Faculty by Location and Role

Section at Veterans Affairs Medical Center

Michael Hart, MD Associate Professor of Medicine
VA Section Chief and Director of MICU
Associate Division Director for Educational Affairs
Research: Endothelial cells, nitric oxide, and vascular biology
Funding: VA Merit Review, NIH R01

David Guidot, MD Professor of Medicine
Associate Division Director for Research
Director, VA Ambulatory Clinic
Director, Alcohol and Lung Biology Center
Research: Alcohol and acute lung injury
Funding: VA Merit Review, NIH RO1, Project in Center Grant, T32 grant

Roy Sutliff, PhD Assistant Professor of Medicine
Research: Vascular cell and molecular biology
Funding: NIH R01, American Heart Association

Rafael L. Perez, MD Associate Professor of Medicine
Director, PFT Lab and Pulmonary Rehabilitation
Research: Clinical research in Interstitial Lung Disease
Funding: Industry

Corey Kershaw, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine
Research: Clinical research related to ICU issues.

David Bower, MD Assistant Professor
Chief of Staff, Atlanta VAMC

Jesse Roman, MD Professor of Medicine (part-time)
Division Director
Research: Extracellular matrix and lung development, injury and repair
Funding: VA Merit Review, NIH R01, Project in Center Grant, DOD

Mike Iademarco, MD Clinical Assistant Professor (part-time)
Tuberculosis Elimination Unit
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Gerry Masurek, MD Clinical Assistant Professor
Tuberculosis Elimination Unit, CDC

Section at Grady Memorial Hospital

Greg Martin, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine
Section Chief and Director, Grady MICU and CCU

Associate Director, Grady General Clinical Research Center

Director, Crawford Long General Clinical Research Center

Research: Clinical research in sepsis and ALI
Funding: NIH K23 and industry

Fernando Holguin, MD Assistant Professor (Medicine), Assistant Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health (School of Public Health), Medical Epidemiologist (CDC)
Director, Asthma Research Program at Grady and Crawford Long Hospitals
Research: Asthma and particulate air pollution
Funding: NIH, CDC

Eric Honig, MD Professor of Medicine
Director, Grady Health Outcomes Center

Director, Pulmonary Clinic, Respiratory Care and Pulmonary Function/Sleep Labs

Murray Gilman, MD Associate Professor of Medicine
Director, Step-Down Critical CareUnit

Umbreen Lodi , MD Assistant Professor of Medicine
Director, Asthma/Allergy Clinic at Grady

Section at Crawford Long Hospital

Srinivas Bhadriraju, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine
Section Chief and Director, MICU

Director for Sleep Medicine at CLH

Kenneth Leeper, MD Associate Professor of Medicine
Research: Ventilator-induced pneumonia; thromboembolic disease
Funding: NIH RO1 and industry

David Shaz, MD  Assistant Professor of Medicine

Gerald Staton, MD Professor of Medicine
Director, Chronic Ventilator Units at Wesley Woods and CLH

Alvaro Velazquez, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine

 

Section at Emory University Hospital and The Emory Clinic

David Schulman, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine

Section Chief

Fellowship Program Director
Director, Emory Sleep Disorders Laboratory
Research: Sleep-Disordered Breathing
Funding: Intramural

Rabih Bechara, MD  Assistant Professor of Medicine

Director, Interventional Pulmonology, EUH

Pajman Danai, MD  Instructor in Medicine

Micah Fisher, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine

Medical Director, MICU, EUH

Associate Director for Pulmonary Hypertension, McKelvey Lung Transplantation Center

Co-Director, Sophomore Pulmonary Pathophysiology Course

Anthony Gal, MD Associate Professor of Pathology and Medicine

Pulmonary Pathology

Clint Lawrence, MD Professor of Medicine
Medical Director, Lung Transplantation
Director, McKelvey Lung Transplantation Center
Funding: McKelvey Lung Transplantation Center and industry

David Neujahr, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine
Associate Director, Transplantation, McKelvey Lung Transplantation Center

Andres Pelaez, MD  Assistant Professor of Medicine

Associate Director, Transplantation, McKelvey Lung Transplantation Center

Alan Plummer, MD Professor of Medicine
Director, Respiratory Care, EUH

Jeffrey Pine, MD Associate Professor of Medicine
Director, Pulmonary Function Laboratory, EUH

Linda Wolfenden, MD  Assistant Professor of Medicine

Director, Adult Cystic Fibrosis Program

Medical Director, Pulmonary Function Laboratory, TEC

Cherry Wongtrakool, MD  Assistant Professor of Medicine

Chair, Fellowship Education Committee

Research: Nicotine effects on lung development

Funding: NIH K08

 

Allergy Section

Umbreen Lodi, MD Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine (part-time)

Ted Lee, MD Clinical Assistant Professor (part-time)

Whitehead Biomedical Research Building – Emory Campus

Jesse Roman, MD Professor of Medicine
Division Director
Director, Interstitial Lung Disease Center
Interim Director, Adult Cystic Fibrosis Program
Research: Extracellular matrix and lung
Funding: NIH RO1, VA Merit Review, Project in Center Grant, DOD

Kenneth Brigham, MD Professor of Medicine
Vice-Chair of Medicine for Research
Director, Center for Translational Research of the Lung
Associate Director for Research, McKelvey Lung Transplant Ctr
Research: Lung inflammation, pulmonary circulation, gene Tx
Funding: NIH grants and industry

Mauricio Rojas, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine
Research: Methods of protein delivery into cells
Funding: collaborator in NIH-funded project

Ana Mora, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine
Research: Lung immunology and pulmonary fibrosis
Funding: NIH K08

Shouewi Han, PhD Assistant Professor of Medicine
Research: Molecular biology of lung cancer
Funding: Georgia Cancer Society

Richard Parker, PhD Associate Professor of Medicine
Research: Lung physiology

Funding: Collaborator in NIH grant

Allan Ramirez, MD Instructor in Medicine
McKelvey Junior Scientist
Research: TGFb, Smads, and obliterative bronchiolitis post-transplantation
Funding: McKelvey Lung Transplantation Center