Overview
At Cleveland Clinic's Respiratory Institute, we provide world-class patient care by combining our strengths in clinical expertise, research and education. Serving over 200,000 patients annually, the Respiratory Institute’s unsurpassed expertise and experience attracts patients from all over the world who seek a definitive diagnosis and cutting-edge treatment, often for a rare or complex lung disorder. With more than 170 pulmonologists, allergists/immunologists, infectious disease experts and critical care specialists, the Respiratory Institute diagnoses and treats a wide range of lung, allergy and breathing-related conditions. Cleveland Clinic is recognized in the U.S. and throughout the world for its expertise and care.
Model of Care
Cleveland Clinic is a non-profit academic medical center led by doctors. As a “group practice” model, physicians at Cleveland Clinic are full-time, salaried employees. They get paid the same regardless of how many procedures they perform or patients they see. This practice eliminates incentives to perform unnecessary tests or procedures and encourages physicians to consult with colleagues and spend the time necessary to practice excellent medicine.
What does that mean to you? It means that as a patient of Cleveland Clinic, you’ll have access to the broadest possible range of solutions from skilled, experienced doctors, nurses and technicians. Options you may not have in your home town – or anywhere else in America.
Our Treatment Programs and Centers
Patients receive comprehensive, individualized patient care through our unique clinical programs and centers. Our programs bring together teams of specialists within the Respiratory Institute, as well as from cardiothoracic and vascular surgery, thoracic imaging, and pulmonary pathology, to provide an integrative, multidisciplinary approach to patient care.
Additionally, our physicians and staff collaborate on a daily basis to research and develop new diagnostic and treatment options, shortening the gap between the laboratory discoveries of today and the patient care of tomorrow.
Respiratory Institute Leadership
Institute Chair
Raed Dweik, MD |
Department Chairs
David Lang, MD Allergy and Clinical Immunology |
Hassan Khouli, MD Critical Care Medicine |
Steve Gordon, MD Infectious Disease |
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Daniel Culver, DO Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine |
Institute Officers and Vice Chairs
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Glenn Meden, MD Institute Vice Chair |
Kathrin Nicolacakis, MD Compliance, Billing, and Reimbursement |
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Rendell Ashton, MD Education Officer |
Umur Hatipoglu, MD Enterprise Medical Director of Respiratory Therapy |
Rachel Taliercio, MD Patient Experience Officer |
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Katherine Holman, MD Quality Officer |
Kristin Highland, MD Research Officer |
Jennifer Ramsey, MD Wellness Officer |
Joint Appointments
Chief of Staff Office
Beri Ridgeway, MD
Chair
Education Institute
James Stoller, MD, MS
Chair
Lerner Research Institute
Serpil Erzurum, MD
Departmental Vice Chairs
Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Mark Aronica, MD
Infectious Disease
Kristin Englund, MD
Infectious Disease
Thomas Fraser, MD
Infectious Disease
Carlos Isada, MD
Regional Directors: Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
East Region
Akhil Bindra, MD
South Region
Lokesh Venkateshaiah, MD
West Region
Safdar Khan, MD
Respiratory Institute Administrators
Departments of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
and Pulmonary Medicine
Jodi Krizmanich, RN, Administrator
Departments of Critical Care Medicine
and Infectious Disease
Jeff Olender, Administrator
Respiratory Institute
Finance Director
Elizabeth Hipps
Respiratory Institute Advanced Practice Providers
Director
Joe Keller, PA-C, MHS
Respiratory Institute
Nursing Director
Terri Murray, RN, MSN, NE-BC
Respiratory Institute
Administrator
Kim Oh
Respiratory Therapy
Executive Director
Karla Balasko
Clinical Program Directors
Allergy and Clinical Immunology Department Clinical Program Directors
Clinical Immunology
James Fernandez, MD
Drug Allergy
David Lang, MD and Lily Pien, MD
Food Allergy Program
Sandra Hong, MD
Hereditary Angioedema
Lily Pien, MD
Systemic Mastocytosis
Fred Hsieh, MD
Critical Care Medicine Department MICU Directors
Cleveland Clinic Main Campus
Eduardo Mireles, MD
Cleveland Clinic Main Campus MICU
Quality Officer
Anita Reddy, MD
Akron General
Lokesh Venkateshaiah, MD
East Region Critical Care Director
Chirag Choudhary, MD, MBA
Euclid Hospital
Beverley O’Neill, MD
Fairview Hospital
Muhammad Raza, MD
Hillcrest Hospital
Akhil Bindra, MD
Marymount Hospital
Jonathan Castro, MD
Medical Intensive Liver Unit
Aanchal Kapoor, MD
Medical ECMO Program Director
Sudhir Krishnan, MD
South Pointe Hospital
Ajit Moghekar, MD
Infectious Disease Department Clinical Program Directors
Antimicrobial Stewardship/Infection Prevention
Thomas Fraser, MD
Bone and Joint Infection
Steven Schmitt, MD
Cardiac Device Infections and Infective Endocarditis
Steven Gordon, MD
Granuloma Infections
Lucileia Johnson, MD
HIV/AIDs
Marisa Tungsiripat, MD
Neuroinfections
Adarsh Bhimraj, MD
Occupational Health Infection
Cyndee Miranda, MD
Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy Program
Nabin Shreshta, MD
Transplant – Christine Koval, MD
Travel Medicine
Steven Mawhorter, MD
Pulmonary Department Clinical Program Directors
Adult Cystic Fibrosis and Non-CF Bronchiectasis
Elliot Dasenbrook, MD
Asthma Center
Sumita Khatri, MD
Beryllium Lung Disease
Raed Dweik, MD
Chronic Cough Clinic
Rachel Taliercio, DO
Hemodynamics Laboratory
Adriano Tonelli, MD
Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia
LAM and Cystic Lung Disease
Joseph Parambil, MD
Interstitial Lung Disease
Sarcoidosis
Manuel Lessa Ribeiro Neto, MD
Interventional Bronchoscopy
Thomas Gildea, MD
Lung Cancer
Peter Mazzone, MD, MPH
Lung Transplantation
Marie Budev, DO
Neuromuscular Disease
Loutfi Aboussouan, MD
Pulmonary Function Laboratory
Bohdan Pichurko, MD
Pulmonary Vascular Disease
Gustavo Heresi, MD
Rheumatic Lung Disease
Kristin Highland, MD, MS
Smoking Cessation
Humberto Choi, MD
Educational Leadership
Allergy and Clinical Immunology Fellowship
Program Director
Fred Hsieh, MD
Critical Care Fellowship Program
Program Director
Neal Chaisson, MD
Associate Program Director
Abhijit Duggal, MD
Associate Program Director
Aanchal Kapoor, MD
Infectious Disease Fellowship Program
Program Director
Christopher Kovacs, Jr, MD
Associate Program Director
Kyle Brizendine, MD
Pulmonary & Critical Care Fellowship Program
Program Director
Rendell Ashton, MD
Associate Program Director
Kristin Highland, MD, MS
Associate Program Director
Mani Latifi, MD
Director
Eduardo Mireles, MD
Outcomes
This information includes the quality and outcomes measures for critical care medicine, bronchology, asthma center, lung and lung/heart transplantation, lung cancer screening program, adult cystic fibrosis, pulmonary vascular program, chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension, interstitial lung disease, lung volume reduction program, infectious disease, patient experience and lists of locations and staff members.
