Faculty, Fellows, and Staff

UVA Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine faculty, fellows, and staff are committed to excellence in patient care and clinical education, as well as translational and basic science research.

Faculty

Pulmonary & Critical Care Faculty

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Faculty who conduct research also have a link to their research profile in the School of Medicine Research Faculty Directory.

: Dana P. Albon, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Medical Director, Adult Cystic Fibrosis Program

: Charles Alex, MD
Professor of Medicine

: Andrew Barros, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine

: Taison D. Bell, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Vice Chair of Faculty Affairs
Director, Summer Medical Lead Program (SMLP)
Co-Director of Critical Care Medicine (CCM): MICU

: Catherine Bonham, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Scientific Director, Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD) Program
Associate Director, Fellowship Program

: Eric M. Davis, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Associate Professor of Neurology
Section Chief, Pulmonary Services
Interim Medical Director, Sleep Disorders Center and Sleep Laboratories
Research Profile

: Katarine V. Egressy, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Co-Medical Director, Pulmonary Clinic

: Kyle B. Enfield, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Division Quality Liaison
Vice Chair for Quality & Patient Safety
Associate Chief Medical Officer, Critical Care
Section Chief, Critical Care
Research Profile

: Drew Harris, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Medical Director, Adult Asthma Program
Medical Director, Student & Employee Health at UVA Wise
Medical Director, Black Lung Program at Stone Mountain Health Services
Associate Director, Internal Residency Program

: Yong Huang, MD, MS
Research Associate Professor of Medicine

: Tyler Johnson, MD
Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
Assistant Professor of Medicine

: Alexandra Kadl, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Associate Professor of Pharmacology
Medical Director, Culpeper Regional Hospital ICU
Medical Director, MICU
Research Profile

: John S. Kim, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine

: Shwu-Fan Ma, PhD
Research Professor of Medicine

: Jamie MacLeod, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine

: Numaan Malik, MBBS
Associate Professor of Medicine
Co-Medical Director, Pulmonary Clinic

: Hannah Mannem, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Medical Director, Lung Transplant Program

: Andrew D. Mihalek, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Program Lead, Pulmonary Hypertension
System Leader, Pulmonary UME Leadership

: Christine Nelson, PHD
Research Assistant Professor of Medicine

: Imre Noth, MD
Professor of Medicine
Chief, Division Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

: Subodh Pandey, MBBS
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Associate Director, Interventional Pulmonology in Bronchoscopy

: Hitesh “Heath” Patel, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine

: Tessy Paul, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Clinical Director, Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD) Program

: Charles “Chip” Read, MD
Instructor of Medicine

: Scott Schecter, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Program Lead, Sleep Clinic

: Timothy Scialla, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Director, Fellowship Program
Coach, Foundations of Clinical Medicine (FCM)

: Y. Michael Shim, MD
Professor of Medicine
Professor of Radiology & Medical Imaging
Program Leader, Pulmonary Function Laboratories
Director, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Clinic
Research Profile

: Lindsay A. L. Somerville, MD
Research Assistant Professor of Medicine
Associate Director, Adult Cystic Fibrosis Program
Co-Director of Critical Care Medicine (CCM): MICU

: Anne Sperling, PhD
Professor of Medicine

: Jeff Sturek, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Associate Medical Director, MICU
Associate Residency Director, Internal Residency Program

: Tania Velez, PhD
Research Assistant Professor of Medicine

: Max M. Weder, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine

Past Division Chiefs

C. Edward Rose Jr., MD

Division Chief 2011-2017

Ed Rose joined the UVA faculty in 1979, following a residency in internal medicine and a clinical fellowship in pulmonology at the University of Alabama in Birmingham, and a stint in Denver as a research fellow. Dr. Rose served as president of the UVA Hospital clinical staff in the late 1980s, and became chief of the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine in 2011.Dr. Rose and his wife Karren have two children, Katie Rose Fallis and Charlie Rose, as well as four grandchildren. Charlie is an infectious diseases physician practicing in Lexington, Kentucky. The Roses have a house at Smith Mountain Lake near Roanoke where they go to relax; Dr. Rose comments, “On Saturday mornings there, I get up before 5 am to catch shad with a throw net, then go out on the lake an hour or so later to catch striped bass, which we enjoy for lunch or dinner later in the day.”

Jonathon D. Truwit, MD, MBA

Division Chief 1993-2011

Dr. Truwit received his B.S.E. from Duke University in 1979, and his M.D. from Georgetown University in 1983. Following residency and fellowship at Vanderbilt University, Dr. Truwit joined the faculty at the University of Virginia in 1989 as the Director of the Medical Intensive Care Unit. He became the Interim Chief of the Division in 1993, and subsequently the E. Cato Drash Professor and Chief of the Division, serving in that capacity through 2010. Dr. Truwit was appointed as the Senior Associate Dean for the School of Medicine in 2002 and the Chief Medical Officer for the Medical Center in 2009 and served in those leadership positions until 2014.

Not only was Dr. Truwit recognized as an excellent clinician, but he also received numerous teaching awards, twice awarded the Basic Science Teaching Award and twice awarded the Dean’s Excellence in Teaching Award.

During his time at the University of Virginia, Dr. Truwit launched the Critical Care Training Program and expanded the Division. Throughout his career at the University of Virginia, Dr. Truwit was known as an outstanding clinician and teacher and served as a mentor to numerous trainees. In January, 2014, Dr. Truwit moved to Milwaukee to become the Chief Medical Officer for Froedtert Hospital, the primary teaching hospital at the Medical College of Wisconsin.

Dudley F. Rochester, MD

Division Chief 1976–1993

Born in Bennington, Vermont, Dr. Rochester received his A.B. from Columbia College in 1950 and his M.D. from Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons in 1955. After residency and research fellowship at Columbia, Dr. Rochester served in the U.S. Army from 1960 until 1962, when he joined the pulmonary faculty at Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons. He moved to the University of Virginia to become the E. Cato Drash Professor and Chief of the Pulmonary Division in 1976 and served in that capacity until 1993, when he became Professor Emeritus.

Over his career, Dr. Rochester was a member of the Albemarle County Medical Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Clinical and Climatological Association, American College of Chest Physicians, American Federation for Clinical Research, American Physiological Society, Association of American Physicians, Medical Society of Virginia, New York Academy of Sciences, and New York Lung Association. He was elected as a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, and served as the President of the American Lung Association of Virginia from 2000 – 2002. His awards and honors include the American Lung Association of Virginia’s Douglas Southall Freeman Award in 1997, the Volunteer Excellence Award for Development in 2000, and the Will Ross Medal in 2005. In 2004 he was elected a lifetime member of the Board of Directors of the Virginia Lung Association. An endowed chair was established in his honor in 2007, the Dudley F. Rochester Professorship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine.

Under his leadership, Dr. Rochester enhanced research programs in the division, both in his area of interest, respiratory muscle dysfunction, and in the areas of lung injury and inflammation. In addition, he led the effort to transition the institution from a combined Medical-Surgical Intensive Care Unit to a dedicated Medical Intensive Care Unit for the division and Department of Medicine at the University of Virginia. He was succeeded by Dr. Jonathon D. Truwit in 1993.

John L. Guerrant, MD, MS

Division Chief 1962-1976

Born in Callaway, Virginia, Dr. Guerrant received his B.S. from Hampton-Sydney College in 1933 and his medical degree from the University of Virginia in 1937. After medical residency in Philadelphia, he was a research fellow and resident at the University of Virginia, receiving his M.S. in 1942. He then joined the U.S. Army Medical Corps as Captain and army physician and Director of the Clinical Laboratory with the University of Virginia’s 8th Evacuation Hospital from 1942 until 1946 in WWII in the North African and Italian theaters.

Dr. Guerrant joined the faculty at the University of Virginia in 1946, rising in rank to Professor of Medicine and Chief of the Pulmonary-Allergy Division in 1962. He was the founder of the Pulmonary Function Laboratory, and was instrumental in developing the Pulmonary and Allergy programs at the University of Virginia. Dr. Guerrant semi-retired as Professor Emeritus of Medicine in 1976, and then chaired the Medical Society of Virginia’s Professional Review Organization. In addition, he continued to be active in his beloved clinic and profoundly influence students, residents, fellows and faculty for years thereafter.

Over the course of his career, Dr. Guerrant was President of the Albemarle County Medical Society, Virginia Thoracic Society, Virginia Tuberculosis and Respiratory Disease Association, and the Southwest Allergy Association. He received the Raven Award for excellence in service and contribution to the University of Virginia in 2006. Moreover, he was honored by an Endowed Chair, the John L. Guerrant Professorship in Pulmonary Medicine, in 2006. Dr. Guerrant passed away on February 11, 2012, leaving a legacy of service to the University of Virginia, Albemarle County, and the Commonwealth of Virginia.

One of the hallmarks of a Division Chief is to leave the Division better than they found it, and unquestionably that can be said of Dr. Guerrant, developing the Pulmonary Allergy Division during his tenure as Chief that ultimately led to recruitment of outstanding successors. He was succeeded by Dr. Dudley F. Rochester as the Chief of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and by Dr. Thomas Platts-Mills as Chief of the Division of Allergy and Immunology.

Emeritus Faculty Fellows Past Fellows

2021 Graduates

Fellowship Alumni

Alumni (by fellowship period)

Position immediately after fellowship

2021 – 2024

Claire Davis, MD

Scripps Green Hospital and Scripps Memorial Hospital – San Diego, CA

Naima Farah, MD

Private Practice – Kansas City, MO

Ibrar Islam, MD

Interventional Pulmonary Fellow, Cooper University Hospital

Frank Papik, MD

Prisma Health – Prisma Health Greenville Memorial Hospital

Eric Polley, MD

Prisma Health – Prisma Health Greenville Memorial Hospital

Joe Russo, MD

Sleep Fellow, Beth Israel and Boston Children’s Hospital

2020 – 2023

Sam Oliver, MD

Martha Jefferson Hospital – Charlottesville, VA

Eva Otoupalova, MD

Post-Doctoral Fellow, KUH IGNITE Training Grant, University of Virginia

Daisy Zhu, MD

Advanced Lung Disease/Lung Transplant Fellow, University of Pennsylvania

2019 – 2022

Jimi Akingbade, MD

Private Practice – Newport News, VA

Chad Brizendine, MD

Private Practice – Coeur d’Alene, ID

Talal Kaiser, MD

Private Practice – Rochester, NY

Prerna Sharma, MBBS

Asst. Professor – Miami, FL

2018 – 2021

Noura Alturaif, MBBS

Pulmonary Vascular Disease Fellowship, Stanford University

Jamie MacLeod, MD

Asst. Professor, UVA Div. of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine

Chintan Ramani, MBBS

Medstar Health – Baltimore, MD

John Watson, MD

Private Practice – Savannah, GA

2017 – 2020

Andrew Barros, MD

Asst. Professor, UVA Div. of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine

Caitlin Welch, MD

Private Practice – Brunswick, ME

Lukasz Myc, MD

Private Practice – Mobile, AL

2016 – 2019

Galina Lyles, MD

Private Practice – Williamsburg, VA

Ryan Richard, MD

Private Practice – Baton Rouge, LA

Jeff Sturek, MD, PhD

Asst. Professor, UVA Div. of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine

2015 – 2018

Sean Callahan, MD

Asst. Professor, University of Utah

Rob Jones, MD

Private Practice

Kavita Pal, MD

Locum Tenens

2014 – 2017

Ashley Desmett, MD

Summa Health System – Akron, OH

Sahar Mansoor, MD

Carolinas Health Care

Lindsay Somerville, MD

Asst. Professor, UVA Div. of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine

2013 – 2016

Elaine Cagnina, MD, PhD

Brigham and Women’s Hospital – Boston, MA

Abid Iqbal, MD

Private practice – Houston, TX

Nathaniel Ivanick, MD

Private practice – Sante Fe, NM

2012 – 2015

Diana Gomez, MD

Asst. Professor, UVA Div. of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine

Sarah Kilbourne, MD

Asst. Professor, UVA Div. of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine

Jenny Osborn, MD

Mon General Hospital – Morgantown, WV

2011 – 2014

Kathleen Freeman, MD

Private practice – Newport News, VA

Jason Lawrence, MD

Augusta Health – Fishersville, VA

Andy Vranic, MD

Univ. of Maryland Community Medical Group – Easton, MD

2010 – 2013

Alexandra Kadl, MD

Asst. Professor, UVA Div. of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine

Luu Pham, MD

Instructor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University – Baltimore, MD

2010 – 2011

Ali M. Elsayed, MD

Faculty physician, Hackensack UMC Mountainside, Montclair, NJ

2009 – 2012

H. Charles Malpass, MD

Asst. Professor, UVA Div. of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine

Ryan G. Shipe, MD

Asst. Professor, Division of Allergy, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Massachusetts

2008 – 2011

Veronica Indihar, MD

University of Cincinnati Medical Center

2007 – 2010

Kyle Enfield, MD

Asst. Professor, UVA Div. of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine
~ Assistant Hospital Epidemiologist
~ Medical Director, Medical Intensive Care Unit

Steve Herndon, MD

Private practice – Charleston, SC

2006 – 2009

Billie Barker, MD

Private practice – Pittsburgh, PA

Jasmine Shah, MD

Clinical Instructor, Department of Medicine, University of Tennessee-Chattanooga

2005 – 2008

Elizabeth Foreman, MD

Private practice – Charlottesville, VA

Raed Wahab, MD

Private practice – Washington, PA

2004 – 2007

Halim Hanna, MD

Private practice – Mount Vernon, WA

Manoj Patel, MBBS

Bon Secours Pulmonary Specialists

2003 – 2006

Dan Grinnan, MD

Assoc. Professor, Div. Pulmonary Disease & Critical Care Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University

J. Sam Pope, MD

Private practice – Hartford, CT

2002 – 2005

Franklin McGuire, MD

Asst. Professor and Interim Chief, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine, University of South Carolina

2001 – 2004

James Carswell, MD

Private practice – Charleston, SC

1990 – 1993

Richard I. Enelow, MD

Professor and Section Chief, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

Nurse Practitioners Research Staff & Trainees Administrative Staff

Faculty, Fellows, and Staff

UVA Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine faculty, fellows, and staff are committed to excellence in patient care and clinical education, as well as translational and basic science research.

Pulmonary & Critical Care Faculty

C. Edward Rose Jr., MD

Jonathon D. Truwit, MD, MBA

Dudley F. Rochester, MD

John L. Guerrant, MD, MS

Dudley F. Rochester, MD

Robert M. Strieter, MD

Jonathon D. Truwit, MD

Paul M. Suratt, MD

C. Edward Rose Jr., MD

Third-Year Fellows

Second-Year Fellows

First-Year Fellows

Fellowship Alumni

Alumni (by fellowship period)

Position immediately after fellowship

School of Medicine

Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

Sleep

Pulmonary (UVA)

MICU (UVA)

Transplant (UVA)

CCU (Culpeper)