Meet Our Expert Pulmonary & Critical Care Team

Physicians

Jairo A. Melo, MD, FCCP

Medical Director, Texas IPS

Pulmonary Care

Critical Care

Charles J. Burch, MD

Pulmonary Care

Critical Care

Pulmonary Hypertension

Lung Nodule/Cancer Clinic

Ali Abedi, MD, FCCP, DAABIP

Medical Director, Lung Cancer Service Line

Pulmonary Care

Critical Care

Interventional Bronchoscopy

Lung Nodule/Cancer Clinic

Arturo Lopez, MD

Pulmonary Care

Critical Care

Napoleon Puente, MD

Medical Director, Interventional Pulmonary and Endoscopy Service Line

Pulmonary Care

Critical Care

Lung Nodule/Cancer Clinic

Interventional Bronchoscopy

Lung Nodule/Cancer Clinic

Randall C. Bell, MD

Pulmonary Care

Critical Care

Bravein Amalakuhan, MD, FCCP

Medical Director, Methodist Hospital Texsan ICU

Medical Director, Methodist Hospital Metropolitan ICU

Pulmonary Care

Critical Care

Cardiovascular Surgical Critical Care

Quality Improvement

Christopher Burdick, MD

Medical Director, Neurocritical Care

Intensivist

Neurocritical Care

Jeffrey Dellavolpe, MD

Medical Director, ECMO

Critical Care

ECMO

Elizabeth Ulliman, MD

Medical Director, Women’s Pulmonary Health

Pulmonary Care

Critical Care

COPD

Asthma

Interstitial Lung Disease

Cardiovascular Surgical Critical Care

Gustavo Gabino Miranda, MD

Pulmonary Care

Critical Care

Lung Nodule/Cancer Clinic

Ravi Santhanam, MD

Intensivist

Craig Ainsworth, MD

Medical Director, Methodist Burn Unit

Proceduralist

Critical Care

Patricio de Hoyos, MD

Medical Director, Advanced Emphysema Service Line

Pulmonary Care

Critical Care

Misha Peter, MD

Medical Director, Methodist Sleep Service Line

Medical Director, Pulmonary Critical Care, Methodist Hospital Specialty and Transplant

Pulmonary Care

Critical Care

Sleep Medicine

Jason Wagner, MD

Medical Director, Methodist Stone Oak Hospital ICU

Pulmonary Care

Critical Care

Interstitial Lung Disease

Asthma

COPD

Quality Improvements

James Steves, MD

Critical Care

Ana Carolina Garza, MD

Medical Director, Northeast Methodist Hospital ICU

Pulmonary Care

Critical Care

Hitesh Vinod Gidwani, MD

Intensivist

Critical Care

Joanna J. Beros, MD

Pulmonary Care

Critical Care

Interstitial Lung Disease

Pulmonary Hypertension

COPD

Asthma

Esha Oommen, MD

Medical Director, Pulmonary Rehabilitation Service Line

Pulmonary Care

Critical Care

Neuro Critical Care

Pulmonary Rehabilitation

COPD/Asthma

Ben Stephens, MD

Pulmonary Care

Critical Care

Pulmonary Hypertension

Interstitial Lung Disease

Lung Nodule/Cancer

Fernando Vázquez de Lara, MD

Pulmonary Care

Critical Care

Mohamed Abdalla, MD

Pulmonary Care

Critical Care

Interstitial Lung Disease

Lung Nodule/Cancer

Asthma

Carlos Andres Estrada Velez, MD

Critical Care Medicine

Russell D. Purpura, MD

Pulmonary Care

Critical Care

Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD)

COPD/Emphysema

Michelle J. Brucal, DO

Critical Care Medicine

Abraham E. Rodriguez, DO

Pulmonary Care

Critical Care

Asthma

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Bronchiectsis

Shameen Salam, MD

Pulmonary Care

Critical Care

Ajit Karan Thota, MD, FACP

Pulmonary Care

Critical Care

Animesh C Gour, MD, FCCP

Medical Director, Pulmonary Embolism Clinic.

Co-Director, Pulmonary Embolism Response Team, Methodist Hospital

Pulmonary Care

Critical Care

Mechanical Circulatory Support (ECMO)

Pulmonary Embolism

Akshar Chauhan, MD

Pulmonary Care

Critical Care

Asthma

Interstitial Lung Disease

Anisha P. Kamath, MD

Pulmonary CareCritical Care

AsthmaQuality Improvement

Lung Cancer

Interstitial Lung Disease

Obstructive Lung Disease

Franklin Argueta, MD

Pulmonary Care

Asthma

COPD

Patrick Jenkins, MD

Pulmonary Care & Critical Care

Aristides J. Armas Villalba, MD

Pulmonary Care & Critical Care

Lung Nodules

Lung Cancer

Pleural Disease

Santosh Subramanyam, MD

Mechanical Circulatory Support

Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy

Acute Kidney Injury

Alexandra Claire Mari, DO

Critical Care Medicine

Enrique O. Ortiz-Diaz, MD

Pulmonary & Critical Care

Neuro-Critical Care

Critical Care Echocardiography

Alicia Liendo, MD

Critical Care

Sleep Medicine

Nurse Practicioners

Kim Slimane, ACNP

Kimberly Whitely, ACNP

Pamela Bonham, FNP

LeAnn McReynolds, CCNS

Adam Branch, FNP-C

Alexis Calvillo, APRN

Jacob Towell, AGACNP

Pamela Talley AGACNP- BC

Carly McCaffrey, AG-ACNP

Jordan McCants AGACNP

Molly Smith ACNPC-AG

Anne E. Scheid MSN, AGACNP-BC

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