Joseph Ball is a Pulmonary Medicine provider in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Dr. Ball is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Acute Interstitial Pneumonia. His top areas of expertise are Lung Metastases, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Pleurisy, and Pleural Effusion.

Graduate of Harvard College, Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University. Residency in Medicine at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Brigham and Women''s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Research Fellowship in Respiratory Biology, Harvard School of Public Health. Private Practice, Pulmonologists PC of Montgomery County, MD since 1988. Special interest in sleep medicine. Clinical Professor of Medicine, George Washington Univ. School of Medicine since 2005. President, DC Thoracic Society, Washington DC 2014-2015. Volunteer Physician, Mercy Health Clinic, Gaithersburg MD. Member, Board of Directors, Mercy Health Clnic, 2013-15. Faculty leader, Hait mobile health clinics, Project Medishares and G.W. International Medicine, 2012- . Videos 2016 Armstrong Award for Excellence in Quality and Safety - Steven Kariya, M.D., Suburban Hospital. Dr. Kariya is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Acute Interstitial Pneumonia. His top areas of expertise are Asthma in Children, Asthma, Lung Metastases, and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).

Alan Chanales is a Pulmonary Medicine provider in Rockville, Maryland. Dr. Chanales is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Acute Interstitial Pneumonia. His top areas of expertise are Lung Metastases, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Aspergillosis, and Pneumonia.

Ajit Kuruvilla is an Intensive Care Medicine provider in Rockville, Maryland. Dr. Kuruvilla is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Acute Interstitial Pneumonia. His top areas of expertise are Parapneumonic Pleural Effusion, Cerebral Hypoxia, Pneumonia, Atypical Pneumonia, and Gastrostomy.

. Dr. Handy is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Acute Interstitial Pneumonia. His top areas of expertise are Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 12, Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 15, Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 8, and Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 10.

Frank Mayo is a Pulmonary Medicine provider in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Dr. Mayo is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Acute Interstitial Pneumonia. His top areas of expertise are Lung Metastases, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Lung Nodules, and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis. Dr. Mayo is currently accepting new patients.

Bernadette Gochuico is a Pulmonary Medicine provider in Bethesda, Maryland. Dr. Gochuico is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Acute Interstitial Pneumonia. Her top areas of expertise are Pulmonary Fibrosis, Interstitial Lung Disease, Acute Interstitial Pneumonia, and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis.

Shahzad Ahmad is an Intensive Care Medicine specialist and a Pulmonary Medicine provider in Washington, Washington, D.c.. Dr. Ahmad is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Acute Interstitial Pneumonia. His top areas of expertise are Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, Acute Interstitial Pneumonia, Pulmonary Fibrosis, Lung Transplant, and Gastrostomy.

Alan Pollack is a Pulmonary Medicine provider in Rockville, Maryland. Dr. Pollack is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Acute Interstitial Pneumonia. His top areas of expertise are Industrial Bronchitis, Bronchiolitis Obliterans, Asthma in Children, and Lung Metastases. Dr. Pollack is currently accepting new patients.

Jay Weiner is a Pulmonary Medicine provider in Gaithersburg, Maryland. Dr. Weiner is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Acute Interstitial Pneumonia. His top areas of expertise are Lung Metastases, Acute Interstitial Pneumonia, Interstitial Lung Disease, and Tracheitis.

Hing-chung Lee is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Rockville, Maryland. Dr. Lee is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Acute Interstitial Pneumonia. His top areas of expertise are Infant Hyperglycemia, High Cholesterol, Hypervitaminosis A, and Progressive Familial Intrahepatic Cholestasis Type 3.

Gita Bakhshi is a Pulmonary Medicine provider in Bethesda, Maryland. Dr. Bakhshi is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Acute Interstitial Pneumonia. Her top areas of expertise are Asthma, Asthma in Children, Lung Metastases, Grass Allergy, and Advanced Bronchoscopy.

Shalin Patel is an Intensive Care Medicine provider in Olney, Maryland. Dr. Patel is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Acute Interstitial Pneumonia. His top areas of expertise are Lung Metastases, Asthma in Children, Pneumonia, and Asthma.

Manu Kaushal is an Intensive Care Medicine provider in Olney, Maryland. Dr. Kaushal is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Acute Interstitial Pneumonia. His top areas of expertise are Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Lung Metastases, Asthma in Children, Asthma, and Gastrostomy.

Prasad Betadpur is an Intensive Care Medicine provider in Silver Spring, Maryland. Dr. Betadpur is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Acute Interstitial Pneumonia. His top areas of expertise are Parapneumonic Pleural Effusion, Pneumonia, Lung Metastases, and Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia.

Dr. Carlos Picone served as Vice-Chair, Department of Internal Medicine at Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, D.C. and Chairman of the Pulmonary Medicine Division. Dr. Picone received his medical degree from the National University of Cordoba, Argentina in 1989, graduating summa cum laude. He completed a residency in Internal Medicine at the Medical College of Virginia, and Fellowships in Critical Care Medicine at the National Institutes of Health and in Pulmonary Medicine at the Medical College of Virginia. Dr. Picone has authored articles on pulmonary arterial hypertension and treatment, bioethics, end-of-life decision-making and parenchymal lung diseases. He has been a Medical Volunteer in several Latin American countries and currently volunteers with Mobile Medical Clinics of Greater Washington, D.C., where he serves at its Executive Board with the mission of providing free medical care to the underserved community of Washington. Dr. Picone also serves as a Board Member of Operation Canasta, supporting schools and orphanages in Argentina's hinterland. Dr. Picone is a partner in private practice with Chevy Chase Pulmonary Associates. His major professional interests include: Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension - Pathophysiology and Treatment. Bioethics and End-of-Life Decision Making. Parenchymal Lung Diseases. Dr. Picone has overseas experience in Europe, the Middle East, Central and South America. He also has an interest in literature, chess, squash and astronomy. Selected Publications Medical Complications of Cocaine: Possible relationship to low plasma cholinesterase enzyme. Om A; Ellahham S; Picone C; Ornato JP. Am Heart J 1993 Apr;125(4):1114-8. One of the Many Faces of Systemic Mastocytosis: Hemodynamic collapse. Abstract presentation - Clinical Vignettes. American College of Physicians Meeting-1994. Non-Resolving Pneumonia. Picone, C. Chest 1998; 114:923-926. Recurrent acute respiratory distress syndrome from use of salicylate containing over-the-counter preparations. Picone, C. Chest 1998; 114:408-S. Acute Pneumonitis after In-Vitro Fertilization with IM Progesterone. Picone C. JResp Dis 2008; 29:170-71. Opening Debate on End-of-Life Medical Care. Progress Notes. Suburban Hospital 2010 Palliative Care and Opening Debate on End-of-Life Medical Care. Sibley MD March 2010 Subacute Dyspnea, Hypoxemia and Refractory Cardiopulmonary Collapse – Postgraduate Education Corner. CHEST 2012;141(4):1106-9. Dr. Picone is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Acute Interstitial Pneumonia. His top areas of expertise are Vitamin D Deficiency, Hyperventilation, Lung Nodules, and Lung Metastases.

David Cohen is an Internal Medicine provider in Chevy Chase, Maryland. Dr. Cohen is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Acute Interstitial Pneumonia. His top areas of expertise are Eosinophilic Asthma, Asthma, Asthma in Children, Lung Metastases, and Endoscopy.

Paneez Khoury is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Bethesda, Maryland. Dr. Khoury is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Acute Interstitial Pneumonia. Her top areas of expertise are Hypereosinophilic Syndrome, Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis, Esophagitis, Eosinophilic Esophagitis, and Tissue Biopsy.

Jahanbakhsh Naghshin is a Pulmonary Medicine specialist and a Sleep Medicine provider in Bethesda, Maryland. Dr. Naghshin is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Acute Interstitial Pneumonia. His top areas of expertise are Pleurisy, Pleural Effusion, Bronchiectasis, and Lung Metastases. Dr. Naghshin is currently accepting new patients.

Iago Pinal-Fernandez is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Bethesda, Maryland. Dr. Pinal-Fernandez is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Acute Interstitial Pneumonia. His top areas of expertise are Myositis, Polymyositis, Dermatomyositis, Antisynthetase Syndrome, and Lung Transplant.