Dr. Annette Esper

Dr. David Hedelius received his medical degree from Nova Southeastern University in Ft Lauderdale, Florida. He then completed his internal medicine internship and residency at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth in Virginia and Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine fellowship at Naval Medical Center San Diego in California. He served 11 years as an active duty Pulmonary/Critical Care physician in the United State Navy. During his time on active duty, he served one tour in Afghanistan 2016 delivering critical care medicine to forward deployed active duty servicemen during Operation Freedom Sentinel. His experience as a military physician includes trauma in an austere environment, management of patients with pulmonary disease, teaching fundamentals of critical care support to family residents, Navy Seals and Marine MARSOC, and was ICU medical director in Kandahar and Camp Lejeune.Dr. Hedelius has been a critical care bedside ultrasonography instructor with the American College of Chest Physicians for over 4 years. He is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in Pulmonary and Critical care medicine. Dr. Hedelius is a member of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the American College of Chest Physicians.Dr. Hedelius specializes in adult Pulmonary disease and Critical Care Medicine. In his spare time, he enjoys time with his family, loves to go hiking, mountain bike, and running.Dr. Hedelius welcomes new patients and accepts most insurance plans. Dr. Hedelius is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). His top areas of expertise are COVID-19, Pneumonia, Lung Metastases, Lung Nodules, and Gastrostomy.

Dr. Hershel Bhadsavle has procedural skills in Fiberoptic Bronchoscopy, including Electromagnetic Navigation and Endobronchial Ultrasound (EBUS), Peripheral Radial EBUS, Thoracentesis and many more.Dr. Bhadsavle was awarded the Excellence in Teaching Award from the Cleveland Clinic Education Foundation. He's also a member of the American Thoracic Society and the Society of Critical Care Medicine.In his free time Dr. Bhadsavle loves to travel and snowboard.Dr. Bhadsavle accepts most insurances and is accepting new patients. Dr. Bhadsavle is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). His top areas of expertise are Lung Metastases, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Pneumonia, and Atypical Pneumonia.

Mayur Patel, M.D. earned his medical degree from Amravati University in Amravati, India. He received training in Cardiovascular Thoracic Surgery at Bombay Hospital and Research Center in Mumbai, India. He completed his Internal Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care fellowships at East Tennessee State University. Prior to joining Piedmont Physicians, Dr. Patel was a full time attending physician with Pulmonary and Critical Care Associates in Jacksonville, Fl. He had also worked at Holston Valley Medical Center in Kingsport, Tn for three years. Dr. Patel also served as a clinical staff associate professor at East Tennessee State University for the Pulmonary and Critical Care fellowship program. Dr. Patel joins Piedmont Physicians with 13 years of experience. He has special interest in Critical Care, Pulmonary Hypertension, and Interventional Pulmonary procedures such as EBUS, Navigational Bronchoscopy, Bronchial Thermoplasty, Pleurx catheter, and post cardiac arrest hypothermia therapy. Dr. Patel welcomes new patients and accepts most insurance plans. Dr. Patel is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). His top areas of expertise are Pneumonia, Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia, Atypical Pneumonia, Gastrostomy, and Endoscopy.