Avinesh Bhar, MD, MBA
Dr. Avinesh S. Bhar is a fellowship-trained, board-certified physician in sleep medicine and pulmonary medicine. He earned his Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) from International Medical University and continued his clinical training at New York Medical Center of Queens. He then completed fellowships at the University of Tennessee in Memphis and Washington University in St. Louis. He later added a Master of Business Administration from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, combining clinical expertise with healthcare operations and strategy.
In 2019, Dr. Bhar began his telemedicine practice. His focus is sleep and pulmonary care that is personalized and high-value, so patients can get expert care without the barriers of traditional clinic visits.
The Asia Society named Dr. Bhar a recipient of its Asia 21 Young Leaders Award in 2016. In 2018, he received teaching awards from Mercer University for both its Internal Medicine and Family Medicine residency programs. His published research covers inpatient obstructive sleep apnea evaluations, critical care practices such as high-flow nasal cannula extubation, sepsis outcomes, simulation-based resident training, and the role of web and social media education in pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine.
