The 20 Best Cystic Fibrosis Doctors Near Me

Joseph Pilewski, MD, specializes in pulmonology and the treatment of patients with cystic fibrosis. He also cares for patients pre- and post-lung transplant. Dr. Pilewski is certified in pulmonary disease and critical care medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine. He practices at UPMC Presbyterian, UPMC McKeesport, UPMC Northwest, UPMC Mercy, UPMC Horizon, UPMC Shadyside, UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, and UPMC East. Dr. Pilewski is affiliated with University of Pittsburgh Physicians, Department of Medicine. He completed his residency and fellowship at  University of Pennsylvania Health System, and his medical degree at University of Rochester.Dr. Pilewski specializes in lung transplantation and treating patients with cystic fibrosis and bronchiectasis. Dr. Pilewski is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cystic Fibrosis. He is also highly rated in 15 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Cystic Fibrosis, Bronchiolitis Obliterans, Secondary Immunodeficiency (SID), Lung Transplant, and Endoscopy. Dr. Pilewski is board certified in American Board Of Internal Medicine and American Board Of Internal Medicine. Dr. Pilewski is currently accepting new patients.

Mark Dransfield is an Intensive Care Medicine provider practicing medicine in Birmingham, Alabama. Dr. Dransfield is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cystic Fibrosis. He is also highly rated in 14 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Emphysema, Bronchitis, Endoscopy, and Lung Transplant.

Matthias Griese practices practicing medicine in Munich, Germany. Mr. Griese is rated as an Elite expert by MediFind in the treatment of Cystic Fibrosis. He is also highly rated in 15 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis, Lacrimo-Auriculo-Dento-Digital Syndrome, Interstitial Lung Disease, Acute Interstitial Pneumonia, and Lung Transplant.

Patrick Flume is a Distinguished Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics at the Medical University of South Carolina. He serves as the Powers-Huggins Endowed Chair for Cystic Fibrosis and oversees a large Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Center, including the largest adult CF program in South Carolina. He also leads large clinical programs dedicated to patients with bronchiectasis and non-tuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) infections.He is recognized by the national and international CF community having served on the CF Foundation Center Committee, the Adult Care Consensus Committee, and the Advisory Task Force on Adult Issues, the Professional Education Committee, the European CF Society's Best Practices committee, and as founding co-chair of the CF Foundation's Pulmonary Practice Guidelines Committee. He co-led the International Working Group on Antimicrobial Resistance in Cystic Fibrosis. He is the Editor-in-Chief for the Journal of Cystic Fibrosis.He serves as Associate Vice President for Clinical Research at MUSC, leads a very busy clinical research program for CF, bronchiectasis, and NTM, and is co-principal investigator for the South Carolina Clinical \& Translational Research Institute. Many of these studies are related to new drug and therapy development for patients, but he also has an interest in determining optimal management of CF pulmonary exacerbations and is the co-PI in the STOP trials, aimed at identifying optimal treatments for exacerbations. Dr. Flume is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cystic Fibrosis. He is also highly rated in 9 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Cystic Fibrosis, Bronchiectasis, Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Lung Disease, Mycobacterium Avium Complex Infections, and Lung Transplant. Dr. Flume is currently accepting new patients.

Felix Ratjen practices practicing medicine in Toronto, Canada. Mr. Ratjen is rated as an Elite expert by MediFind in the treatment of Cystic Fibrosis. He is also highly rated in 16 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Cystic Fibrosis, Pseudomonas Stutzeri Infections, Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia, Lung Transplant, and Liver Embolization.

Michael Welsh is a Pulmonary Medicine provider practicing medicine in Iowa City, Iowa. Dr. Welsh is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cystic Fibrosis. He is also highly rated in 1 other condition, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Cystic Fibrosis.

Michael Knowles is a Pulmonary Medicine provider practicing medicine in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Dr. Knowles is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cystic Fibrosis. He is also highly rated in 8 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Ciliary Dyskinesia-Bronchiectasis, Bronchiectasis, Cystic Fibrosis, Kartagener Syndrome, and Myringotomy.

Bonnie Ramsey is a Pediatrics provider practicing medicine in Seattle, Washington. Dr. Ramsey is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cystic Fibrosis. She is also highly rated in 2 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Cystic Fibrosis and Pseudomonas Stutzeri Infections.

Federico Zara practices practicing medicine in Genoa, Italy. Mr. Zara is rated as an Elite expert by MediFind in the treatment of Cystic Fibrosis. He is also highly rated in 53 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Myoclonic Epilepsy, Epilepsy, Epilepsy with Myoclonic-Atonic Seizures, Early Infantile Epileptic Encephalopathy, and Tissue Biopsy.

Felix Ringshausen practices practicing medicine in Hannover, Germany. Mr. Ringshausen is rated as an Elite expert by MediFind in the treatment of Cystic Fibrosis. He is also highly rated in 14 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Bronchiectasis, Ciliary Dyskinesia-Bronchiectasis, Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis, Cystic Fibrosis, and Lung Transplant.

Alessandro Fiocchi practices practicing medicine in Rome, Italy. Mr. Fiocchi is rated as an Elite expert by MediFind in the treatment of Cystic Fibrosis. He is also highly rated in 18 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Food Allergy, Asthma, Anaphylaxis, Grass Allergy, and Endoscopy.

Richard Moss is a Dermatologist practicing medicine in Palo Alto, California. Dr. Moss is rated as an Elite provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cystic Fibrosis. He is also highly rated in 3 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis, Aspergillosis, Cystic Fibrosis, and Asthma.

Dr. Merlo is an internist who specializes in pulmonary and critical care medicine. Dr. Merlo also has clinical expertise in the care of patients with cystic fibrosis as well as clinical expertise in the care of patients with advanced lung disease who may require or have undergone lung transplantation. Dr. Merlo holds a joint appointment in epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Merlo attended the College of the Holy Cross and completed medical school and residency training in internal medicine at Georgetown University. He completed both clinical and research fellowships in pulmonary and critical care medicine at Johns Hopkins, and earned his M.P.H. at the Bloomberg School of Public Health. His research interests include outcomes in lung transplantation and cystic fibrosis, HIV-related pulmonary disease, and outcomes in Osler Weber Rendu. Dr. Merlo serves as the Associate Program Director of Scholarship for the Osler Medical Housestaff Training Program. He has contributed numerous scientific papers and book chapters related to cystic fibrosis and lung transplantation, and his awards include the Harry Shwachman Clinical Investigator Award from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Dr. Merlo is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cystic Fibrosis. He is also highly rated in 9 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Cystic Fibrosis, Secondary Immunodeficiency (SID), Aspergillosis, Lung Transplant, and Endoscopy.

National Jewish Health. Dr. Taylor is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cystic Fibrosis. She is also highly rated in 4 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Cystic Fibrosis, Secondary Immunodeficiency (SID), Newborn Jaundice, Pseudomonas Stutzeri Infections, and Endoscopy. Dr. Taylor is board certified in American Board Of Pediatrics and American Board Of Internal Medicine. Dr. Taylor is currently accepting new patients.

Matthias Salathe is a Pulmonary Medicine provider practicing medicine in Kansas City, Kansas. He has been practicing medicine for over 40 years. Dr. Salathe is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cystic Fibrosis. He is also highly rated in 5 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Cystic Fibrosis, Bronchiectasis, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), and Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Infection. Dr. Salathe is board certified in American Board Of Internal Medicine, Critical Care Medicine - 2000 , American Board Of Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease - 1998 , and American Board Of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine - 1997. Dr. Salathe is currently accepting new patients.

Manu Jain is a Pulmonary Medicine provider practicing medicine in Chicago, Illinois. He has been practicing medicine for over 37 years. Dr. Jain is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cystic Fibrosis. He is also highly rated in 6 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Cystic Fibrosis, Secondary Immunodeficiency (SID), Newborn Jaundice, Bronchiectasis, and Gastrostomy. Dr. Jain is board certified in American Board Of Internal Medicine - Critical Care Medicine (Certified).

Dr. Lechtzin is a pulmonary and critical care medicine physician. He directs the Adult CF program and the neuromuscular pulmonary clinic at Johns Hopkins and is an expert in the treatment of cystic fibrosis, pulmonary complications of neuromuscular disease and the care of critically ill patients in the Medical ICU. He is a member of the Longcope Firm Faculty and provides teaching to medical students and residents at Johns Hopkins. Dr. Lechtzin is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cystic Fibrosis. He is also highly rated in 3 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Cystic Fibrosis, Secondary Immunodeficiency (SID), Newborn Jaundice, Lung Transplant, and Endoscopy. Dr. Lechtzin is board certified in American Board Of Internal Medicine.

Dr. Nirmal S Sharma is the Medical Director at the Lung Transplantation Program at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He is also an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School.He received his medical degree from Stanley Medical College in India and completed a residency in Internal Medicine at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine at Yeshiva in New York. He then finished a clinical and post-doctoral research fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine with additional training in Lung Transplantation and Mechanical-Circulatory Support at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.After his fellowship, he was appointed as an Assistant Professor of Medicine and lung transplantation faculty at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Thereafter, he was recruited to The University of South Florida/Tampa General Hospital Advanced Organ Institute and served as the Medical Director of the ECMO program prior to joining Brigham and Women's Hospital.  He is board certified in critical care medicine, internal medicine and pulmonary disease.Dr. Sharma's clinical and research interests are in lung transplantation and extracorporeal life support technologies.  His  basic/translational research program is focused on understanding the mechanisms involved in transplantation rejection and development of novel therapeutics to treat and/or prevent rejection. Dr. Sharma is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cystic Fibrosis. He is also highly rated in 7 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Cystic Fibrosis, Bronchiolitis Obliterans, Bronchitis, Lung Transplant, and Endoscopy. Dr. Sharma is board certified in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease, and Critical Care Medicine.

Dr. Aaron C. Chidekel is division chief of pulmonology, co-medical director of the sleep program and director of the hospital's cystic fibrosis program. He's an associate professor of pediatrics at the Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University, author of medical journal articles and books, invited lecturer and active researcher. How can you not love kids and want to do all you can to help them? After all, they are our future. If you can positively impact the life of a child, you also impact a little bit of our future. I became a doctor because I wanted to help people. One of my mentors in medical school was an early pioneer in the treatment of cystic fibrosis (CF), and I picked up on his passion for helping those with the disease. Since his early work to today, kids with CF are living longer and better. That's very exciting and led to my wanting to help kids with CF, too — as well as those with asthma and other pulmonary conditions. I'm passionate about working with the whole family. It's the best way for each child to have the best possible outcome, and helps the whole family feel ownership of and contribution to the child's health. I like to help the kids and their families deal with the challenges they are facing. This can be challenging for me as well, but it's ultimately very rewarding when I can make a positive difference for a child and family.I'm also passionate about teaching kids and their families about asthma, CF and other conditions and how they can take care of themselves and live as healthy a life as possible.Learning is very important to my own practice as a doctor as well. I find it crucial to stay up to date on the very latest regarding conditions and treatments. I believe that caring and contributing my skills as a physician can help make a difference for a child and family. Also, a positive attitude can help people get through tough challenges and sometimes serious health concerns. I believe my patients pick up on this and gain confidence from it — although they're often incredibly positive already, no matter what life has thrown at them. Dr. Chidekel is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cystic Fibrosis. He is also highly rated in 15 other conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Ellis-Van Creveld Syndrome, Cystic Fibrosis, Obstructive Sleep Apnea, and Hypochondroplasia. Dr. Chidekel is board certified in American Board Of Pediatrics.

National Jewish Health. Dr. Hisert is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Cystic Fibrosis. She is also highly rated in 2 other conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Cystic Fibrosis, Secondary Immunodeficiency (SID), Pseudomonas Stutzeri Infections, and Newborn Jaundice. Dr. Hisert is board certified in American Board Of Internal Medicine. Dr. Hisert is currently accepting new patients.