Faculty

  • Abouchala, Nabil, M.D.

    FacultyPhotoAbouchalaAssistant Professor

    Areas of Interest: Critical Care Medicine, Asthma and COPD, Pulmonary Embolism, Ventilator Management and Simulation, Resident-Fellow Education, Interstitial Lung Disease

  • Acosta Lara, Maria del Pilar, MD

    acosta laraAssociate Professor

    Areas of Interest: Interstitial Lung Disease

  • Antony, Veena B., MD

    FacultyPhotoAntonyNew

    Endowed Professor of Environmental Medicine
    Director, UAB Superfund Research Program

    Areas of Interest: Environmental and Occupational Medicine, Cystic Fibrosis, Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, Mycobacterial Disease, Pleural Disease

  • Aulakh, Puneet, MD

    FacultyPhotoAulakhOriginal CopyAssociate Professor

    Areas of Interest: Sleep Medicine, Pleural Disease

  • Bailey, William C., MD

    FacultyPhotoBaileyProfessor Emeritus
    Eminent Scholar Chair in Pulmonary Disease

    Areas of Interest: Asthma, COPD, Smoking Cessation, and Tuberculosis

  • Barnes, Jarrod, PhD

    FacultyPhotoBarnesAssistant Professor

    Areas of Interest:
    Glycobiology, Pulmonary Vascular Disease

  • Barney, Joseph B., MD

    FacultyPhotoBarneyProfessor

    Areas of Interest:
    Pulmonary Fibrosis, Sarcoidosis, Interstitial Lung Disease

  • Batra, Hitesh, MD, MBA

    FacultyPhotoBatraTwoEditAssociate Professor
    Director, Interventional Pulmonary and Pleural Disease Program
    Director, Interventional Pulmonary Fellowship

    Areas of Interest:
    Interventional Pulmonology, Lung Cancer, Pleural Disease, Critical Care

  • Bhatt, Surya P., MD

    FacultyPhotoBhattTwoProfessor
    Medical Director, Pulmonary Function & Exercise Physiology Laboratory and UAB Telehealth Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program 
    Director, UAB Lung Imaging Core

    Areas of Interest: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

  • Birket, Susan, PharmD, PhD

    FacultyPhotoBirketUpdateAssistant Professor

    Areas of Interest:
    CFTR dysfunction, the airway epithelium, and properties of airway mucus in cystic fibrosis

  • Blalock, J. Edwin, PhD

    FacultyPhotoBlalockNewDistinguished Professor, UAB School of Medicine
    Nancy E. Dunlap, M.D. Endowed Chair in Pulmonary Disease

    Areas of Interest:
    Neutrophilic Inflammation

  • Bodduluri, Sandeep, MS, PhD

    FacultyPhotoBodduluriAssistant Professor

    Areas of Interest:
    Medical Image Analysis and Machine Learning

  • Briggs, Dick, Jr., M.D.

    FacultyPhotoBriggsProfessor Emeritus

    Areas of Interest
    Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Interstitial Lung Disease

  • Buchalter, Scott E., MD

    FacultyPhotoBuchalterUpdateProfessor
    Vice President of Chief Strategy and Quality Officer

    Areas of Interest
    Pulmonary Barotrauma

  • Carcelen, Manuel, M.D.

    FacultyPhotoAbouchalaAssociate Professor

    Areas of Interest:
    Pulmonary Medicine

  • Carcelen, Roxana, M.D.

    FacultyPhotoAbouchalaAssociate Professor

    Areas of Interest:
    Pulmonary Medicine

  • Carter, A. Brent, MD

    FacultyPhotoCarterProfessor
    Scientific Director of the Interstitial Lung Disease Program
    Endowed Professor of Lung Biology

    Areas of Interest: Interstitial Lung Diseases

  • Cawasji, Zain, M.D.

    FacultyZainCawasjiMDAssistant Professor

    Areas of Interest:
    Pulmonary Physiology, Obstructive Lung Disease, Sarcoidosis, Pleural Diseases, ECMO, Mechanical Circulatory Support, Medical Education, Point of Care Ultrasound and Simulation Training

  • Cheng, Guangjie (Jeff), MD

    FacultyPhotoChengAssociate Professor

    Areas of Interest:
    NOX Enzymes, Peroxidases, and Lung Host Defenses

  • Chiles, III, Joe, MD

    FacultyPhotoAbouchalaInstructor

    Areas of Interest:
    COPD, Transforming Growth Factor-β (TGFβ), ARDS