Faculty

		Elizabeth Abernathy, MD Specialty: General Internal Medicine Medical School: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Residency: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Special Info: Dr. Elizabeth Abernathy joined the faculty in 2004. Her special interests include Medical Student teaching, Health Care Policy and Medical Ethics. Dr. Abernathy is the coordinator of the 4^thyear medical student clerkship and is also currently obtaining a Masters in Health Administration from UNC-Chapel Hill.

		Asim Amin, MD, PhD Specialty: Hematology-Oncology/Immunotherapy Medical School: King Edward Medical College, Lahore, Pakistan Residency: George Washington University Fellowship: Georgetown University, Lombardi Cancer Center Special Info: Dr. Asim Amin joined the faculty at Carolinas Medical Center in 2005. His special interests include immunotherapy and the care of patients with renal cell carcinoma and malignant melanoma.

		Raymond F. Bianchi, MD, FACP Specialty: General Internal Medicine Medical School: University of Florida Residency: Carolinas Medical Center Special Info: Dr. Raymond Bianchi joined the faculty in 1976. He was named the director of medicine clinics and associate chairman in 1980. In 1982, he joined Charlotte Medical Clinic; in 1994, he rejoined the faculty as the program director. In 2001, Dr. Bianchi became the department chair. His interests include resident education, team building and diagnostic dilemmas.

		J. Matthew Blackwell, MD Specialty: General Internal Medicine Medical School: Medical College of Georgia Residency: Carolinas Medical Center (Chief Resident) Fellowship: Faculty Development Program, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Special Info: Dr. Matt Blackwell joined the faculty at Carolinas Medical Center in 2006, and now serves as the Associate Residency Director. His interests include resident and medical student education, consultative perioperative evaluations, team building and preventative medicine.

		Annie Bowles, MD Specialty: Internal Medicine Medical School: Johns Hopkins University Residency: Columbia/New York Presbyterian Hospital

		Benjamin Bringardner, MD Specialty: Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Medical School: Saint Louis University Residency: Internal Medicine/Pediatrics: The Ohio State University Hospitals and Columbus Children's Hospital Fellowship: Pulmonary Medicine and Critical Care Medicine:The Ohio State University Special Info: Pulmonary interests include Interstitial Lung Disease and Pulmonary Hypertension, Critical Care interests include end of life ethics; and social interests include Ohio State football.

		Iris Cheng, MD Specialty: General Internal Medicine Medical School: University of California, San Francisco Residency: University of California, San Francisco Fellowship: University of Pennsylvania Special Info: Dr. Iris Cheng serves as the 3^rdyear medical student clerkship director for medical students from UNC-Chapel Hill. She has special interests in ambulatory education, preventive medicine, women's health and medical consultation.

		Steve Cochran, MD Specialty: Critical Care Medicine Medical School: Indiana University Residency: Wake Forest University Fellowship: Wake Forest University, Critical Care Special Info: Dr. Steve Cochran joined the intensive care faculty at Carolinas Medical Center in 2003. His main professional interests center on critical care and the implementation of evidence-based practice guidelines, with a social (and sometimes pathologic) obsession with University of Notre Dame athletics.

		Kenneth G. Coggins, MD Specialty: Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Medical School: Medical College of Georgia Residency: University of Alabama at Birmingham Fellowship: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Special Interests: Cystic fibrosis, pulmonary hypertension, interstitial lung disease, pulmonary manifestations of rheumatologic disease, lung cancer and smoking related lung disease.

		Pam Cox, MD Specialty: Infectious Diseases Medical School: Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine Residency: Carolinas Medical Center Fellowship: University of Florida Special Info: Dr. Cox worked as a Hospitalist for four years before returning to pursue her Infectious Diseases fellowship. She then was on the faculty at the University of Florida prior to coming to Carolinas Medical Center. Her interests include hospital-acquired infections, antibiotic resistance and the education of students and residents.

		John Doty, MD Medical School: University of Tennessee, Memphis Residency: University of Tennessee, Memphis Fellowship: Medical University of South Carolina Special Info: Dr. Doty joined the staff at Charlotte Medical Clinic in 2008 after three years in private practice. He attends on the teaching ICU and Pulmonary Consult Services. His interests include ARDS, sepsis, diagnostic and interventional bronchoscopy, pulmonary hypertension and interstitial lung disease.

		Samantha Dreyer, MD Specialty: General Internal Medicine Medical School: University of Cape Town, South Africa Residency and Chief Residency: Franklin Square Hospital Special Info: Samantha Dreyer graduated from the University of Cape Town, South Africa in 1998. After graduation, she traveled and worked as a locum tenens in the United Kingdom for four years. Her clinical interests include teaching the clinical exam, integrating evidence-based medicine into healthcare and critical care as it applies to the general internist.

		Andrew Dries, MD Specialty: Gastroenterology Medical School: University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry Residency: Vanderbilt University Fellowship: Gastroenterology, Baylor College of Medicine Special Info: Dr. Dries joined the faculty in 2007. His special interests include Endoscopic Ultrasound and ERCP.

		Kelli Dunn, MD Specialty: Endocrinology Medical School: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Residency: Carolinas Medical Center Fellowship: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Endocrinology Special Info: Dr. Kelli Dunn joined the faculty at Carolinas Medical Center in 2006. Her special interests include resident education and improving practice models for the outpatient care of diabetes.

		Toni I. Evans, MD Specialty: Rheumatology Medical School: Wright State University Residency: Medical College of Virginia Fellowship: University of Cincinnati Special Information: Dr. Toni Evans has been the chief of rheumatology at Carolinas Medical Center since 1999. Her special interests include resident education and care of patients with SLE and rheumatoid arthritis.

		Michelle L. Foster, MD Specialty: General Internal Medicine Medical School: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Residency: Carolinas Medical Center Special Info: Dr. Michelle Foster joined the department after completing her residency at Carolinas Medical Center in 2004. She now serves as an attending at CMC-Myers Park, the outpatient medical clinic associated with our program. Her interests include indigent care and geriatrics.

		Arnold R. Frazier, MD, FACP, FACCP Specialty: General Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Medicine Medical School: University of Kentucky Residency: Carolinas Medical Center Fellowship: Mayo Clinic, Pulmonology Special Info: Dr. Arnold Frazier joined the faculty in 1982. Special interests include asthma disease management and general internal medicine.

		Scott L. Furney, MD, FACP Specialty: General Internal Medicine Medical School: University of Michigan Residency: University of Michigan Fellowship: Faculty Development Program, Stanford University Special Info: Dr. Scott Furney joined the faculty in 2002. His interests include the study and practice of evidence-based medicine, quality improvement, medical education and faculty development of clinical teaching skills. Dr. Furney was named the Vice-Chair of the department in 2005, and was named the Chair of the Department of Internal Medicine in 2008.

		Jonathan Gee, MD Specialty: General Internal Medicine Medical School: Medical University of South Carolina Residency: University of Alabama at Birmingham Special Info: Jon joined the faculty at CMC in 2007 after completing a combined residency in Medicine/Pediatrics. His interests include general medicine and pediatrics with an emphasis on medical education, diagnostic thinking and ambulatory care delivery. He has recently taken up yoga, so feel free to call him if your chakras are misaligned.

		Cheryl Geren, MD Specialty: Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Medical School: University of Pittsburgh Residency: Internal Medicine; Emory University Fellowship: Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine; Emory University Special Info: Critical Care interests include sepsis and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. Pulmonary interests include lung cancer and interstitial lung disease.

		Michael Green, MD Specialty: Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Medical School: University of Kentucky Residency: The Ohio State University Fellowship: The Ohio State University

		Michael W. Haley, MD Specialty: Critical Care Medicine Medical School: University of South Carolina Residency: Carolinas Medical Center Fellowship: National Institutes of Health, Critical Care Medicine Special Info: Dr. Michael Haley joined the faculty at Carolinas Medical Center in 2004. His interests include resident/medical student education with special emphasis toward evidence-based medicine and its application in the care of critically ill patients.

		Alan Heffner, MD Specialty: Critical Care Medicine Residency: Emergency Medicine, Carolinas Medical Center Fellowship: Critical Care, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Interests: Cardiovascular resuscitation, Heart-lung interaction and Therapeutic hypothermia

		Robert A. Heyer, MD Specialty: Pulmonology Medical School: University of Texas Southwestern Residency: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Fellowship: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Pulmonology Special Info: Dr. Rob Heyer joined the faculty at Carolinas Medical Center in 2002. He now serves as the director of the Pulmonary and Critical Care Division.

		James Horton, MD Specialty: Infectious Diseases Medical School: Duke University Residency: University of Florida Fellowship: Infectious Diseases, Ochsner Clinic in New Orleans, University of Colorado Special Info: Dr. James Horton joined the faculty in 1991 after being in private practice for seven years. His interests include education of students and residents, general infectious diseases as well as HIV.

		Daniel Howard, MD Specialty: Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Medical School: University of Wisconsin, Madison Residency: Barnes Hospital/Washington University, St. Louis, Mo. Fellowship: Barnes-Jewish Hospital/Washington University, St. Louis, Mo. Special Info: Cystic Fibrosis, Lung Transplantation, Pulmonary complications of organ transplantation, and all aspects of General Pulmonary inpatient and outpatient consultation.

		Lane K. Jacobs, MD Specialty: General Internal Medicine Medical School: University of Oklahoma Residency: Emory University Special Info: Dr. Lane Jacobs joined the faculty at CMC in 1997 after six years on faculty and in private practice at Emory. His interests include delivery of care to the medically underinsured, perioperative medical consultation and risk assessment, and thromboprophylaxis. Our goal is a "private practice" ambulatory care environment to best prepare our residents for life outside training.

		Michael Kaufman, MD Specialty: Neurology Medical School: Duke University Residency: Case Western University Fellowship: Mayo Clinic Special Info: Dr. Mike Kaufman joined the CMC faculty in 1993. He is board certified in neurology, electromyography and sleep medicine. His special interests are multiple sclerosis and clinical research.

		Suneet Kaur, MD Specialty: General Internal Medicine/Women's Health Medical School: Albany Medical College, Albany, NY Residency: University of Rochester, Rochester, NY Fellowship in Women's Health: Duke University Masters: Duke University, Master's in Health Sciences Research Special Info: Suneet Kaur joined the faculty of CMC in 2008. Her special interests include resident and medical student education, women's health and ambulatory care.

		Allen Kinsler, MD Medical School: University of Kansas Residency: Maine Medical Center Special Info: Medical interests are resident education, travel medicine, infection control and healthcare delivery for underserved populations. Outside of work, Dr. Kinsler enjoys running, reading and playing electric bass.

		Scott Lindblom, MD Specialty: Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine Medical School: Medical College of Wisconsin Residency: Medical College of Wisconsin Fellowship: Barnes Hospital/Washington University in St. Louis, Mo. Special Info: Interested in the cardiovascular effects of sleep-disordered breathing, management of chronic respiratory failure in neuromuscular weakness, and asthma. Dr. Lindblom is also affiliated with the ALS center.

		Laszlo Littmann, MD, PhD, FACP Specialty: Cardiology Medical School: Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary Residency: 3rd Department of Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest Fellowship: Postgraduate Medical School, Budapest Special Info: Dr. Laszlo Littmann joined the faculty at Carolinas Medical Center in 1992. He is chief of the Division of Cardiology at the Department of Internal Medicine and medical director of the Heart Failure Program. His main interests include congestive heart failure, cardiac arrhythmias, resident education and clinical research.

		Allen Lloyd, MD Specialty: Internal Medicine Medical School: University of Tennessee Residency: University of Hawaii Special Info: Dr. Lloyd's interests include cardiology, evidence based medicine, and ethics. He is a proponent for the traditional inpatient and outpatient model of internal medicine. Outside of medicine, his interests include traveling, surfing, and Hawaii.

		Robert M. Lombard, Jr., MD Specialty: Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Medical School: The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center of the Pennsylvania State University Residency: Harrisburg Hospital, Harrisburg, Pa. Fellowship: The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center of the Pennsylvania State University Special Info: Dr. Lombard joined the faculty in January 2008 after 25 years in private practice. His clinical interests include COPD and ventilator management of the critically ill patient. Outside interests include tennis and fishing.

		Roger D. Lovell, MD Specialty: Infectious Diseases Medical School: Medical College of Georgia Residency: Medical College of Georgia Fellowship: Medical College of Georgia Special Info: Dr. Roger D. Lovell joined the faculty at Carolinas Medical Center in March 1998. In addition to his responsibilities on the medical wards and ID service, he serves as the hospital epidemiologist for Carolinas Medical Center. His interests include the epidemiology and management of hospital-acquired infections and the education of both residents and students.

		Edith H. Miller, MD Specialty: Endocrinology Medical School: University of Virginia/Medical University of South Carolina Residency: Miami Valley Hospital Fellowship: Joslen Clinic and Lahey Clinic Special Info: Dr. Edith Miller joined the faculty at Carolinas Medical Center in 1994. She serves as section head of the Division of Endocrinology and medical director of the Carolinas Diabetes Center. Her interests include diabetes in pregnancy, polycystic ovarian syndrome and metabolic syndrome.

		Michael H. Monroe, MD Specialty: General Internal Medicine Medical School: University of Florida Residency: Carolinas Medical Center Fellowship: Faculty Development Program, University of North Carolina Special Info: Dr. Michael Monroe joined the faculty at Carolinas Medical Center in 1997. His interests include clinical cardiology, lipids management and literature and medicine. Dr. Monroe is also a Diplomate of the American Board of Clinical Lipidology, a rigorous process that very few Internists have completed.

		Charles H. Packman, MD Specialty: Hematology/Oncology Medical School: Louisiana State University Residency: University of North Carolina, University of Rochester Fellowship: University of Rochester Special Info: Dr. Charles Packman joined Carolinas Medical Center from University of Rochester where he was medicine clerkship director and hematology/oncology fellowship director until 1998. He is currently division chief of hematology/ oncology. His major interests include resident education, benign hematologic diseases and consultative hematology and oncology.

		Atif Qureshi, MD Specialty: Pulmonology and Critical Care Medical School: Allama Iqbal Medical College, Lahore, Pakistan Residency: Cornell University-St. Barnabas Hospital, Bronx, NY Fellowship: East Carolina University, Greenville, NC Special Info: Dr. Qureshi joined the CMC faculty in 2007 after finishing his training at ECU. His interests include COPD, asthma, pulmonary hypertension and newer techniques for the diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer. Dr. Qureshi has also received training in interventional bronchoscopy.

		Richard W. Rissmiller, Jr., MD Specialty: Pulmonology and Critical Care Medical School: Wake Forest University Residency: Wake Forest University Fellowship: Wake Forest University, Pulmonology and Critical Care Special Info: Dr. Richard Rissmiller joined the faculty at Carolinas Medical Center in 2004. He attends in the MICU, the general medicine wards and pulmonary consults. His interests include resident and medical student education, as well as evidence-based critical care medicine and pulmonary hypertension.

		Mark Russo, MD Specialty: Transplant Hepatology Medical School: Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York Residency: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Fellowship: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Special Info: Board-certified in Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology, Transplant Hepatology. Dr. Russo also has special interests in liver diseases, liver transplantation and is active in research in hepatitis B, C, fatty liver disease,and drug-induced liver injury.

		Animita C. Saha, MD Specialty: Internal Medicine Medical School: NRS Medical College, India Residency: Long Island College Hospital, Brooklyn, NY Special Info: Dr. Saha joined Carolinas Medical Center in June 2008, and serves as the Clinic Director for Internal Medicine at CMC-Myers Park. She is interested in quality improvement initiatives, particularly in underserved populations, and teaching the principals of primary care to residents. She is also very active in advocacy for autism research and services. In her free time, she loves to read and spend time with her two children.

		Martin W. Scobey, MD Specialty: Internal Medicine Sub-specialty: Gastroenterology Medical School: University of Tennessee Residency: University of Tennessee Fellowship: Gastroenterology, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center Special Info: Prior to joining the faculty, Dr. Scobey worked as a practicing gastroenterologist at the Charlotte Medical Clinic from 1991 to 2006. He joined the faculty at Carolinas Medical Center in January 2007. Special interests include general gastroenterology, esophageal disorders and inflammatory bowel disease. Dr. Scobey will also be the Director of the Gastroenterology Fellowship.

		Kenneth L. Shauger, MD Specialty: Neurology Medical School: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Residency: Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center, San Antonio Fellowship: Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center, San Antonio Special Info: Dr. Kenneth Shauger served in the U.S. Air Force for nine years. He joined the faculty at CMC in 2004 after working in private practice. His interests are stroke and focal peripheral neuropathies.

		Jaspal Singh, MD, MHA Medical School: University of Illinois at Chicago Residency: University of Rochester, Strong Memorial Hospital Fellowship: Duke University Medical Center Special Info: Dr. Jaspal Singh joined the CMC faculty in 2007 after serving on the faculty at Duke University Medical Center. In addition to doing pulmonary and critical care consultations, he has interests and special training in sleep disorders, asthma, pleural disease and advanced diagnostic bronchoscopy.

		Lance K. Stell, MA, PhD, FACFE Specialty: Medical Ethicist Special Info: Dr. Stell joined the faculty in 1990. He serves as vice-chair of the Ethics Committee and directs the Ethics Consultation Service and regularly teaches medical ethics and issues in professionalism for numerous specialties. He serves on the North Carolina Medical Society's Committee on Ethical & Judicial Affairs and the Grievance Committee for the 26th Judicial District of the N.C. Bar Association. He is a Fellow in the American College of Forensic Examiners and regularly serves as an expert witness in law cases involving ethical standards. He has served as a Board member of Charlotte's Bioethics Resource Group since 1989.

		Scott Story, MD Specialty: Neurology Medical School: University of Mississippi Residency: University of Virginia Fellowship: University of Virginia - EMG and Neuromuscular disease Special Info: Interests include all general neurology and peripheral nerve disorders including polyneuropathy, entrapment neuropathy and radiculopathy.

		Beth E. Susi, MD, FACP Specialty: General Internal Medicine Medical School: University of Florida Residency: University of Virginia Fellowship: Faculty Development Program, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Special Info: Dr. Beth Susi joined the faculty at Carolinas Medical Center in 1997. She serves as the Director of the Internal Medicine Residency Program. Her interests include resident and medical student education, consultative perioperative evaluations, physician-pharmaceutical industry interactions and the treatment of obesity.

		Justin Swartz, MD Specialty: Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Medical School: University of South Carolina Residency: University of South Carolina/Palmetto Richland Memorial Hospital Fellowship: The Cleveland Clinic Special Info: Particular interest in advanced bronchoscopic techniques, interstitial lung disease, ventilator weaning and resident education.

		Robert A. Taylor, MD Specialty: Pulmonary/Critical Care Medical School: Medical College of Georgia Residency: Carolinas Medical Center Fellowship: Medical College of Georgia Special Info: Dr. Robert Taylor joined the faculty in 2005 after 18 years in private practice. Special interests include asthma, cystic fibrosis and alternative modes of mechanical ventilation.

		Raymond Tsao, MD Specialty: Hematology/Oncology Medical School: UMDNJ - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Residency: Brown University Fellowship: The Cleveland Clinic

		David A. Weinrib, MD Medical School: University of Alabama Residency: Beth Israel Hospital, Boston Fellowship: Brigham & Women's Hospital, Beth Israel Hospital Special Info: Dr. David Weinrib joined the faculty at Carolinas Medical Center in 1995. From 2000-2009, Dr. Weinrib served as the medical director of the Ryan White Title II and III grant that subsidizes outpatient HIV care, Infectious Disease Clinic and supervises the HIV disease management program. His interests include general infectious disease consultation, HIV medicine and palliative care.

		Michael Zgoda, MD , FCCP Specialty: Pulmonology, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine Medical School: University of Kentucky Residency: University of Kentucky Fellowship: University of Kentucky Special Info: Dr. Zgoda joined the CMC faculty in 2006 after completing his residency in internal medicine and fellowships in pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine. He also did further training in interventional pulmonology at Harvard and Indiana University. Interests include novel procedures for the diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer, COPD, asthma and pleural effusions. He also has interests in sleep-disordered breathing and narcolepsy. In addition, Dr. Zgoda is interested in the use of cardiopulmonary stress testing to further athletic excellence.