Ken Knox, MD
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Professor of Medicine (tenured)
Vice Dean, Academic and Faculty Affairs
Medical School: Ohio State University
Residency: Ohio State University
Fellowship: Indiana University
Areas of Interest: Bronchoalveolar lavage as a clinical and research tool, mucosal immunity and the microbiome, the role of HIV and chronic viral infections in aging, endemic fungal diseases and diagnostics, sarcoidosis and immunological lung diseases, fellowship training quality, faculty life and career progression, BAL, PFTs, sarcoid, valley fever, ILD, lung immunology.
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Raed Alalawi, MD
Program Director
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Medical School: Sultan Qaboos University – Oman
Residency: Mt Sinai (Englewood NJ) Program
Fellowship: University of Southern California
Areas of Interest: Interventional pulmonology, diagnostic and therapeutic bronchoscopy, large airway disease, disease of the pleura, and medical education.
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Sally Suliman, MD
Associate Program Director
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Associate Professor of Medicine
Medical School: St. Matthews University
Residency: Internal Medicine, York Hospital
Fellowship: Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Louisville
Areas of Interest: Interstitial lung disease, sarcoidosis, sepsis, ARDs, ICU outcomes, clinical and translational research.
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Nafis Shamsid-Deen, MD, FCCP
Assistant Clinical Professor
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Fellowship Associate Program Director
Assistant Dean of the Office of Admissions and Recruitment, Interim
Director of the Pathways Scholars Master's Program
Director of the Addressing Health Disparities Program of Individual Education
Medical School: U of A College of Medicine – Tucson
Residency: Internal Medicine, U of A College of Medicine – Phoenix
Fellowship: Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, U of A College of Medicine-Phoenix
Areas of Interest: Clinical, research, education, justice work.
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Gregory Chu, MD
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Medical School: Northeastern Ohio Universities College
Residency: Banner Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center and Phoenix VA
Fellowship: Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center and Phoenix VA.
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Mouhanned Eliliwi, MD
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Assistant Professor of Medicine
Medical School: Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany
Residency: Lankenau Medical Center
Fellowship: University of Nebraska Medical Center
Areas of Interests: Advanced bronchoscopy in particular lung nodules, medical education and curriculum development, neurocritical care.
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Karim El-Kersh, MD
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Professor of Medicine, Clinical Scholar Track
Director of Pulmonary Hypertension Program
Medical School: Minia University School of Medicine
Residency: Saint Michael’s Medical Center, Seton Hall University School of Graduate Medical Education (currently affiliated with New York Medical College), Newark, NJ
Fellowship: University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
Areas of Interest: Pulmonary Hypertension (PH) with focus on utilizing imaging in risk stratification, metallomics in PH, Healthcare utilization in PH, Palliative Care and social determinants of health in PH.
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Yusef Esparza Monzavi, MD
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Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
Medical School: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador
Residency: Internal Medicine, Mass-General Brigham Salem Hospital, MA
Fellowship: Nephrology and Critical Care Medicine, East Carolina University, ECU - Health
Areas of Interest: Critical care medicine, renal replacement therapy, apharesis, electrolytes and acid base balance, ECMO, medical education.
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Roxanne Garcia Orr, MD
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Medical School: U of A College of Medicine – Tucson
Residency: Banner – University Medical Center Phoenix
Fellowship: Banner – University Medical Center Phoenix
Areas of Interest: Pulmonary and critical care medicine.
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Nadia A. Hasaneen, MD, PhD, FCCP
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Medical School: Mansoura Faculty of Medicine, Egypt
PhD: Jointly from Stony Brook Medicine and Mansoura University, Egypt
Residency: Stony Brook Medicine, New York
Fellowships: Pulmonary/Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Stony Brook Medicine, New York
Areas of Interest: Long standing research interest in the role of obstructive sleep apnea in the development of lung fibrosis, interaction of sleep apnea with cardiopulmonary diseases like asthma, COPD and CHF, non-invasive mechanical ventilation and home mechanical ventilation, fellowship research education, national work with the American College of Chest Physicians and American Thoracic Society.
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Zachary Hernandez, MD
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Undegraduate: Arizona State University
Medical School: Stanford University School of Medicine
Residency: Emergency Medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson
Fellowship: Critical Care Medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson
Areas of Interest: Airway management, cardiac arrest, extracorporeal life support, medical education.
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Renee Hebbeler–Clark, MD, MS, CPPS, FACP
Faculty
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Associate Professor of Medicine
Director, MICU and Service Line Critical Care
Medical School: AUC
Residency: NEOMED
Fellowship: University of Cincinnati and UPMC
Areas of Interest: Critical care medicine, ICU outcomes, infections in the critically ill, patient safety and quality, team building.
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Stephanie Iusim, MD, MPH
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Associate Clinical Professor, Clinical Series
Medical School: SUNY Downstate Medical School
Residency: University of Illinois at Chicago
Fellowship: Mount Sinai Hospital
Areas of Interest: Interstitial lung diseases — including IPF, CTD-ILD, cystic lung disease, as well as non-CF bronchiectasis, COPD, asthma, pulmonary nodules — and fellow education.
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Lisa Jarnagin, MD
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Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
Tracheostomy team lead, Simulation Chair
Medical School: Royal College of Surgeons Ireland
Residency: Internal Medicine, Lahey Hospital and Medical Center
Fellowship: Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, U of A College of Medicine – Phoenix
Areas of interest: Advanced diagnostic bronchoscopy, medical education including simulation.
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Abdul Ahad Khan, MD
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Assistant Professor of Medicine
Medical School: Ziauddin University, Pakistan
Residency: Internal Medicine, Ascension St. Joseph Hospital – Chicago
Fellowship: Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix
Areas of Interest: Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), right ventricular dysfunction and failure, pulmonary vascular disease, cardiovascular critical care, pulmonary embolism response teams (PERT), acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), advanced airway management, graduate medical education.
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Jasminder Mand, MBCHB
Core Faculty Physician
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Medical School: Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland Medical School of Dublin
Residency: Maricopa Medical Center, Phoenix
Fellowship: University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson
Areas of Interest: Pulmonary and critical care medicine.
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Manoj Mathew, MD
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Medical School: The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine
Residency: Banner Good Samaritan and Carl T. Hayden VA Medical Center
Fellowship: Banner Good Samaritan and Carl T. Hayden VA Medical Center
Areas of Interest: Asthma, pleural disorders, mediastinal disorders, endobronchial ultrasound, tunneled pleural catheters and critical care.
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Walter Migotto, MD
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Assistant Professor of Medicine
Medical School: Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
Residency: Internal Medicine, Henry Ford Health
Fellowship: Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, Henry Ford Health
Areas of Interest: Critical care point-of-care ultrasound training at graduate medical education level, basic science undergraduate medical education, shock.
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Daniel Puebla, MD
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Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine
Medical School: Universidad Central Del Ecuador
Residency: New York University, Brooklyn Campus
Fellowship: Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch
Areas of Interest: COPD, asthma, smoking cessation, public health, ARDS, mechanical ventilation.
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Jennifer O'Hea, MD
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Medical School: University of Arizona College of Medicine – Tucson
Residency: Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center
Fellowship: Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center
Areas of Interest: Critical care, heat stroke, ACLS team management, peer review, and physician-nursing relationships.
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Esa Rayyan, DO
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Associate Professor of Medicine
Medical School: Midwestern University
Residency: University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix
Fellowship: University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix
Areas of Interest: ARDS, asthma, sepsis, neurocritical care, graduate medical education.
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Nehan Sher, MD
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Assistant Professor of Medicine
Medical School: Ziauddin University, Pakistan
Residency: Internal Medicine, Ascension St. Joseph Hospital-Chicago
Fellowship: Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix and Hospice and Palliative Medicine, Mayo Clinic Arizona
Areas of Interest: End-of-life care and communication in patients with pulmonary disease and critical illness, heat stroke, resuscitation, medical trainee ICU debriefing and graduate medical education.
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Clement Singarajah, MBBS
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Medical School: Imperial College
Residency: Maricopa Medical Center, Phoenix
Fellowship: University of New Mexico
Area of Interest: Pulmonary and critical care medicine.
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Ramachandra R. Sista, MD
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Medical School: Guntur Medical College
Residency: Wayne State University School of Medicine
Fellowship: Stanford University Medical Center and Stanford School of Medicine
Areas of Interest: Lung and heart-lung transplantation, pulmonary vascular disorders, critical care medicine.
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Digjivay Singh, MD
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Medical School: Government Medical College Jammu, J&K, India
Residency: Meridia Huron Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio
Fellowship: Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana
Areas of Interest: Advanced bronchoscopy for Lung cancer diagnosis and palliatio.
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Suresh Uppalapu, MD
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Medical School: Guntur Medical College
Residency: Northeastern Ohio University College of Medicine
Fellowship: Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center and VA Medical Center
Areas of Interest: Mechanical ventilation, severe ARDS, ECMO , mechanical circulatory support, asthma , HLH and pulmonary arterial hypertension.
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Tonya Whiting, DO
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Medical School: Midwestern University, Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: Banner Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center and Phoenix VA
Fellowship: Banner Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center and Phoenix VA
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