Overview
Puneet Garcha is a Pulmonary Medicine specialist and a Transplant Surgeon in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Garcha is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Secondary Immunodeficiency (SID). His top areas of expertise are Acute Interstitial Pneumonia, Interstitial Lung Disease, Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, Lung Metastases, and Lung Transplant. Dr. Garcha is currently accepting new patients.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 22 peer reviewed articles and participating in 1 clinical trial. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
1 Clinical Trials
Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center
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 Secondary Immunodeficiency (SID). His top areas of expertise are Cystic Fibrosis, Secondary Immunodeficiency (SID), Aspergillosis, Lung Transplant, and Endoscopy.
Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center
Dr. Rebecca Dezube is an assistant professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Her areas of clinical expertise are cystic fibrosis and critical care medicine. She sees patients in the adult cystic fibrosis (CF) clinic as well as in the medical intensive care unit (MICU). She received her A.B. from Harvard University and earned her M.D. from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. She completed her residency in internal medicine at Johns Hopkins, where she also served as an Assistant Chief of Service. She also trained as a fellow in pulmonary and critical care medicine at Johns Hopkins and served as the Chief Fellow in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. Dr. Dezube joined the Johns Hopkins faculty in 2017. Dr. Dezube is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Secondary Immunodeficiency (SID). Her top areas of expertise are Cystic Fibrosis, Secondary Immunodeficiency (SID), and Newborn Jaundice.
Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center
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 Secondary Immunodeficiency (SID). His top areas of expertise are Cystic Fibrosis, Secondary Immunodeficiency (SID), Newborn Jaundice, Lung Transplant, and Endoscopy.
Areas of Expertise
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- Distinguished
- Acute Interstitial PneumoniaDr. Garcha isDistinguished. Learn about Acute Interstitial Pneumonia.
- Interstitial Lung DiseaseDr. Garcha isDistinguished. Learn about Interstitial Lung Disease.
- Lung TransplantDr. Garcha isDistinguished. Learn about Lung Transplant.
- Advanced
- Cerebral HypoxiaDr. Garcha isAdvanced. Learn about Cerebral Hypoxia.
- Hypersensitivity PneumonitisDr. Garcha isAdvanced. Learn about Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis.
- Idiopathic Pulmonary FibrosisDr. Garcha isAdvanced. Learn about Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis.
- Lung MetastasesDr. Garcha isAdvanced. Learn about Lung Metastases.
- PneumoniaDr. Garcha isAdvanced. Learn about Pneumonia.
- Pulmonary FibrosisDr. Garcha isAdvanced. Learn about Pulmonary Fibrosis.
- Experienced
- Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS)
- Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency (AATD)Dr. Garcha isExperienced. Learn about Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency (AATD).
- BronchiectasisDr. Garcha isExperienced. Learn about Bronchiectasis.
- Bronchiolitis ObliteransDr. Garcha isExperienced. Learn about Bronchiolitis Obliterans.
- BronchitisDr. Garcha isExperienced. Learn about Bronchitis.
- Bronchogenic CystDr. Garcha isExperienced. Learn about Bronchogenic Cyst.