Meet Our COPD Team
Our Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Specialists
Our multidisciplinary specialists work together to help patients with COPD avoid hospitalizations and trips to the emergency room, and to improve their overall comfort and quality of life.
Pulmonary Specialists
Douglas M. Beach, MD
Critical Care Medicine; Pulmonary Disease
Christy Smith
PFT Lab Manager
Interventional Pulmonology
Adnan Majid, MD
Chief, Interventional Pulmonology
Mihir Parikh, MD
Interventional Pulmonology
Alichia Paton, ACNP-BC
Nurse Practitioner, Interventional Pulmonology
Rachel Martinez, FNP-BC
Nurse Practitioner, Interventional Pulmonology
Thoracic Surgery
Sidhu Gangadharan, MD
Chief, Thoracic Surgery and Interventional Pulmonology
Richard I. Whyte, MD
Vice Chair, Surgery
Michael S. Kent, MD
Director, Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery
Jennifer L. Wilson, MD
Thoracic Surgery
Michele Griffin, PA-C
Physician Assistant, Thoracic Surgery
Chantel Paul
MSN, AGNP-C
Allie Walpert, MSN, FNP-BC
Nurse Practitioner, Thoracic Surgery
Research
Alexis Agnew
Clinical Research Program Manager
Theresa Bishop
RN, Clinical Research Nurse
Thoracic Radiology
Palliative Care
Mary Buss, MD, MPH
Outpatient Palliative Care; Medical Oncology
Leo Newhouse, MSW, LICSW
Palliative Care
Rev. Kathleen (Katie) Rimer, MDiv, EdD, BCC
Director, Spiritual Care and Education
Administration
Tina Phillips
Clinic Administrator