Sharven Taghavi is a General Surgeon in New Orleans, Louisiana. Dr. Taghavi is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in Lung Transplant. His top areas of expertise are Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS), Low Blood Pressure, Neuroendocrine Tumor, Lung Transplant, and Heart Transplant.

David Weill is a Pulmonary Medicine specialist and a Transplant Surgeon in New Orleans, Louisiana. Dr. Weill is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in Lung Transplant. His top areas of expertise are Cerebral Hypoxia, Cystic Fibrosis, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Lung Transplant, and Heart Transplant.

Joseph Lasky is a Pulmonary Medicine provider in New Orleans, Louisiana. Dr. Lasky is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Lung Transplant. His top areas of expertise are Pulmonary Fibrosis, Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, Acute Interstitial Pneumonia, Endoscopy, and Bone Marrow Aspiration.

Courtney Shappley is a Pulmonary Medicine provider in New Orleans, Louisiana. Dr. Shappley is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Lung Transplant. Her top areas of expertise are Acute Interstitial Pneumonia, Interstitial Lung Disease, Pneumonia, Cerebral Hypoxia, and Lung Transplant. Dr. Shappley is currently accepting new patients.

Aditya Bansal is a Thoracic Surgeon in New Orleans, Louisiana. Dr. Bansal is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Lung Transplant. His top areas of expertise are Cardiac Tamponade, Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm, Necrosis, Heart Transplant, and Patent Foramen Ovale Repair. Dr. Bansal is currently accepting new patients.

Jay Kolls is a Pediatrics specialist and a Pulmonary Medicine provider in New Orleans, Louisiana. Dr. Kolls is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Lung Transplant. His top areas of expertise are Pneumonia, Pneumocystis Jiroveci Pneumonia, Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis, Cystic Fibrosis, and Lung Transplant. Dr. Kolls is currently accepting new patients.

Seema Qayum, MD practices pulmonary and critical care medicine at Ochsner Health. She received her undergraduate degree in from Tulane University, during which she was named a Creative Scholar and granted early acceptance into medical school. She completed her medical degree and internal medicine residency at Tulane School of Medicine. Due to commitment to medical education and patient care, she was elected by her peers to serve as chief resident. She continued her medical training in New York City, completing her pulmonary and critical care medicine fellowship at Columbia University. Working at one of the largest transplant centers in the country and in a bustling ICU during the peak of the COVID pandemic, her passion for pulmonary and transplant medicine was born. She worked several years in New York City, but her love of her hometown brought her back to New Orleans. She is excited to ask you, “What high school did you go to?” and run into her patients on the parade route.Dr. Qayum brings with her a wealth knowledge including expertise in COPD/emphysema, bronchitis, asthma, bronchiolitis, inflammatory pneumonias/pneumonitis, pulmonary nodules, pleural “lung lining” pathology, bronchoscopy, thoracentesis. She has extended training and knowledge in interstitial lung diseases such as pulmonary fibrosis, sarcoidosis, and lung transplantation. She is boarded in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Medicine, and Critical Care Medicine.Outside of work, she enjoys live music, attending the ballet and new art exhibits, cycling, and spending time with her husband, family, and the love of her life— her 70 lb goldendoodle. Dr. Qayum is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Lung Transplant. Her top areas of expertise are Interstitial Lung Disease, Acute Interstitial Pneumonia, Lung Metastases, Pneumonia, and Lung Transplant.

Leonardo Seoane is a Pulmonary Medicine provider in New Orleans, Louisiana. Dr. Seoane is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in Lung Transplant. His top areas of expertise are Cerebral Hypoxia, Pneumonia, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG), and Lung Transplant. Dr. Seoane is currently accepting new patients.

Michael Kiernan is a Pediatric Pulmonologist and a Pediatrics provider in Metairie, Louisiana. Dr. Kiernan is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Lung Transplant. His top areas of expertise are Pulmonary Hypertension, Paroxysmal Supraventricular Tachycardia (PSVT), Gastrointestinal Bleeding, Lung Transplant, and Endoscopy. Dr. Kiernan is currently accepting new patients.

Jamil Borgi is a Thoracic Surgeon in Metairie, Louisiana. Dr. Borgi is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in Lung Transplant. His top areas of expertise are Aortic Dissection, Cystic Medial Necrosis of Aorta, Arterial Insufficiency, Lung Transplant, and Heart Transplant.