Dr. Anurag Bhalla, MD, FRCPC

 

 

Rank / Affiliations

  • Assistant Professor

Training: 

  • BHSc (Hons.), McMaster University
  • MD, Western University
  • Internal Medicine, Western University
  • Respirology, McMaster University
  • Advanced airway disease fellowship, McMaster University 

Clinical Interest

  • Asthma
  • COPD
  • Bronchiectasis
  • Airway infections 

Research Interest

  • Airway inflammometry
  • Steroid insensitivity
  • Kinase signalling pathways in severe asthma 

Awards

  • Frederick E. Hargreave Fellowship in Advanced Airway Diseases (2020)
  • CIHR Frederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarship (MSc) (2020)
  • American Thoracic Society Abstract Scholarship (2017)
  • General Internal Medicine Resident Research Award (2015) 

Publications

Bhalla A, Cutz JC, Haider EA, Trus M and Nair P. Multiple Lung Nodules, Eosinophilia, and Severe Asthma. Canadian Journal of Respiratory, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, https://doi.org/10.1080/24745332.2021.1946870. 2021 Jul 5;17(1):63. doi: 10.1186/s13223-021-00567-w. 

Kjarsgaard M, Adatia A, Bhalla A, LaVigne N, Radford K, Huang C, Mukherjee M and Nair P. Underestimation of Luminal Eosinophilia by Quantitative Sputum Cytometry. Allergy, Asthma and Clinical Immunology, 

Bhalla A, Kjarsgaard M, LaVigne N, Radford K, Mukherjee M and Nair P. Clinical relevance of sputum bronchial epithelial cells: a retrospective cross-sectional study. Canadian
of Respiratory 

Hambly N, Bhalla A, Lorello GR, Morel CF and Hoffstein V. A Novel folliculin gene mutation and an elevated serum vascular endothelial growth factor-D level in the context of cystic lung disease. Canadian Respiratory, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine. DOI: 

Bhalla A, Mukherjee M, Radford K, et al. Dupilumab, Severe Asthma Airway Responses, and SARS-CoV2 Serology [published online ahead of print, 2020 Aug 6]. Allergy. 

Bhalla A, Zhao N, Rivas DD, et al. Exacerbations of severe asthma while on Anti-IL5 biologicals [published online ahead of print, 2020 Jun 23]. J Investig Allergol Clin Immunol. 2020;0. 

Mukherjee M, Forero D, Tram S, Boulay, ME, Bertrand M, Bhalla A, Cherukat J, Al-Hayyan H, Ayoub A, Revill S, Javkar T, Radford K, Kjarsgaard M, Huang C, Dvorkin A, Olivenstein R, Ask K, Dendukury N, Lemiere C, Martin J and Nair P. Sub-optimal treatment response to anti-IL5 monoclonal antibodies in severe eosinophilic asthmatics with airway autoimmune phenomena. [published online ahead of print, 2020 May 22]. Eur Respir J. 2020;2000117. 

Sze E*, Bhalla A* and Nair P. Mechanisms and therapeutic Strategies for non T2-asthma. Allergy, 2020; 75(2):311-325. *equal contribution 

Gob A, Bhalla A, Aseltine L and Chin-Yee I. Double edged sword: root cause analysis reveals computerized provider order entry as the culprit behind two unit red cell transfusions on the oncology ward. BMJ Open Quality, 2019, 8(2). 

Bhalla A*, Mukherjee M* and Nair P. Airway eosinophilopoietic and autoimmune mechanisms of eosinophilia in severe asthma. Immunology and Allergy Clinics of North America, 2018, 38(4):639-654. *equal contribution 

Sheikh K, Bhalla A, Ouriadov A, Young HM, Yamashita CM, Luu TM, Katz S and Parraga G. Pulmonary magnetic resonance imaging biomarkers of lung structure and function in adult survivors of bronchopulmonary dysplasia with COPD. Cogent Medicine, 2018, 4 (1). 

Lessard E. Young HM, Bhalla A. Pike D, Sheikh K, McCormack DG, Ouriadov A and Parraga G. Pulmonary 3He magnetic resonance imaging biomarkers of regional airspace enlargement in alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency. Academic Radiology, 2017, 24(11) 1402-1411. 

Publications – book chapters 

Bhalla A and Nair P. Chapter 10. Practical considerations in the management of eosinophilic asthma. Book title: Difficult to treat asthma: clinical essentials. Edited by Sandy Khurana and Fernando Holguin; 2019. 

Bhalla A, Hambly N, Hanna W, Szczeklik W and Mejza F. Hemoptysis. In: McMaster Textbook of Internal Medicine. Kraków: Medycyna Praktyczna; 2019. 

Bhalla A, Hambly N, Szczeklik W and Mejza F. In: McMaster Textbook of Internal Medicine. Kraków: Medycyna Praktyczna; 2019. 

Bhalla A, Hambly N, Szczeklik W and Mejza F. Cyanosis. In: McMaster Textbook of Internal Medicine. Kraków: Medycyna Praktyczna; 2019. 

Bhalla A, Hambly N, Szczeklik W and Mejza F. Respiratory Sounds. In: McMaster Textbook of Internal Medicine. Kraków: Medycyna Praktyczna; 2019. 

 

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