25 of the Best Pediatric Pulmonologists Near Me in Rockville, MD

Dr. J. Michael Collaco is a professor of pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. His clinical specialty is pediatric pulmonary medicine, including chronic lung disease of premature infants, lung disease in medically complex patients including ventilators and tracheostomies, hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia, aerodigestive disorders, and general pediatric pulmonary conditions. He sees patients inpatient and outpatient at Johns Hopkins (East Baltimore campus), inpatient and outpatient at Mount Washington Pediatric Hospital, and inpatient at Kennedy Krieger Institute. Dr. Collaco attended Yale University for undergraduate studies and received his M.D. and M.S. (Anatomy) from Case Western University School of Medicine in Cleveland, Ohio. He completed his pediatric residency, pediatric pulmonary fellowship, M.B.A., M.P.H., and Ph.D. (Clinical Epidemiology) at the Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Collaco joined the Johns Hopkins faculty in 2008. His primary research interest is in the epidemiology of pediatric respiratory diseases, with a focus on environmental risk factors for cystic fibrosis and bronchopulmonary dysplasia as well as a special interest in the effects of secondhand smoke and electronic cigarette emissions. He has published over 140 peer-reviewed articles. Dr. Collaco is a member of the Cystic Fibrosis Research Development Center and the Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia Center of Excellence. He has been recognized by Johns Hopkins with the John C. Hume Scholarship, the Francis F. Schwentker Research Award, and the Robert Dyar Award. Dr. Collaco is a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics. Dr. Collaco is highly rated in 4 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia, Cystic Fibrosis, Pulmonary Hypertension, Gastrostomy, and Lung Transplant. Dr. Collaco is board certified in American Board Of Pediatrics. Dr. Collaco is currently accepting new patients.

Dr. Eric McCollum is a pediatric pulmonologist at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. He has expertise in global child respiratory health with more than ten years of clinical and research experience in low-resource settings in southern Africa and south Asia. After having lived in Malawi for five years as a clinician with the Baylor Pediatric AIDS Corps and as a NIH Fogarty International Clinical Research Fellow, Dr. McCollum is now primarily based in the countries of Lesotho and Bangladesh. He is the principal investigator of a NIH K01 International Research Scientist Development Award, through the Fogarty International Center, examining the role of pulse oximetry in Bangladeshi children with clinical pneumonia. Dr. McCollum is also a co-investigator for a study comprehensively examining the effectiveness of the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine in rural Bangladeshi children. In the southern African country of Malawi Dr. McCollum is the principal investigator of a randomized controlled trial investigating the effectiveness of bubble continuous positive airway pressure in children hospitalized with severe clinical pneumonia. He has successfully designed, led, or co-led several multi-site studies in developing countries throughout Africa and Asia including the novel application of pulse oximetry for children with clinical pneumonia by rural Malawian frontline health workers and digital auscultation as a respiratory diagnostic in six low-resource countries participating in the Pneumonia Etiology Research for Child Health study. Dr. McCollum has been recognized globally for his contributions to child respiratory health. He has won multiple early career investigator awards and is currently a member of the World Health Organization Technical Support Network for pneumococcal conjugate vaccine impact studies and a member of the World Health Organization expert global working group for the World Health Organization chest radiograph guidelines for children. He holds a joint faculty appointment in the Department of International Health at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. Dr. Mccollum is highly rated in 2 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Stridor, Infantile Pneumothorax, and Infant Respiratory Distress Syndrome. Dr. Mccollum is board certified in American Board Of Pediatrics. Dr. Mccollum is currently accepting new patients.

Dr. Brianna Aoyama is an assistant professor of pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She specializes in pediatric pulmonary medicine, including chronic lung disease of premature infants, lung disease in medically complex patients including those with ventilators and tracheostomies, aerodigestive disorders, and general pediatric pulmonary conditions. Dr. Aoyama attended the University of Notre Dame for undergraduate studies and received her M.D. from the University of Connecticut School of Medicine. She completed her pediatric residency at Brown University/Hasbro Children's Hospital before completing her pediatric pulmonary fellowship at Johns Hopkins where she also earned her M.H.S. (Clinical Investigation) from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Aoyama joined the Johns Hopkins faculty in 2022. Her primary research interest is in the epidemiology of pediatric respiratory diseases, with a specific focus on growth and the long-term respiratory outcomes of children born preterm. Dr. Aoyama is highly rated in 1 condition, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia, Pulmonary Hypertension, Asthma, Cystic Fibrosis, and Gastrostomy. Dr. Aoyama is board certified in American Board Of Pediatrics. Dr. Aoyama is currently accepting new patients.

Dr. Peter Mogayzel is the Menowitz/Rosenstein Professor of Pediatric Respiratory Sciences at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. His areas of clinical expertise include pediatric pulmonary medicine and the treatment of cystic fibrosis. He has served as the director of the Johns Hopkins Cystic Fibrosis Center since 2002. Dr. Mogayzel attended Brown University and received his M.D. and Ph.D. degrees from Boston University and an M.B.A. from Johns Hopkins University. He completed his pediatric residency at the University of Washington, and finished pediatric pulmonary and pediatric critical care fellowships at Johns Hopkins in 1998 before joining the faculty. His research interests include the regulatory properties of the CFTR gene, mucociliary clearance and development of new therapeutics for cystic fibrosis. Dr. Mogayzel has provided care for children with cystic fibrosis and has been active in the CF community since his arrival at Johns Hopkins. He served as Chairman of the Clinical Practice Guidelines for Pulmonary Therapies Committee and the Therapeutic Development Network Protocol Review Committee both of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. He is also a past Chairman of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Center Committee which accredits cystic fibrosis care centers in the US. He is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Dr. Mogayzel is highly rated in 2 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Cystic Fibrosis, Secondary Immunodeficiency (SID), Pseudomonas Stutzeri Infections, and Ciliary Dyskinesia-Bronchiectasis. Dr. Mogayzel is board certified in American Board Of Pediatrics. Dr. Mogayzel is currently accepting new patients.

Dr. Shruti Paranjape attended the University of Pennsylvania and received her M.D. from the University of Pittsburgh. She completed her pediatrics residency and pediatric pulmonology fellowship at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. She has served as the Assistant Director of the CF Center at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. Her awards include the James Sutherland Award for Outstanding Research by a Young Investigator. Dr. Paranjape is highly rated in 2 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Cystic Fibrosis, Secondary Immunodeficiency (SID), Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia (PCD), and Ciliary Dyskinesia-Bronchiectasis. Dr. Paranjape is board certified in American Board Of Pediatrics. Dr. Paranjape is currently accepting new patients.

Albert Faro is a Pediatric Pulmonologist practicing medicine in Nottingham, Maryland. Dr. Faro is highly rated in 2 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Cystic Fibrosis, Lung Transplant, and Endoscopy.

Sharon Mcgrath-Morrow is a Pediatric Pulmonologist practicing medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Mcgrath-Morrow is highly rated in 2 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia, Pulmonary Hypertension, Congenital Unilateral Pulmonary Hypoplasia, Asthma, and Gastrostomy.

Hollis (Holly) Chaney, MD, earned her bachelor's degree from University of California at Riverside. She received her medical degree from Medical College of Pennsylvania. Dr. Chaney completed both her internship in pediatrics and her residency at Kaiser Foundation Hospital in California. After her residency, she completed a pediatric pulmonary medicine fellowship at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. Dr. Chaney is an Assistant Professor in Pediatrics at The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences. Dr. Chaney has been practicing in Children’s Division of Pulmonary Medicine for over 15 years. She is particularly interested in cystic fibrosis and rare genetic disorders including osteogenesis imperfecta, moebius syndrome and other skeletal dysplasias. Dr. Chaney is highly rated in 2 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Cystic Fibrosis, Asthma, Secondary Immunodeficiency (SID), and Congenital Unilateral Pulmonary Hypoplasia. Dr. Chaney is board certified in Pediatric Pulmonology: American Board Of Pediatrics, 1989 and Pediatrics: American Board Of Pediatrics, 1986. Dr. Chaney is currently accepting new patients.

Lori Vanscoy is a Pediatric Pulmonologist practicing medicine in Annapolis, Maryland. Dr. Vanscoy is highly rated in 2 conditions, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Cystic Fibrosis and Secondary Immunodeficiency (SID). Dr. Vanscoy is board certified in American Board Of Pediatrics. Dr. Vanscoy is currently accepting new patients.

Dr. Samar Atteih is a pediatric pulmonologist at the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center in Baltimore, MD. She specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of bronchopulmonary dysplasia, asthma, cystic fibrosis and other pediatric pulmonary diseases. Dr. Atteih received her medical degree at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland before completing her pediatrics residency at the Harriet Lane Clinic at the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center. She subsequently completed a Pediatric Pulmonology fellowship at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. Dr. Atteih is highly rated in 1 condition, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Cystic Fibrosis, Pseudomonas Stutzeri Infections, Small for Gestational Age, and Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia. Dr. Atteih is board certified in American Board Of Pediatrics. Dr. Atteih is currently accepting new patients.

Velda Ramirez is a Pediatric Pulmonologist practicing medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. Her clinical expertise encompasses Stridor. Dr. Ramirez is board certified in American Board Of Pediatrics. Dr. Ramirez is currently accepting new patients.

Robert Yim is a Pediatric Pulmonologist practicing medicine in Bel Air, Maryland. His clinical expertise encompasses Asthma. Dr. Yim is board certified in American Board Of Pediatrics - Pediatrics, 2007 and American Board Of Pediatrics/Pulmonology - Pediatric Pulmonology, 2010. Dr. Yim is currently accepting new patients.

Anastassios Koumbourlis, MD, MPH, is Chief of the Divisions of Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine at Children's National Hospital. Apart from treating pulmonary and sleep disorders, he also evaluates and treats cystic fibrosis at our Cystic Fibrosis Center (Pediatric and Adult). Dr. Koumbourlis previously was a professor of Clinical Pediatrics at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Chief of Pulmonology at the Schneider Children’s Hospital in New York. Prior to this, he was on the faculty of Columbia University and Director of the Pulmonary Function and Exercise Laboratories at the Children’s Hospital of New York at Columbia University Medical Center. Dr. Koumbourlis has extensive experience in pediatric pulmonary medicine with special interests in congenital lung and airway anomalies, chest wall deformities and pulmonary complications of neuromuscular and sickle cell disease. Dr. Koumbourlis is highly rated in 2 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Cystic Fibrosis, Asthma, Tracheoesophageal Fistula, and Ciliary Dyskinesia-Bronchiectasis. Dr. Koumbourlis is board certified in Pediatrics: American Board Of Pediatrics, 1989 and Pediatric Pulmonology: American Board Of Pediatrics, 1994.

Folasade Ogunlesi is a Pediatric Pulmonologist practicing medicine in Rockville, Maryland. Dr. Ogunlesi is highly rated in 1 condition, according to our data. Her clinical expertise encompasses Asthma, Ciliary Dyskinesia-Bronchiectasis, Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia (PCD), and Cystic Fibrosis. Dr. Ogunlesi is board certified in Pediatric Pulmonology: American Board Of Pediatrics, 2016, Pediatrics: American Board Of Pediatrics, 2002, and American Board Of Pediatrics, 2010. Dr. Ogunlesi is currently accepting new patients.

Dr. Sara Christina Sadreameli is an assistant professor of pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Her clinical specialty is pediatric pulmonary medicine and her clinical interests and expertise include: care of children with asthma, pulmonary complications of sickle cell disease, childhood interstitial lung disease (ChILD), lung disease related to e-cigarette use, aerodigestive disorders, and general pulmonary conditions. She sees patients (inpatient and outpatient)at Johns Hopkins on the East Baltimore campus. She co-directs the Childhood Interstitial and Diffuse Lung Disease (ChILD) and Immunologic Disorders (Immune) clinic with Dr. Maria Gutierrez. Dr. Sadreameli attended the College of Charleston for undergraduate studies and the Medical University of South Carolina School of Medicine in Charleston, South Carolina. She completed her residency in pediatrics at Children's National Medical Center in Washington, D.C., and her fellowship in pediatric pulmonology at Johns Hopkins. Additionally, she earned a master of health sciences degree at Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. Dr. Sadreameli's research interests include childhood interstitial lung disease (ChILD) and pulmonary complications of sickle cell disease. She has also participated in research related to pediatric asthma. Dr. Sadreameli is a volunteer media spokesperson for the American Lung Association and has expertise in pediatric advocacy. Her clinical expertise encompasses Lissencephaly 1 and Asthma. Dr. Sadreameli is board certified in American Board Of Pediatrics. Dr. Sadreameli is currently accepting new patients.

Samuel M. Rosenberg, MD, earned his bachelor’s degree in chemistry at Brandeis University. He received his medical degree from the University of Maryland School of Medicine. Dr. Rosenberg completed a combined residency in Pediatrics and Internal Medicine at the University of Michigan Hospital. After his residency, Dr. Rosenberg completed a pediatric pulmonary medicine fellowship at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. He was in private practice in pediatric pulmonary medicine for 27 years in Rockville, Maryland, prior to joining the faculty of Children’s National in February 2021. He is board certified in pediatric pulmonology and his special interests are asthma, infant apnea and chronic lung disease from prematurity. Dr. Rosenberg's specialties are asthma, apnea of prematurity and pulmonary care of premature infants. In addition, he has been on the list of Washingtonian Top Doctors each year since 1994. His clinical expertise encompasses Asthma. Dr. Rosenberg is board certified in Internal Medicine: American Board Of Internal Medicine, 1988 and Pediatric Pulmonology: American Board Of Pediatrics, 1992. Dr. Rosenberg is currently accepting new patients.

Megan Pawtowski is a Pediatric Pulmonologist practicing medicine in Bel Air, Maryland. Her clinical expertise encompasses Stridor. Dr. Pawtowski is board certified in Pediatric Nursing Certification Board - Pediatric Nurse Practitioner - Primary Care, 2022. Dr. Pawtowski is currently accepting new patients.

Sunaina Kapoor is a Pediatric Pulmonologist practicing medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Kapoor is board certified in American Board Of Pediatrics. Dr. Kapoor is currently accepting new patients.

Nidhi Shukla is a Pediatric Pulmonologist practicing medicine in Hanover, Maryland. Her clinical expertise encompasses Asthma. Dr. Shukla is board certified in American Board Of Pediatrics - Pediatrics, 2018 and American Board Of Pediatrics - Pediatric Pulmonology, 2015. Dr. Shukla is currently accepting new patients.

Anayansi Lasso-Pirot is a Pediatric Pulmonologist practicing medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. Her clinical expertise encompasses Asthma, Hemi 3 Syndrome, Simpson-Golabi-Behmel Syndrome, and Megalencephaly-Capillary Malformation Syndrome. Dr. Lasso-Pirot is board certified in American Board Of Pediatrics - Pediatric Pulmonology, 2004. Dr. Lasso-Pirot is currently accepting new patients.

Gerard Holder is a Pediatric Pulmonologist practicing medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. His clinical expertise encompasses Asthma.

Jessica Rice is a Pediatric Pulmonologist practicing medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. Her clinical expertise encompasses Cystic Fibrosis.

Olaitan Obidiran is a Pediatric Pulmonologist practicing medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Obidiran is board certified in American Academy Of Nurse Practitioners - Family Nurse Practitioner, 2023. Dr. Obidiran is currently accepting new patients.

Fellows are fully credentialed, board-certified providers who can independently practice medicine but are in further training in their specialty. This specialty training is under the supervision of an attending physician. Dr. Fitzgerald is board certified in American Board Of Pediatrics - Pediatric Pulmonology, 2024 and American Board Of Pediatrics - Pediatrics, 2021. Dr. Fitzgerald is currently accepting new patients.

Sarah Zaidi, MD, is a board certified pediatric pulmonologist and government volunteer attending physician in the Division of Pulmonary Medicine at Children’s National. She specializes in outpatient clinical pediatric pulmonary disease including (but not limited to) asthma, chronic lung disease of prematurity (BPD), chronic cough, breathing problems present from birth due to atypical development of the respiratory system, common sleep problems and ventilator dependent patients due to chronic respiratory insufficiency. Dr. Zaidi has published original scientific articles in peer reviewed journals and has presented her work in national and international scientific meetings. She is employed full time at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) where she supports international regulatory alignment for pediatric drug development programs and other cross-cutting pediatric activities at the FDA, including public presentations on topics such as pediatric therapeutic development and international pediatric regulatory activities. Outside the office, she enjoys cooking, taking care of her family and spending time in nature. Dr. Zaidi is board certified in Pediatrics: American Board Of Pediatrics, 2007 and Pediatric Pulmonology: American Board Of Pediatrics, 2010.