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 an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Neurosarcoidosis. His top areas of expertise are Asthma in Children, Asthma, Lung Metastases, and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).

Theodore Igwebe is an Intensive Care Medicine provider in Silver Spring, Maryland. Dr. Igwebe is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Neurosarcoidosis. His top areas of expertise are Pneumonia, Atypical Pneumonia, Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia, and Cerebral Hypoxia.

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 Neurosarcoidosis. His top areas of expertise are Parapneumonic Pleural Effusion, Pneumonia, Lung Metastases, and Atypical Pneumonia.

Anuradha Arun is a primary care provider, practicing in Family Medicine in Silver Spring, Maryland. Dr. Arun is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Neurosarcoidosis. Her top areas of expertise are Sitosterolemia, Vitamin D Deficiency, High Cholesterol, and Familial Hypertension.

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 Neurosarcoidosis. His top areas of expertise are Vitamin D Deficiency, Hyperventilation, Lung Nodules, and Lung Metastases.

Cindy Bowen is an Intensive Care Medicine provider in Bethesda, Maryland. Dr. Bowen is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Neurosarcoidosis. Her top areas of expertise are Lung Metastases, Pneumonia, Lung Nodules, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), and Gastrostomy.

Rahul Khosla is an Intensive Care Medicine provider in Washington, Washington, D.c.. Dr. Khosla is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Neurosarcoidosis. His top areas of expertise are Pleural Effusion, Cerebral Hypoxia, Sarcoidosis, and Neurosarcoidosis.

Kavita Vyas is an Intensive Care Medicine provider in Washington, Washington, D.c.. Dr. Vyas is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Neurosarcoidosis. Her top areas of expertise are Sarcoidosis, Occupational Asthma, Neurosarcoidosis, and Lung Metastases.

Christian Woods is an Intensive Care Medicine provider in Washington, Washington, D.c.. Dr. Woods is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Neurosarcoidosis. His top areas of expertise are HIV/AIDS, Myelitis, AIDS Dysmorphic Syndrome, and Sepsis.

Alan Matsumoto is a Rheumatologist in Wheaton-Glenmont, Maryland. Dr. Matsumoto is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Neurosarcoidosis. His top areas of expertise are Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal Osteoporosis, and Juvenile Primary Osteoporosis.

Sonia Silinsky-Krupnikova is a Rheumatologist in Wheaton, Maryland. Dr. Silinsky-Krupnikova is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Neurosarcoidosis. Her top areas of expertise are Postmenopausal Osteoporosis, Osteoporosis, Tenosynovitis, and Fibromyalgia.

David Wolfe is a Rheumatologist in Chevy Chase, Maryland. Dr. Wolfe is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Neurosarcoidosis. His top areas of expertise are Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal Osteoporosis, Psoriasis, and Psoriatic Arthritis.

Adey Berhanu is a Rheumatologist in Chevy Chase, Maryland. Dr. Berhanu is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Neurosarcoidosis. Her top areas of expertise are Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal Osteoporosis, Tenosynovitis, and Gout.

Earl Armstrong is a Pulmonary Medicine provider in Washington, Washington, D.c.. Dr. Armstrong is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Neurosarcoidosis. His top areas of expertise are Neurosarcoidosis, Sarcoidosis, Lung Metastases, and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).

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 Neurosarcoidosis. 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.

Florina Constantinescu is a Rheumatologist in Washington, Washington, D.c.. Dr. Constantinescu is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Neurosarcoidosis. Her top areas of expertise are Sarcoidosis, Gout, Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), and Microscopic Polyangiitis. Dr. Constantinescu is currently accepting new patients.

John Sherner is a Pulmonary Medicine specialist and an Intensive Care Medicine provider in Washington, Washington, D.c.. Dr. Sherner is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Neurosarcoidosis. His top areas of expertise are Sarcoidosis, Neurosarcoidosis, Pulmonary Hypertension, and Lung Metastases.

Andrew Shorr is a Pulmonary Medicine provider in Washington, Washington, D.c.. Dr. Shorr is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Neurosarcoidosis. 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.

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 Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Neurosarcoidosis. His top areas of expertise are Large-Cell Lung Carcinoma, EGFR Positive Lung Cancer, Squamous Cell Lung Carcinoma, and Lung Adenocarcinoma.

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 Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Neurosarcoidosis. His top areas of expertise are Pneumonia, Lung Metastases, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Gastrostomy, and Advanced Bronchoscopy.