Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine
Within the Department of Medicine, the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine provides services at Loyola University Medical Center, Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospitaland RML Specialty Hospital. Together our hospitals have approximately 800 acute care beds of which 200 are adult intensive care beds. The Loyola University Hospital is rated as having one of the highest patient acuity level in Illinois. The Lung Transplantation Program is one of the most active programs in the country. The Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospitalis a referral base for other VA hospitals in the region. is one of the largest long-term acute care hospital in the nation.
Our Division offers care for patients with advanced lung disease and sleep disorders. Our asthma program has a comprehensive and multidisciplinary approach to treatment of this disorder. Other unique services of our division include acute and chronic ventilator management of patients with spinal cord injury, electrophrenic pacing of the diaphragm, and brachytherapy for lung cancer.
The Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine consists of 15 full-time faculty members. Research with extramural funding includes projects in cellular mechanisms in acute lung injury, acute and chronic lung rejection, control of breathing, respiratory muscle function, mechanisms of patient-ventilator interactions, sleep-disordered breathing, and exercise rehabilitation in COPD.
Loyola University Medical Center has a fully accredited and highly competitive three-year Fellowship Program in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine that trains up to 12 fellows. The fellows are trained to be skilled physician-scientists through intense clinical exposure and several months devoted to research. The program's strength in Critical Care Medicine lies in its vast resource of critically ill patients, active critical care research by faculty members, and close teaching affiliation with other specialties.
Sean Forsythe, MD
Professor
Division Director
Specialties
- Lung Disease
- Asthma
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Critical Care
Locations
Loyola Hospital
Loyola Center for Health at Oakbrook Terrace
Loyola Outpatient Center
Daniel Dilling, MD, FACP, FCCP, FAASM
Associate Professor
Specialties
- Lung Disease
- Lung Transplantation
- Emphysema
- Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency
- Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM)
- Pulmonary Fibrosis
- Critical Care
- Interstitial Lung Disease
- lung disease
- Interstitial Lung Disease
- Cystic Lung Disease
- Langerhans cell histiocytosis pulmonary disease
Locations
Loyola Hospital
Loyola Outpatient Center
RML Specialty Hospital
James Gagermeier, MD, ABIM
Associate Professor
Specialties
- Pulmonary Hypertension
- Lung Transplantation
- Interventional Pulmonology
Locations
Loyola Hospital
Loyola Center for Health at Oakbrook Terrace North
Loyola Outpatient Center
Emily Gilbert, MD
Assistant Professor
Specialties
- Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM)
- Sarcoidosis
- Critical Care
- Lung Disease
Locations
Loyola Outpatient Center
Loyola Center for Health at Burr Ridge
Amit Goyal, MD
Assistant Professor
Specialties
- Interventional Pulmonology
- Lung Cancer
- Critical Care
- COPD
Locations
Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center
Loyola Outpatient Center
Paul Hutchison, MA
Assistant Professor
Specialties
- Critical Care
- General Pulmonary Disorders
- Clinical Ethics
- Physician Communication with Patient and Family
Sunita Kumar, MD, FCCP, FAASM
Associate Professor
Specialties
- Lung Disease
- Sleep Disorders
- Sleep Apnea
- Asthma
- COPD
- Narcolepsy
- Parasomnias
- Restless Legs Syndrome
- Interstitial Lung Disease
- Critical Care
- Interventional Pulmonology
Locations
Loyola Outpatient Center
Loyola Center for Health at Oakbrook Terrace North
Loyola Hospital
Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital
Loyola Center for Health at Burr Ridge
Franco Laghi, MD, FCCP
Professor
Specialties
- Mechanical Ventilation
- Breathing Muscle Diseases
- Lung Surgery for Emphysema
- Mechanical Ventilation
- Sleep Disorders
- Interventional Pulmonology
Locations
Loyola Hospital
Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital
Sana Quddus, MD
Assistant Professor
Specialties
- Pulmonary Hypertension
- Lung Transplant
- Advanced Lung Disease
- Interstitial Lung Disease
- Sarcoidosis
Locations
Loyola Center for Health at Oakbrook Terrace South
Loyola Outpatient Center
Kevin Simpson, MD, FACP, FCCP
Professor
Specialties
- Lung Cancer
- Abnormal X-ray
- Interstitial Lung Disease
- Asthma
- Critical Care
- General Pulmonary Disorders
Locations
Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center
Loyola Hospital
Loyola Outpatient Center Professor
Martin J. Tobin, MD
Professor
Specialties
- Acute Respiratory Failure
- Neuromuscular Control of Breathing
- Mechanical Ventilation
Locations
Loyola Hospital
Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital
Nidhi Undevia, MD, DABSM, FAASM
Associate Professor
Specialties
- Narcolepsy
- Sleep Disorders
- Sleep Apnea
- Restless Legs Syndrome
- Parasomnias
- General Pulmonary Disorders
Locations
Loyola Outpatient Center
Loyola Center for Health at Burr Ridge
Ejaaz Kalimullah, MD
Assistant Professor
Specialties
- Emergency Medicine
- Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine