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Thomson C. Pancoast, MD

Program Director
Appointment phone: (252) 744-1600
Fax: (252) 744-1115
Clinical Interests: Fellowship Education, Septic Shock, Respiratory Failure and Physiology, COPD, Pulmonary Rehabilitaion, Mechanical Ventilation, Pulmonary Function Testing
Board Certifications: Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease, Critical Care Medicine
Fellowships: NYU Medical Center, Bellevue Hospital , Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine
Residency: NYU Medical Center, Bellevue Hospital, Internal Medicine
Medical School: George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences

Mark R. Bowling, MD

Associate Division Chief
Appointment phone: (252) 744-1600
Fax: (252) 744-3169
Clinical Interests: Lung Cancer; Asthma; Cough; Interventional Pulmonology; Dyspnea; COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease)
Board Certifications: Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Medicine, Critical Care Medicine
Fellowships: Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center
Residency: Pitt County Memorial Hospital; Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University
Medical School: Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University

Donald Brescia, MD, FCCP

Director, East Carolina Heart Institute Intesivists Program
, Assistant Professor
Office phone: (252) 744-4650
Fax: (252) 744-4887
Clinical Interests: Lung Mechanics and Ventilator Management
Board Certifications: Internal Medicine; Pulmonary & Critical Care
Fellowships: Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University; Pitt County Memorial Hospital [Pulmonary & Critical Care]
Residency: Pitt County Memorial Hospital; Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina Medicine [Internal Medicine, Pediatrics]
Medical School: University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

Abid S. Butt, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor
Appointment phone: (252) 744-1600
Office phone: (252) 744-4650
Fax: (252) 744-4887
Clinical Interests: Pulmonary & Critical Care
Board Certifications: Internal Medicine
Fellowships: New York Medical College, Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, NY [Pulmonary & Critical Care]
Residency: Westchester Medical Center; New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY [Internal Medicine]
Medical School: Quaid-a-Azam Medical College, Pakistan

Isham Huizar, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine,
Director of Cutaneous Surgery and Oncology
Appointment phone: (252) 744-1600
Fax: (252) 744-1115
Clinical Interests: Interstitial lung disease, Sarcoidosis, Occupational Lung Disease
Fellowships: Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, MO [Pulmonary & Critical Care]; University of Washington, Seattle, WA [Research]
Residency: St. Raphael, New Haven, CT [Internal Medicine]
Medical School: Universidad Anahuac, Mexico

Mark Jacob, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor
Appointment phone: (252) 744-1600
Fax: (252) 744-1115
Clinical Interests: Obstructive lung disease and lung cancer
Board Certifications: Internal Medicine; Pulmonary
Fellowships: University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS
Residency: St. John Hospital and Medical Center, Detroit, MI
Medical School: Wayne State University School of Medicine

Yash P. Kataria, MD

Professor Emeritus
Appointment phone: (252) 744-1600
Fax: (252) 744-1115
Clinical Interests: Sarcoidosis, Asthma, Pulmonary Infections, Interstitial Lung Disease
Fellowships: Ohio State University, Columbus, OH [Pulmonary]
Residency: Welsh National School of Medicine, Cardiff, Wales, UK [Internal Medicine]
Medical School: Glancy Medical College

Thomson C. Pancoast, MD

Program Director
Appointment phone: (252) 744-1600
Fax: (252) 744-1115
Clinical Interests: Fellowship Education, Septic Shock, Respiratory Failure and Physiology, COPD, Pulmonary Rehabilitaion, Mechanical Ventilation, Pulmonary Function Testing
Board Certifications: Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease, Critical Care Medicine
Fellowships: NYU Medical Center, Bellevue Hospital , Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine
Residency: NYU Medical Center, Bellevue Hospital, Internal Medicine
Medical School: George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences

Zia Rehman, MD, FCCP

Clinical Assistant Professor
Appointment phone: (252) 744-1600
Fax: (252) 744-1115
Clinical Interests: Pulmonary Hypertension, Subacute Ventilator Failure, Neurocritical care, Sleep Medicine, Pulmonary Physiology
Board Certifications: Internal Medicine; Pulmonary Diseases; Sleep Medicine; Critical Care; Neurocritical Care
Fellowships: Interfaith Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY [Pulmonary]; Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY [Critical Care]
Residency: Interfaith Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY [Internal Medicine]
Medical School: King Edward Medical College, Lahore Pakistan

Sunil Sharma, MD

Assistant Professor and Director of Sleep Medicine
Appointment phone: (252) 744-1600
Fax: (252) 744-1115
Clinical Interests: Sleep Medicine, Obesity Related Lung Disease, Pulmonary Hypertension, Non-Invasive Ventilation
Fellowships: University of Wisconsin [Pulmonary]; Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI [Critical Care]
Residency: Cook County Hospital, Chicago, IL [Internal Medicine]
Medical School: Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India

Robert Shaw, MD

Associate Professor
Appointment phone: (252) 744-1600
Fax: (252) 744-1115
Clinical Interests: Lung Injury Following Cardiac Surgery, Sleep Breathing Disorders, COPD and Asthma
Board Certifications: Internal Medicine/Pulmonary
Fellowships: Ohio State University Hospital, Columbus, OH
Residency: Ohio State University Hospital, Columbus, OH
Medical School: Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC

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Assistant Professor

PhD: Havana Advanced Institute of Medical Sciences and National Institute of Nephrology, Havana, Cuba
MD: Havana Advanced Institute of Medical Sciences, Havana, Cuba

Interests:
B cell and plasma cell biology, immunological memory, mucosal immunology, vaccines and adjuvants, sarcoido

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Professor

Director:

Lung Cell Biology and Translational Research Program
Adjunct Professor:

Department of Microbiology and Immunology

Interests:
Pulmonary defense mechanisms, macrophage activation, surfactant, PAP, sarcoidosis, ARDS, asthma, and cytokine networks

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Barbara Barna,PhD,
Associate Professor
Robert Dietrich, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Physicians East
John Fogarty, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Physicians East
Gabor Varju, MD

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David Green, MD
(2009-2012)
Medical School: Universidad Autonoma de Centro America, Coast Rica, 1999
Internal Medicine Residency: SUNY Upstate Medical Center, 2001-2004
Md. Monirul Islam, MD
(2009-2012)

Medical School: Rajshahi Medical College, Bangladesh, 1997
Internal Medicine Residency: Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, 2001-2004
Omar Mahmoud Albustami, MD
(2009-2012)

Medical School: University of Jordan, 1997
Internal Medicine Residency: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, 2002-2005
Rasheel Chowdhary, MD
(2010-2013)

Medical School: Frontier Medical College, Pakistan, 2002
Internal Medicine Residency: Pitt County Memorial Hospital, 2007-2010
Zuheir Kassabo, MD
(2010-2013)

Medical School: University of Aleppo, Syria, 2000
Internal Medicine Residency: Providence Hospital, Michigan, 2003-2006
Hiren Mehta, MD
(2010-2013)
Medical School: Ross University, Dominica, 2006
Medicine-Pediatrics Residency: Pitt County Memorial Hospital, 2006-2010
Stephen John Gegick, MD
(2011-2014)

Medical School: Wake Forest University
Internal Medicine Residency: Carolinas Medical Center, 2008-2011
Khawaja Yassir Rahman, MD
(2011-2014)

Medical School: King Edward Medical College, Pakistan
Internal Medicine Residency: Marshall University, West Virginia
Geriatrics Fellowship: University of Florida, Gainensville
Khalid Saadah, MD
(2011-2014)

Medical School: University of Jordan
Internal Medicine Residency: University of Buffalo School of Medicine