Doctors

Allergists/immunologists specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of asthma, allergic diseases and disorders of the immune system. Such conditions include atopic dermatitis (eczema), allergic and non-allergic rhinitis, anaphylaxis, contact dermatitis, sinusitis, angioedema (swelling), urticaria (hives), common variable immunodeficiency disorder, and food, environmental and medication allergies.

Cleveland Clinic Allergists/Immunologists 

• Sheila Armogida, MD
• Mark Aronica, MD
• James Fernandez, MD MPH
• Sandra Hong, MD
• Fred Hsieh, MD
• Rachel Szekely, MD
• David Lang, MD
• Lily Pien, MD
• Cristine Radojicic, MD
• Roxana Siles, MD

Critical care physicians staff hospital intensive care units (ICUs). They specialize in the treatment of critically-ill patients, who may suffer from respiratory or airway problems, cardiac arrest, diabetic coma, kidney failure and multiple organ dysfunction syndrome.

Cleveland Clinic Critical Care Specialists

• Loutfi Aboussouan, MD
• Jafar Abunasser, MD
• Muzaffar Ahmad, MD
• Olufemi Akindipe, MD
• Francisco Almeida, MD
• Rendell Ashton, MD
• James Blackburn, DO
• Marie Budev, DO
• Robert Castele, MD
• Chirag Choudhary, MD
• Joseph Cicenia, MD
• Daniel Culver, DO 
• Abhijit Duggal, MD
• Jean Louis Dupiton, MD
• Raed Dweik, MD
• Serpil Erzurum, MD
• Hany Farag, MD
• Jihane Faress, MD
• Samar Farha, MD
• Puneet Garcha, MD
• Andrew Garrow, MD
• Thomas Gildea, MD, MS
• Jorge Guzman, MD
• Tarik Hanane, MD
• Umur Hatipoglu, MD
• Gustavo Heresi-Davila, MD
• Kristin Highland, MD
• David Holden, MD
• Aanchal Kapoor, MD
• Sumita Khatri, MD
• Sudhir Krishnan, MD
• Charles Lane, MD
• Michael Machuzak, MD
• Peter Mazzone, MD
• Glenn Meden, MD
• Atul Mehta, MD
• Omar Minai, MD
• Eduardo Mireles-Cabodevila, MD
• Ajit Moghekar, MD
• Kathrin Nicolacakis, MD
• Beverly O'Neill, MD
• Thomas Olbrych, MD
• Aman Pande, MD,
• Joseph Parambil, MD
• Jennifer Ramsey, MD
• Deborah Rathz, MD
• Muhammad Raza, MD
• Anita Reddy, MD
• Madhu Sasidhar, MD
• Raymond Salomone, MD
• Brian Southern, MD
• David Skirball, MD
• Rachel Taliercio, DO
• Adriano Tonelli, MD
• Herbert Wiedemann, MD
• Joe Zein, MD

Pulmonologists diagnose and treat patients with lung conditions. Respiratory diseases include asthma, breathing-related sleep disorders, interstitial lung disease, COPD, pulmonary hypertension, lung infection (e.g., pneumonia and influenza), lung cancer and sarcoidosis.

Cleveland Clinic Pulmonologists

• Loutfi Aboussouan, MD
• Jafar Abunasser, MD
• Muzaffar Ahmad, MD
• Olufemi Akindipe, MD
• Francisco Almeida, MD
• Mark Aronica, MD
• Rendell Ashton, MD
• James Blackburn, DO
• Marie Budev, DO
• Robert Castele, MD
• Chirag Choudhary, MD
• Joseph Cicenia, MD
• Daniel Culver, DO
• Raed Dweik, MD
• Serpil Erzurum, MD
• Jihane Faress, MD
• Samar Farha, MD
• Puneet Garcha, MD
• Andrew Garrow, MD
• Thomas Gildea, MD, MS
• Umur Hatipoglu, MD
• Gustavo Heresi-Davila, MD
• Kristin Highland, MD
• David Holden, MD
• Sumita Khatri, MD
• Sudhir Krishnan, MD
• Charles Lane, MD
• Michael Machuzak, MD
• Peter Mazzone, MD
• Glenn Meden, MD
• Atul Mehta, MD
• Omar Minai, MD
• Eduardo Mireles-Cabodevila, MD
• Ajit Moghekar, MD
• Kathrin Nicolacakis, MD
• Thomas Olbrych, MD
• Mitchell Olman, MD
• Beverly O'Neill, MD
• Aman Pande, MD,
• Joseph Parambil, MD
• Bohdan Pichurko, MD
• Jennifer Ramsey, MD
• Muhammad Raza, MD
• Anita Reddy, MD
• Madhu Sasidhar, MD
• Raymond Salomone, MD
• David Skirball, MD
• Brian Southern, MD
• James Stoller, MD, MS
• Rachel Taliercio, DO
• Adriano Tonelli, MD
• Herbert Wiedemann, MD
• Joe Zein, MD

Doctors who specialize in sleep medicine diagnose and treat sleep-related disorders and disturbances. At the Respiratory Institute, our sleep specialists treat patients affected by obstructive sleep apnea, obesity hypoventilation syndrome, and breathing-related sleep disorders caused by obstructive or restrictive lung disorders and neuromuscular diseases.

Cleveland Clinic Sleep Specialists

• Loutfi Aboussouan, MD
• Puneet Garcha, MD
• Andrew Garrow, MD
• Umur Hatipoglu, MD
• Reena Mehra, MD
• Omar Minai, MD

The following Cleveland Clinic Respiratory Institute doctors specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of asthma, allergic diseases and conditions of the immune system.

• Sheila Armogida, MD
• Mark Aronica, MD
• James Fernandez, MD MPH
• Sandra Hong, MD
• Fred Hsieh, MD
• Rachel Szekely, MD
• David Lang, MD
• Lily Pien, MD
• Cristine Radojicic, MD
• Roxana Siles, MD

The following Cleveland Clinic Respiratory Institute doctors specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency.

• Loutfi Aboussouan, MD
• Thomas Gildea, MD
• Sumita Khatri, MD, MS
• Peter Mazzone, MD
• Omar Minai, MD
• James Stoller, MD

The following Cleveland Clinic Respiratory Institute doctors specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of asthma.

• Muzaffar Ahmad, MD
• Sheila Armogida, MD
• Mark Aronica, MD
• Raed Dweik, MD
• Serpil Erzurum, MD
• Umur Hatipoglu, MD
• David Holden, MD
• Sandra Hong, MD
• Fred Hsieh, MD
• Sumita Khatri, MD
• Rachel Szekely, MD
• David Lang, MD
• Kathrin Nicolacakis, MD
• Thomas Olbrych, MD
• Lily Pien, MD
• Cristine Radojicic, MD

The following Cleveland Clinic Respiratory Institute doctors specialize in performing advanced bronchoscopy.

• Francisco Almeida, MD
• Joseph Cicenia, MD
• Thomas Gildea, MD
• Michael Machuzak, MD
• Peter Mazzone, MD
• Atul Mehta, MD
• Madhu Sasidhar, MD

The following Cleveland Clinic Respiratory Institute doctors specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of COPD.

• Loutfi Aboussouan, MD
• Michael Machuzak, MD
• Omar Minai, MD
• Thomas Olbrych, MD
• James Stoller, MD

The following Cleveland Clinic Respiratory Institute doctors specialize in the treatment of critically ill patients.

• Loutfi Aboussouan, MD
• Jafar Abunasser, MD
• Rendell Ashton, MD
• Chirag Choudhary, MD
• Daniel Culver, DO
• Ehab Daoud, MD
• Jean Louis Dupiton, MD
• Raed Dweik, MD
• Hany Farag, MD
• Jihane Faress, MD
• Samar Farha, MD
• Puneet Garcha, MD
• Andrew Garrow, MD
• Jorge Guzman, MD
• Tarik Hanane, MD
• Umur Hatipoglu, MD
• Gustavo Heresi-Davila, MD
• Aanchal Kapoor, MD
• Sumita Khatri, MD
• Sudhir Krishnan, MD
• Charles Lane, MD
• Peter Mazzone, MD
• Glenn Meden, MD
• Ajit Moghekar, MD
• Beverly O'Neill, MD
• Thomas Olbrych, MD
• Aman Pande, MD,
• Jennifer Ramsey, MD
• Deborah Rathz, MD
• Anita Reddy, MD
• Adriano Tonelli, MD
• Herbert Wiedemann, MD
• Joe Zein, MD

The following Cleveland Clinic Respiratory Institute doctors specialize in the in diagnosis and treatment of general pulmonary diseases.

• Muzaffar Ahmad, MD
• James Blackburn, DO 
• Robert Castele, MD
• Puneet Garcha, MD
• Andrew Garrow, MD
• Umur Hatipoglu, MD
• David Holden, MD
• Sudhir Krishnan, MD
• Glenn Meden, MD
• Atul Mehta, MD
• Kathrin Nicolacakis, MD
• Beverly O'Neill, MD
• Aman Pande, MD,
• Bohdan Pichurko, MD
• Jennifer Ramsey, MD
• Raymond Salomone, MD
• David Skirball, MD
• Joe Zein, MD

The following Cleveland Clinic Respiratory Institute doctors specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of interstitial lung diseases, such as idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, pulmonary alveolar proteinosis, hypersensitivity pneumonitis, idiopathic interstitial pneumonia and lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM).

• Marie Budev, DO
• Daniel Culver, DO
• Jihane Faress, MD
• Samar Farha, MD
• Constance Jennings, MD
• Joseph Parambil, MD

The following Cleveland Clinic Respiratory Institute doctors specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer and lung nodules, including non-small cell lung cancer, small cell lung cancer, mediastinal tumors, mesothelioma, and rare cancers of the lung and chest.

• Thomas Gildea, MD
• Michael Machuzak, MD
• Peter Mazzone, MD
• Joseph Parambil, MD
• Madhu Sasidhar, MD

The following Respiratory Institute doctors are part of the Cleveland Clinic lung transplantation team.

• Olufemi Akindipe, MD
• Marie Budev, DO
• Puneet Garcha, MD
• Thomas Gildea, MD
• Charles Lane, MD
• Michael Machuzak, MD
• Omar Minai, MD
• Atul Mehta, MD
• Thomas Olbrych, MD

The following Cleveland Clinic Respiratory Institute doctors specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of major airway diseases, such as COPD.

• Thomas Gildea, MD
• Michael Machuzak, MD

The following Respiratory Institute staff specialize in pulmonary function testing for conditions, such as asthma, bronchitis and emphysema.

• Bohdan Pichurko, MD, Medical Director
• Kevin McCarthy, Manager

The following Cleveland Clinic Respiratory Institute doctors specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary hypertension and other pulmonary vascular diseases.

• Raed Dweik, MD
• Serpil Erzurum, MD
• Samar Farha, MD
• Gustavo Heresi-Davila, MD
• Constance Jennings, MD
• Omar Minai, MD
• Joseph Parambil, MD
• Adriano Tonelli, MD

The following Cleveland Clinic Respiratory Institute doctor specializes in the treatment of respiratory complications related to neuromuscular disease, such as ALS, multiple sclerosis and myasthenia gravis.

• Loutfi Aboussouan, MD

The following Cleveland Clinic staff provide respiratory therapy services.

• Madhu Sasidhar, MD, Medical Director
• Doug Orens, MBA, RRT, Director
• Ed Hoisington, RRT, Manager
• Rob Chatburn, RRT, NPS, Research Manager
• Vince Roberts, BS, RRT, Supervisor
• Marty Lemin, RRT, Supervisor
• Kun Sam, RRT, Supervisor
• Rory Mullin, BS, RRT, Supervisor
• Lucy Kester, MBA, RRT, Education Coordinator
• Sherry Babic, RRT, Instructor
• Sue Gole, RRT, Instructor
• Russ Crooks, RRT, ReSCU
• Joyce Deger, RRT, Consults
• Joe Lavelle, RRT, Clinical Care
• Dale Miller, RRT, NICU
• Leslie Patzwahl, BS, RRT, NPS, Education
• Mike O’Brien, RRT, Critical Care
• Carla Wollens, RRT, MICU
• Ed Kijauskas, RRT, SICU

The following Cleveland Clinic Respiratory Institute doctors specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of sarcoidosis.

• Daniel Culver, DO
• Jihane Faress, MD
• Joseph Parambil, MD