PHYSICIANS

Texas IPS’s doctors and leaders

At San Antonio’s largest and most comprehensive pulmonary and critical care medical group, our physicians believe that every single patient deserves compassionate care that is personalized specifically for them.

Jairo A. Melo, MD

Medical Director, Texas IPS

Pulmonary & Critical Care
Sleep Medicine
Pulmonary Hypertension/Pulmonary Embolism
Cardiovascular Surgical Critical Care

Charles J. Burch, MD

Pulmonary & Critical Care
Pulmonary Hypertension/Pulmonary Embolism
Cardiovascular Surgical Critical Care

Ali Abedi, MD, FCCP

Medical Director, Lung Cancer Service Line

Pulmonary & Critical Care
Lung Nodule/Cancer Clinic
Interventional Pulmonology

Arturo Lopez, MD

Pulmonary & Critical Care
Pulmonary Hypertension
Lung Nodule/Cancer Clinic

Phoebe King, MD

Medical Director, Methodist Speciality and Transplant Hospital ICU

Pulmonary & Critical Care
Transplant Specialist
Women’s Pulmonary Health

Manica Isiguzo, MD

Medical Director, Advanced Lung Clinic

Pulmonary & Critical Care
Sleep Medicine
Pulmonary Hypertension
Lung Nodule/Cancer Clinic
Interstitial Lung Disease

Napoleon Puente, MD

Medical Director, Interventional Pulmonary and Endoscopy Service Line

Pulmonary & Critical Care
Lung Nodule/Cancer Clinic
Interventional Pulmonology

Randall C. Bell, MD

Pulmonary & Critical Care

Bravein Amalakuhan, MD, FCCP

Medical Director, Methodist Hospital Texsan ICU
Medical Director, Methodist Hospital Metropolitan ICU

Pulmonary & Critical Care
Lung Nodule/Cancer Clinic
Cardiovascular Surgical Critical Care

Christopher Burdick, MD

Medical Director, Neurocritical Care

Critical Care
Neurointensivist

Jeffrey Dellavolpe, MD

Medical Director, ECMO

Critical Care
ECMO
Cardiovascular Surgical Critical Care

Elizabeth Ulliman, MD

Medical Director, Women’s Pulmonary Health

Pulmonary & Critical Care

Gustavo Gabino Miranda, MD

Pulmonary & Critical Care
Lung Nodule/Cancer Clinic
Pulmonary Embolism

Ravi Santhanam, MD

Critical Care

Craig Ainsworth, MD

Medical Director, Methodist Burn Unit

Critical Care
ECMO
Pulmonary Embolism

Patricio de Hoyos, MD

Medical Director, Advanced Emphysema Service Line

Pulmonary & Critical Care
COPD/Emphysema

Misha Peter, MD

Medical Director Methodist Sleep Service Line

Pulmonary & Critical Care
Sleep Medicine

Jason Wagner, MD

Medical Director, Methodist Stone Oak Hospital ICU

Pulmonary & Critical Care
Interstitial Lung Disease
COPD

James W. Steves, MD

Pulmonary & Critical Care

Ana Carolina Garza, MD

Medical Director, Northeast Methodist Hospital ICU

Pulmonary & Critical Care

Hitesh Vinod Gidwani, MD

Critical Care
ECMO
Cardiovascular Surgical Critical Care

Christopher J. Everett, MD, PharmD

Co-Medical Director, Northeast Methodist Hospital

Pulmonary & Critical Care

Praveen Belur, MD

Pulmonary & Critical Care

Joanna J. Beros, MD

Pulmonary & Critical Care

Esha Oommen, MD

Medical Director, Pulmonary Rehabilitation Service Line

Pulmonary & Critical Care
Neurointensivist
Pulmonary Rehabilitation
Obstructive Lung Disease

William J. Ryan, MD

Medical Director, Advanced Lung Clinic

Pulmonary Care
Sleep Medicine

Ben Stephens, MD

Pulmonary Care
Critical Care
Pulmonary Hypertension
Interstitial Lung Disease
Lung Nodule/Cancer

Bharat Ved Prakash, MD

Pulmonary Care
Critical Care
Therapeutic Bronchoscopy
Interstitial Lung Disease
Lung Nodule/Cancer

Kim Slimane, ACNP

Kimberly Whitely, ACNP

Pamela Bonham, FNP

LeAnn McReynolds, CCNS

Violet Saenz, MSN, APRN

Rachel Vasquez, ACNP

Adam Branch, FNP-C

Surgery and its usage to treat early-stage lung cancer: What to expect

Lung cancer claims more lives in America every year than any other form of cancer. In 2020, 136,084 people died of lung cancer. That’s more than double the next-deadliest cancer—51,869 people died of colorectal cancer the same year.

Dr. DellaVolpe discusses COVID-19 on CNN

Watch Dr. DellaVolpe on CNN, as reporter Miguel Marquez goes inside a San Antonio, Texas, hospital that is becoming overwhelmed with patients as the coronavirus pandemic continues to spread.

Learn how you can take a lung cancer health risk assessment

Dr. Ali Abedi and his team here at Texas IPS were interviewed by SA Live on KSAT 12 on learning how to take a lung cancer risk assessment test. Lung cancer is one of the most common cancers and leading killers in both men and women in the United States.

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