
Pushan Jani, MD, MSc
- Associate Professor
- Medical Director, Interventional Pulmonology Program
- Medical Director, Bronchoscopy Suites
- Interventional Pulmonary
- Pulmonary Medicine
- Critical Care Medicine
Biography
“Early detection, early treatment”
Dr. Pushan Jani is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Critical Care Medicine at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth. In practice since 2007, he treats patients 18 years and older and speaks English, Hindi, and Gujarati. Practicing as a full-time Interventional Pulmonologist and bedside educator, Dr. Jani’s clinical expertise lies in procedural care, including electromagnetic navigational bronchoscopy, endobronchial ultrasound-guided biopsies (EBUS), transtracheal oxygen catheter insertions, and percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy.
Of the many invasive procedures of which he is skilled, Dr. Jani regularly performs these on an inpatient and outpatient basis at the bedside, in the bronchoscopy / endoscopy suite, and/or in the operating room. He has an outpatient lung nodule and lung cancer screening clinic as well.
Working as part of a team of practitioners, he offers multimodal cancer care with onsite collaboration due to the Texas Medical Center’s large presence of specialists in a variety of oncology disciplines, including medical oncology, radiology and radiation oncology.
Dr. Jani’s practice philosophy is summarized by the quote above. His patients also value his honesty and his calm demeanor.
In his spare time, he enjoys NFL football and listening to music.
Education
- Medical Degree
- M. P. Shah Medical College, India
- Residency
- Internal Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
- Graduate School
- Master of Science, Epidemiology, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
- Fellowship
- Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, McGovern Medical School at UTHealth
- Fellowship
- Interventional Pulmonology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA
Areas of Interest
Clinical Interests
- Interventional Pulmonary
- Lung cancer
- Lung cancer screening
- Lung nodules
- Tracheal stenosis
- Tracheomalacia (Tracheobronchomalacia)
- Pleural diseases
- Electromagnetic navigational bronchoscopy
- Endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS)
- Bronchial thermoplasty
Publications
Board Certifications
- American Board of Internal Medicine – Internal Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine – Pulmonary Disease
- American Board of Internal Medicine – Critical Care Medicine
- Undersea & Hyperbaric Medical Society – Hyperbaric Medicine