Faculty and Staff

Clinical Faculty

• Anirudh Aron, MD
• Assistant Professor of Medicine 
  • American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) - Internal Medicine
  • American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) - Pulmonary Disease
  • American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) - Critical Care Medicine
  • National Board of Echocardiography (NBE) - Critical Care Echocardiography

• Matthew Bernens, MD - Associate Program Director, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
• Assistant Professor of Medicine 
  • American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) - Internal Medicine
  • American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) - Pulmonary Disease
  • American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) - Critical Care Medicine

• Michael Eggert, MD - Director, Pulmonary Hypertension Care Center
  • American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) - Pulmonary Disease
  • American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) - Critical Care Medicine

• Sherif O. El-Mahdy, MD - Director, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
• Assistant Professor of Medicine 
  • American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) - Internal Medicine
  • American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) - Pulmonary Disease
  • American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) - Critical Care Medicine

• Andrew N. Githaiga, MD
• Assistant Professor of Medicine 
  • American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) - Internal Medicine
  • American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) - Pulmonary Disease
  • American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) - Critical Care Medicine
  • American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) - Sleep Medicine

• Ian Grasso, MD
• Assistant Professor of Medicine
  • American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) - Internal Medicine
  • American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) - Pulmonary Disease
  • American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) - Critical Care Medicine

• Michael Halstead, MD
• Assistant Professor of Medicine  
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

• Michael H. Hooper, MD
• Associate Professor of Medicine  
  • American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) - Pulmonary Disease
  • American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) - Critical Care Medicine
  • American Board of Preventive Medicine - Clinical Informatics

• Alexander Levitov, MD
• Professor of Medicine
• American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) - Internal Medicine
• American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) - Critical Care Medicine

• Nadeem Inayet, MD
• Assistant Professor of Medicine
• American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) - Internal Medicine
• American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) - Pulmonary Disease
• American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) - Critical Care Medicine
• American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) - Neurocritical Care

• Arpana Mahalingashetty, MD
• Assistant Professor of Medicine 
  • American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) - Internal Medicine
  • American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) - Pulmonary Disease
  • American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) - Critical Care Medicine

• Ginny Marmolejos, MD
  • American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) - Internal Medicine
  • American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) - Pulmonary Disease
  • American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) - Critical Care Medicine

• Dwayne Morris, MD
• Assistant Professor of Medicine
  • American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) - Emergency Medicine

• Timothy Ori, MD
• Assistant Professor of Medicine
  • American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) - Pulmonary Disease
  • American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) - Critical Care Medicine

• Zachary Pawlikowsi, MD – Fellowship Quality Improvement and Safety Officer
  • American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) - Internal Medicine
  • American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) - Pulmonary Disease

• Xian Qiao, MD
• Assistant Professor of Medicine 
  • American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) - Internal Medicine
  • American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) - Pulmonary Disease
  • American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) - Critical Care Medicine

• Anthony J. Quaranta, MD – Clinical Chief, Sentara Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
• Assistant Professor of Medicine 
  • American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) - Pulmonary Disease
  • American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) - Critical Care Medicine
  • American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) - Sleep Medicine

• Rishik Vashisht, MD
• Assistant Professor of Medicine 
  • American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) - Internal Medicine
  • American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) - Critical Care Medicine
  • National Board of Echocardiography (NBE) - Critical Care Echocardiography

 Outside Site Directors

• Melhem A. Imad, MD, Interventional Pulmonology Site Director, Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital
• Asisstant Professor of Medicine 
  • American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) - Critical Care Medicine
  • American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) - Pulmonary Disease

• Sean E. Hesselbacher, MD, Sleep Medicine Site Director, Hampton Veterans Administration Medical Center (VAMC)
• Associate Professor of Medicine 
  • American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) - Critical Care Medicine
  • American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) - Pulmonary Disease
  • American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) - Sleep Medicine

• Vandana A. Patel, MD, Pulmonary and Critical Care Site Director, Bon Secours Maryview Medical Center
• Asisstant Professor of Medicine 
  • American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) - Critical Care Medicine
  • American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) - Pulmonary Disease

• Oksana A. Shlobin, MD, FCCP, Advanced Lung Disease and Transplant Program Site Director, Inova Fairfax Hospital
• Associate Professor of Medicine
  • American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) - Critical Care Medicine
  • American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) - Pulmonary Disease

Research Faculty

• Ruben Manuel Luciano Colunga Biancatelli, MD – Assistant Professor, Old Dominion University
• John D. Cartravas, Ph.D, FAHA, FCCP - Professor, Old Dominion University