Pulmonology & Sleep Medicine
Prasad N. Betadpur, MD
Holy Cross Health
Dr. Prasad N. Betadpur is a board-certified pulmonologist based at Holy Cross Hospital in Silver Spring, MD, where he serves as Medical Director of the Department of Pulmonology, Pulmonary Rehabilitation, and the Intensive and Coronary Care Units. He treats the full range of lung, breathing, and sleep conditions.
Background and training
Dr. Betadpur completed a fellowship in pulmonary disease and critical care medicine at the University of Virginia Medical Center and has practiced pulmonary and critical care medicine for more than 20 years. His clinical expertise spans sleep medicine, asthma, sepsis, pleural disease, and intensive care.
Why patients choose Dr. Betadpur
As the physician leading pulmonary and critical care services at Holy Cross Hospital — one of Silver Spring’s two major hospitals — Dr. Betadpur brings deep hospital-based experience to outpatient lung and sleep care. That makes him a strong option for patients with complex breathing problems, chronic lung disease, or suspected sleep apnea who want a specialist closely connected to a full hospital program.
Practice focus
Asthma and COPD, chronic cough, pleural disease, sleep apnea and other sleep disorders, and pulmonary and critical care.
Languages and access
Dr. Betadpur sees patients in English at Holy Cross Hospital in Silver Spring. Confirm insurance participation, referral requirements, and whether a sleep study is needed with the office before booking.
Profile last fact-checked July 1, 2026. Information reflects publicly available sources and may change. Confirm details directly with the practice before booking.
How Dr. Betadpur compares
Context from the 139 providers we track across Bethesda and Montgomery County.
The only one we list in Silver Spring
The only pulmonology & sleep medicine provider in our registry serving Silver Spring.
The only provider we list offering asthma & copd
1 of the 130 providers who list their focus areas name asthma & copd.
Figures describe the 139 providers currently in the MyBethesdaDoctor registry as of August 2026 — a curated directory, not a census of every doctor in Montgomery County. How we build this list.
Where Dr. Betadpur sits by experience
Dr. Betadpur finished medical school in 1996, 30 years ago. Of the 135 providers in our registry whose graduation year we could verify, 49 finished earlier, 80 finished later, and 5 finished the same year.
1965–69
1 provider finished 1965–19691970–74
2 providers finished 1970–19741975–79
4 providers finished 1975–19791980–84
13 providers finished 1980–19841985–89
12 providers finished 1985–19891990–94
14 providers finished 1990–1994Dr. Betadpur1996
1995–99
27 providers finished 1995–19992000–04
20 providers finished 2000–20042005–09
19 providers finished 2005–20092010–14
17 providers finished 2010–20142015–19
4 providers finished 2015–20192020–24
2 providers finished 2020–2024Among the 110 physicians we list, 45 finished medical school earlier — the median for that group is 1998.
All 12 bands
| Graduated | Providers |
|---|---|
| 1965–1969 | 1 |
| 1970–1974 | 2 |
| 1975–1979 | 4 |
| 1980–1984 | 13 |
| 1985–1989 | 12 |
| 1990–1994 | 14 |
| 1995–1999 — Dr. Betadpur | 27 |
| 2000–2004 | 20 |
| 2005–2009 | 19 |
| 2010–2014 | 17 |
| 2015–2019 | 4 |
| 2020–2024 | 2 |
Figures describe the 139 providers currently in the MyBethesdaDoctor registry as of August 2026 — a curated directory, not a census of every doctor in Montgomery County. Based on the 135 of 139 profiles with a graduation year we could verify against a primary source; the remaining 4 are left out rather than estimated. How we build this list.
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