Professional Activities

Appointments and Positions

Academic

2012-present	University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine	Professor of Medicine
2006-present	University of Pittsburgh         School of Medicine	Medical Director, Dorothy P. & Richard P. Simmons Center for Interstitial Lung Disease
1996-2012	University of Pittsburgh         School of Medicine	Associate Professor of Medicine
1991-Present	Montefiore University Hospital	Attending Physician
1990-Present	University of Pittsburgh Comprehensive Lung Center	Attending Physician
1987-Present	Presbyterian University Hospital	Attending Physician
1987-2012	University of Pittsburgh         School of Medicine	Assistant Professor of Cell Biology and Physiology
2005-2007	University of Pittsburgh  School of Medicine	Associate Medical Director, Internal Medicine/Emergency Medicine/Critical Care Medicine Training Program
2001-2006	University of Pittsburgh  School of Medicine	Associate Medical Director, Dorothy P. & Richard P. Simmons Center for Interstitial Lung Disease
1989-1998	University of Pittsburgh         School of Medicine	Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology/ CCM(2nd appt.)
1987-1996	University of Pittsburgh         School of Medicine	Assistant Professor of Medicine
1977-1978	UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson School (formerly Rutgers Medical School) Piscataway, New Jersey	Instructor, Biochemistry (Summer Course)

Non_Academic

1983-1984

Locum Tenens Parkway Regional Hospital

Private Practice Internal Medicine

Membership In Professional Societies

1984	American Medical Association, Member
1984	National Medical Association, Member
1987	American Thoracic Society, Member
1987	American College of Chest Physicians, Member

 

Honors and Awards

2007-present	Best Doctors in America member since 2007
2011	Pittsburgh Courier's "50 Men of Excellence"
2012	University of Pittsburgh Innovator Award 2012

Professional Activities

Teaching

1. Introduction to Medicine
   Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome
   Pulmonary Surfactant
2. Graduate Histology (Department of Cell Biology and Physiology)
   Structure and Function of the Heart
   Histology of the Respiratory System
3. Specialized Cells and Tissues (Department of Cell Biology and Physiology)
   Problem based learning
4. Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine Core Lectures
   Sarcoidosis, Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonia   1998-present
5. Pulmonary Course, teach 2nd year medical students  “Pneumoconiosis”,1998-2002
6. Pulmonary Course, teach 2nd year medical students “Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonias, and “Sarcoidosis” 2003-present