) by RCP Edinburgh in February 2020
• Awarded FCCP by ACCP chest in 2020
• Awarded FAPSR by Asia Pacific Society of Respirology in the year 2020.
• Awarded FICS in 2023 December
• Member and diploma holder of Royal College of Physicians -MRCP -(UK)
• Have more than 60 publications in Scopus indexed journals.
• Examiner for MD /DNB Respiratory Medicine

• English
• Hindi
• Malayalam
• Tamil
• Gujarati

• Amrita Hospital, Kochi – 2009 – present
• Christian Medical College, Vellore, Junior consultant (2005-2008)