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Department of Internal Medicine
Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine

Faculty Roster
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Mark A. Mazer, MD 

Interim Division Chief
Clinical Professor 
Director, Medical Intensive Care Unit
Director, Palliative Care Services
Associate Program Director, IM Residency

BS, George Washington University
MD, University of Liege, Belgium
Residency: Veterans Administration Medical Center
Fellowship: National Institutes of Health
Certifications: Internal Medicine, Critical Care Medicine

Interests include critical care, sepsis, witnessed CPR, end of life planning, advanced modes of mechanical ventilation, glycemic control

Sergio Arce


Sergio Arce MD, PhD

Assistant Professor

PhD (Immunology), Havana Advanced Institute of Medical Sciences and National Institute of Nephrology, Havana, Cuba
MD, Havana Advanced Institute of Medical Sciences, Havana, Cuba

Interests include B cell and plasma cell biology, immunological memory, mucosal immunology, vaccines and adjuvants, sarcoidosis, asthma and lung immunology

Carter Childs 


 

Carter J.H. Childs, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor

BS and MD, Wake Forest University
Residency and Fellowship, PCMH/ECU
Certifications: Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease, Critical Care

Interests include Fellowship program, lung cancer, exercise studies, interventional pulmonology

 

Yash P. Kataria


Yash P. Kataria, MD

Professor Emeritus

Director, Sarcoidosis Clinic
BS, Moga Punjab DM College
MBBS, Amritsar GM College
Residency, Welsh National School of Medicine
Fellowship, Ohio State University
Certifications: Internal Medicine

Interests include sarcoidosis, asthma, pulmonary infections, interstitial lung disease

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Mani S. Kavuru, MD 

Professor

BS, University of Akron
MD, Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine
Residency and Fellowship, Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Certifications: Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease, Critical Care

Interests include Asthma, PFTs, sarcoidosis, AP, research bronchoscopy, critical care, fellow education, quality assurance

Thomson Pancoast, MD


Thomson Pancoast, MD

Clinical Associate Professor and Fellowship Program Director

AB, Vassar College
MA, Hunter College, City University of New York
MD, George Washington University
Internal Medicine Residency, NYU Medical Center/Bellevue Hospital Center
Pulmonary/Critical Care Fellowship, NYU Medical Center/Bellevue Hospital Center
Certifications: Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease, Critical Care Medicine

Interests include Fellowship Education, COPD, Septic Shock, Respiratory Failure, Respiratory Physiology

Zia Ur Rehman


Zia Ur Rehman, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor

Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery
King Edward Medical College, Lahore Pakistan
Critical Care Fellowship, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx NY

Pulmonary Fellowship, Interfaith Medical Center, Brooklyn NY
Internal Medicine Residency, Interfaith Medical Center, Brooklyn NY

Certifications: Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease, Critical Care Medicine, Sleep Medicine

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Sunil Sharma, MD

Assistant Professor and Director of Sleep Medicine

Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery
Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India
Critical Care Fellowship: Medical College of Wisconsin
Pulmonary Disease Fellowship: University of Wisconsin
Internal Medicine Residency: Cook County Hospital, Chicago, IL
Certifications: Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease, Sleep Medicine

 

Mary Jane Thomassen, PhD


Mary Jane Thomassen, PhD

Professor and Director, Program in Lung Cell Biology and Translational Research
Adjunct Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology

Interests include pulmonary defense mechanisms, macrophage activation, surfactant, PAP, sarcoidosis, ARDS, asthma, and cytokine networks

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Isham Huizar, MD

Assistant Professor

MD, Universidad Anahuac, Mexico
Internal Medicine Residency: St. Raphael, New Haven, CT
Pulmonary & Critical Care Fellowship: Barnes – Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, MO
Post-Doc Research Fellowship: University of Washington, Seattle, WA

Interests: Interstitial lung disease, sarcoidosis, occupational lung disease.


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   Robert Shaw, MD

   Associate Professor

   BA, Duke University
   MD, Duke University Medical Center

   Interests:  Lung injury following cardiac surgery, sleep
      breathing disorders, COPD and Asthma  

 
Current Fellows
  • Donald M. Brescia, MD (2006 - 2009)
  • Ali Kanchwala, MD (2007 - 2010)
  • David Kasa, MD (2007 - 2010)
  • Laura Barber, MD (2008 - 2011)


Affiliate Faculty
  • Barbara Barna, PhD, Associate Professor
  • Robert Dietrich, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Physicians East
  • Richard Mann, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Physicians East
  • John Fogarty, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Physicians East

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