Dr. Mwelwa Chizinga

Dr. Mwelwa Chizinga is a board-certified pulmonologist with Orlando Health Medical Group Lung and Sleep Medicine. His specialties include: Lung infections Pleural effusions COPD Asthma Pulmonary embolism Dr. Chizinga also is board certified in internal medicine and critical care medicine. He is dedicated to listening to his patients and providing care in a way they can understand. Dr. Chizinga’s Training Dr. Chizinga received his bachelor’s degree in human biology from Curtin University in Western Australia and his medical training at St. George's University School of Medicine in Grenada. He completed an internal medicine residency at the Yale New Haven Medical Center in Waterbury, Connecticut, and a pulmonary disease and critical care medicine fellowship at the University of Florida in Gainesville. About Dr. Chizinga Before joining Orlando Health, Dr. Chizinga was chief of medicine and a pulmonary critical care attending physician at Gadsden Regional Medical Center in Alabama. Dr. Chizinga is triple board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine, and his professional memberships include the American Thoracic Society and American College of Physicians. He has contributed to medical literature, with published research on topics including lung transplants, hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia, pulmonary hypertension, chronic eosinophilic pneumonia, nephrotic syndrome, pulmonary embolisms, heart failure and Whipple's disease. Dr. Chizinga is committed to community service and education. He has volunteered in patient care at a rural hospital in his native Lusaka, Zambia, provided tutoring in human anatomy to medical students at St. George’s University, and engaged in literacy programs with the Children in Distress organization in Zambia. Outside of work, Dr. Chizinga enjoys reading, soccer, running and weightlifting.

His clinical expertise encompasses Pleurisy, Pneumonia, Actinomycosis, Lung Metastases, and Gastrostomy.

Dr. Chizinga is board certified in American Board Of Critical Care Medicine, American Board Of Internal Medicine, and American Board Of Pulmonary Medicine. He is actively involved in clinical research, co-authoring 10 peer reviewed articles. Dr. Chizinga is currently accepting new patients.