MediFind found 129 doctor with experience in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) near District of Columbia, US. Of these, 114 are Experienced and 15 are Advanced.
Sibley Memorial Hospital
Peter G. Hamm, M.D., is a pulmonologist with Johns Hopkins Medicine Pulmonology. Dr. Hamm is also the chairman of the department of medicine and the chairman of the intensive care unit (ICU) committee at Sibley Memorial Hospital. Dr. has an expertise in annual physicals, acute and urgent care, disease management and pulmonary medicine. He earned his medical degree from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. He went on to complete his residency in internal medicine at St. Luke’s Hospital, followed by a fellowship in pulmonary medicine at Bellevue Hospital Center. Dr. Hamm has been named a Top Doctor in the Washington, D.C., Baltimore and Washington-Baltimore areas by Castle Connolly. He has also been named a Top MD by Consumers’ Checkbook Magazine. Dr. Hamm contributed to a publication on the diagnosis of pulmonary Kaposi’s sarcoma with fiberoptic bronchoscopy and endobronchial biopsy. Dr. Hamm is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). His top areas of expertise are ALK-Positive Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer, Large-Cell Lung Carcinoma, Squamous Cell Lung Carcinoma, and Lung Adenocarcinoma.
Sibley Memorial Hospital
Juan C. Abril, M.D., is a pulmonologist with Johns Hopkins Medicine Pulmonology. Dr. Abril has a special interest in Sleep Disordered Breathing, Interstitial Lung Disease, Pulmonary Hypertension, Sarcoidosis, Pleural Diseases and Asthma. Dr. Abril received his medical degree from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, in Bogota, Colombia, graduating in 2002. He completed a residency in Internal Medicine at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, FL. He completed his Fellowships in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, and Sleep Medicine at The George Washington University. He has co-authored articles on mechanical ventilation and has participated in research in non-invasive positive pressure ventilation, chest ultrasound, and granulomatous lung diseases. Selected Publications Automatic detection of patient-ventilator asynchrony by spectral analysis of airway flow. Gutierrez G, Ballarino GJ, Turkan H, Abril J, De La Cruz L, Edsall C, George B, Gutierrez S, Jha V, Ahari J. Crit Care. 2011 Jul 12:15(4):R167. doi: 10.1186/cc10309. Dr. Abril is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). His top areas of expertise are Pneumonia, Lung Metastases, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Gastrostomy, and Advanced Bronchoscopy.
Medical Faculty Associates, Inc
Jalil Ahari is a Pulmonary Medicine specialist and an Intensive Care Medicine provider in Washington, Washington, D.c.. Dr. Ahari is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). His top areas of expertise are Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Pneumonia, Lung Metastases, Thrombectomy, and Myringotomy.
Medstar Medical Group Ii LLC
Andrew Shorr is a Pulmonary Medicine provider in Washington, Washington, D.c.. Dr. Shorr is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). His top areas of expertise are Pneumonia, Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia, Hypovolemic Shock, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), and Gastrostomy. Dr. Shorr is currently accepting new patients.
Russom Ghebrai is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Washington, Washington, D.c.. Dr. Ghebrai is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). His top areas of expertise are Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Lung Metastases, Gastrointestinal Bleeding, Gastrostomy, and Endoscopy. Dr. Ghebrai is currently accepting new patients.
Emergency Medicine Associates, P.A.,P.C.
Naveed Shah is a Pulmonary Medicine specialist and a Sleep Medicine provider in Washington, Washington, D.c.. Dr. Shah is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). His top areas of expertise are Lung Metastases, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Obstructive Sleep Apnea, Acute Interstitial Pneumonia, and Gastrostomy. Dr. Shah is currently accepting new patients.
Howard University
Alem Mehari is a Pulmonary Medicine provider in Washington, Washington, D.c.. Dr. Mehari is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). Her top areas of expertise are Sarcoidosis, Pulmonary Hypertension, COVID-19, Gastrostomy, and Bone Marrow Aspiration.
Howard University
Octavius Polk is a Pulmonary Medicine provider in Washington, Washington, D.c.. Dr. Polk is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). His top areas of expertise are Sarcoidosis, Neurosarcoidosis, Obstructive Sleep Apnea, and Asthma in Children.
Gilbert Daniel is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Washington, Washington, D.c.. Dr. Daniel is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). His top areas of expertise are Necrosis, Hypertensive Heart Disease, Lung Metastases, Gastrostomy, and Endoscopy.
Howard University
Alicia Thomas is a Pulmonary Medicine provider in Washington, Washington, D.c.. Dr. Thomas is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). Her top areas of expertise are Sarcoidosis, COVID-19, Neurosarcoidosis, Gastrostomy, and Endoscopy.
Medstar Medical Group Ii LLC
Brian Cuneo is a Pulmonary Medicine specialist and an Intensive Care Medicine provider in Washington, Washington, D.c.. Dr. Cuneo is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). His top areas of expertise are Asthma, Asthma in Children, Lung Metastases, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), and Gastrostomy. Dr. Cuneo is currently accepting new patients.
Medical Faculty Associates, Inc
Khalil Diab is a Pulmonary Medicine specialist and an Intensive Care Medicine provider in Washington, Washington, D.c.. Dr. Diab is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). His top areas of expertise are Lymphofollicular Hyperplasia, Emphysema, Lung Cancer, Bullae, and Endoscopy.
Medstar Medical Group Ii LLC
Anne O'donnell is a Pulmonary Medicine specialist and an Intensive Care Medicine provider in Washington, Washington, D.c.. Dr. O'donnell is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). Her top areas of expertise are Bronchiectasis, Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Lung Disease, Lung Metastases, and Obstructive Sleep Apnea. Dr. O'donnell is currently accepting new patients.
Johns Hopkins Community Physicians, Inc
Shahzad Ahmad is an Intensive Care Medicine specialist and a Pulmonary Medicine provider in Washington, Washington, D.c.. Dr. Ahmad is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). His top areas of expertise are Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, Acute Interstitial Pneumonia, Pulmonary Fibrosis, Lung Transplant, and Gastrostomy.
Howard University
Vishal Poddar is a Pulmonary Medicine provider in Washington, Washington, D.c.. Dr. Poddar is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). His top areas of expertise are Sarcoidosis, Pneumonia, Pleural Effusion, Lung Metastases, and Gastrostomy.
Sibley Memorial Hospital
Michael N. Solomon, M.D., is a pulmonologist with Johns Hopkins Medicine Pulmonology. Dr. Solomon has expertise in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, lung cancer, pleural diseases, interstitial lung disease and bronchiectasis. Dr. Solomon earned his medical degree from the University of Massachusetts Medical School. He completed a residency in internal medicine at Georgetown University Medical Center, followed by a fellowship in pulmonary diseases and critical care medicine at Georgetown University Medical Center as well. Dr. Solomon has been named annually a Top Doctor in the Washington, D.C. area since 2005. Dr. Solomon is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). His top areas of expertise are Bronchiectasis, Lung Metastases, Pneumonia, and Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Lung Disease.
Guillermo Gutierrez is a Pulmonary Medicine specialist and an Intensive Care Medicine provider in Washington, Washington, D.c.. Dr. Gutierrez is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). His top areas of expertise are Lung Metastases, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Asthma, and Asthma in Children.
Sibley Memorial Hospital
Andrew Lerner, M.D., is a clinical instructor of medicine in the pulmonary and critical care medicine department at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, as well as the director of interventional pulmonology at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center at Sibley Memorial Hospital. He practices out of Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, D.C. Dr. Lerner is part of the Sibley Memorial Hospital Lung Nodule and Lung Cancer Screening Clinic, the Multidisciplinary Pulmonary and Thoracic Surgery Clinic, and the Multidisciplinary Thoracic Tumor Board Conference. Dr. Lerner has an expertise in minimally invasive procedures for the early diagnosis and treatment of malignant and non-malignant diseases of the airways, lungs and pleura. He is experienced in advanced diagnostic and therapeutic bronchoscopy, including endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS) bronchoscopy, navigational bronchoscopy, rigid bronchoscopy, tumor ablative techniques, airway stent placement, airway dilation, radial EBUS, conventional transbronchial needle aspiration (TBNA), bronchial thermoplasty, whole lung lavage and percutaneous lung biopsy; as well as percutaneous tracheostomy, tunneled pleural catheter placement, thoracentesis, tube thoracoscopy, medical thoracoscopy, chemical pleurodesis and upper endoscopy (EGD/PEG) placement. Dr. Lerner earned his medical degree from George Washington University School of Medicine. He completed his residency in internal medicine at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, followed by a fellowship in pulmonary and critical care medicine at the University of California, San Diego. Dr. Lerner then completed a two-year advanced fellowship in interventional pulmonology at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, including a chief fellowship year. He has been involved in multiple research projects in the field and completed a Science of Clinical Investigation Certificate Program at Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Lerner has been a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha medical honors society since 2011 and earned The Johns Hopkins Hospital Patient Safety Star Award in 2016. Dr. Lerner has contributed to numerous presentations, lectures, publications, book chapters and abstracts. He is a reviewer for several research journals. Dr. Lerner has various research interests and is currently involved in research projects focusing on EBUS bronchoscopy, lung cancer diagnosis and staging, and other topics. Confidential email to reach Dr. Lerner for any questions: alerner@jhu.edu. Dr. Lerner is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). His top areas of expertise are Lung Nodules, Lymphofollicular Hyperplasia, Pleurisy, and Pleural Effusion.
Medical Faculty Associates, Inc
Karen Fagan is a Pulmonary Medicine provider in Washington, Washington, D.c.. Dr. Fagan is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). Her top areas of expertise are Pulmonary Hypertension, Pulmonary Veno-Occlusive Disease, Cerebral Hypoxia, Lung Metastases, and Gastrostomy. Dr. Fagan is currently accepting new patients.
Sibley Memorial Hospital
Hassan Chami is a Pulmonary Medicine provider in Washington, Washington, D.c.. Dr. Chami is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). His top areas of expertise are Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC), Lung Adenocarcinoma, Lung Cancer, Small Cell Lung Cancer (SCLC), and Endoscopy.
Last Updated: 01/09/2026








