Yashvir Sangwan, MBBS

Yashvir Sangwan, MBBS, graduated from Government Medical College, Kottayam in Kerala, India, in 2002. He was a pediatrics junior resident and then an MPH student at Wichita State University before moving to his internal medicine residency at St. Elizabeth's in Youngstown, Ohio, in 2005. During residency, Dr. Sangwan collaborated with cardiology and radiology services to design and implement a cutting-edge point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) training program and service. He was recognized for performing more than 250 procedures during residency.  

In 2008, Dr. Sangwan joined Tulane University as a pulmonary and critical care fellow and was tasked with simulator and bedside procedural and POCUS training for all residents. Here, he invented and patented a specialized airway device for bedside tracheostomy. The device was modified in collaboration with a student team, and, in 2013, it won the National ASAIO Award for Best Device Design. 

In 2011, Dr. Sangwan joined TidalHealth and introduced multiple cutting-edge airway, lung and pleural procedures into the practice. In 2013, he designed a POCUS training course for inpatient providers and helped start our highly successful US guided IV access program.  

In 2016, he became the first clinical instructor and fellow in interventional pulmonology at the University of Maryland. Here, he developed a new super-efficient pleural disease protocol that was presented in a joint conference with Johns Hopkins. In 2017, he rejoined TidalHealth as director of interventional pulmonology for this novel service. He played a critical role in developing ventilator and management protocols, team training and implementation during the initial COVID surge in 2020 and was the medical director of TidalHealth’s COVID ICU.  

Dr. Sangwan has authored many articles and published studies, has been an invited peer reviewer for medical journals, and has also been recognized for excellence in education. He also serves as a research mentor for hospitalists who later move on to fellowships.