Faculty & Staff
Faculty
Mark R. Bowling, MD, FCCP
Division Chief, Associate Professor
Paul R. Walker and Kathryn H. Hettinger Distinguished Professor of Clinical Oncology
252-744-1600 (appointments)
252-744-1115 (fax)
Specialties: Thoracic Oncology
Board Certifications: Internal Medicine, Critical Care Medicine, Pulmonary Disease
Fellowship: Wake Forest University Baptist Medical (2008), Wake Forest University Baptist Medical (2007)
Residency: Pitt County Memorial Hospital (2003), Pitt County Memorial Hospital (2005)
Medical School: Brody School of Medicine (2001)
Hassan Al-Khalisy, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Medical Director-Adult Respiratory Services
252-744-1600 (appointments)
252-744-1115 (fax)
Specialties: Mechanical Ventilation, Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
Board Certifications: Internal Medicine, Critical Care Medicine, Pulmonary Disease
Fellowship: SUNY Upstate University Hospital, Syracuse , NY
Residency: UPMC Pinnacle, Harrisburg, PA
Medical School: Xavier University School of Medicine
Shehabaldin Alqalyoobi, MD
Clinic Director, Assistant Professor
252-744-1600 (appointments)
252-744-1115 (fax)
Clinical Interests: Outcome research, Interstitial Lung Disease, Medical Education, Biomarkers.
Board Certifications: Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Medicine, Critical Care Medicine, Critical Care Echocardiography Board Certified (Diplomate).
Fellowships: Pulmonary and Critical care medicine, University of California Davis, Sacramento, CA
Residency: Internal Medicine, University of Missouri Kansas City, Kansas City, MO
Medical School: Arabian Gulf University, College of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Manama, Bahrain.
Owais I Bhatti, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
252-744-2545 (appointments)
252-744-1817 (fax)
Clinical Interests: AKI, Critical Care Nephrology, CRRT
Board Certifications: Internal Medicine, Nephrology
Fellowships: Washington University, ST Louis, University of New Mexico
Residency: Oklahoma University Health Sciences Center
Medical School: Aga Khan University
Bryan K. Dunn, MD
Assistant Professor
252-744-1600 (appointments)
252-744-1115 (fax)
Specialties: Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Clinical Interests: Asthma, Research and Fellowship Education
Board Certifications: Emergency Medicine, Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Medicine, Critical Care Medicine, Neuro Critical Care
Fellowship: Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, ECU Brody School of Medicine
Residency: Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center (Emergency Medicine), Vidant Medical Center / East Carolina University (Internal Medicine)
Medical School: Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University
Ryan Fouche, DO
Clinical Assistant Professor
252-744-1600 (appointments)
252-744-1115 (fax)
Board Certifications: Emergency Medicine, Internal Medicine, Critical Care Medicine,
Fellowship: East Carolina University, Brody School of Medicine
Residency: East Carolina University, Brody School of Medicine
Medical School: Nova Southeastern University, Florida
Bryan Gerber, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Assistant Medical Director, Cardiac ICU
252-744-1600 (appointments)
252-744-1115 (fax)
Clinical Interests: Mechanical Circulatory Support, Resuscitative Medicine, Critical Care Echocardiography
Board Certifications: Emergency Medicine, Internal Medicine, Critical Care Medicine
Fellowship: Critical Care Medicine, ECU Brody School of Medicine (2021)
Residency: Emergency Medicine & Internal Medicine at East Carolina University Medical School (2020)
Medical School: Ross University School of Medicine (2014)
Amy Gilleland, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
252-744-1600 (appointments)
252-744-1115 (fax)
Specialties: Emergency Medicine, Critical Care Medicine
Board Certifications: Internal Medicine, Emergency Medicine, Critical Care Medicine
Fellowship: East Carolina University
Residency: East Carolina University
Medical School: Medical College of Georgia
Mia Gonzales, MD, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor
252-744-1600 (appointments)
252-744-1115 (fax)
Specialties: Emergency Medicine
Board Certifications: Internal Medicine Critical Care Medicine
Fellowship: ECU Health
Residency: ECU Health
Medical School: University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Kushagra Gupta, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
252-744-1600 (appointments)
252-744-1115 (fax)
Clinical Interests: COPD, Pulmonary Hypertension, Asthma-COPD Overlap Syndrome
Board Certifications: Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Medicine, Critical Care Medicine
Fellowship: Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, Roanoke,VA
Residency: Internal Medicine, Steward Carney Hospital, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
Medical School: Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, India
Veeranna Maddipati, MD
Associate Professor
252-744-1600 (appointments)
252-744-1115 (fax)
Specialties: Internal Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care
Clinical Interests: Pulmonary circulation and pulmonary vascular diseases including Pulmonary Hypertension and Pulmonary Embolism
Board Certifications: Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Medicine and Critical Care Medicine
Fellowship: Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood (2014)
Residency: Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago (2011)
Medical School: Guntur Medical College, Andhra Pradesh, India
Ritu Modi, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
252-744-1600 (appointments)
252-744-1115 (fax)
Specialties: Internal Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care
Clinical Interest: Bronchiectasis
Board Certifications: Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Medicine, Critical Care Medicine
Fellowships: Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, SUNY Upstate Medical Center
Residency: Albany Medical Center, Albany
Medical School: St. George’s University School of Medicine
Ogugua Ndili Obi, MD, MPH, MSc (Epid), FCCP
Associate Professor
Director, ECU Sarcoidosis Center of Excellence at ECU
Focus: Interstitial lung disease and extra-pulmonary sarcoidosis
252-744-1600 (appointments)
252-744-1115 (fax)
Specialties: Internal Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Clinical Interests and Specialties: Sarcoidosis, Interstitial Lung Disease, COPD
Board Certifications: Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Medicine, Critical Care Medicine
Fellowships: Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, East Carolina University, Brody School of Medicine
Residency: Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, 2006
Medical School: College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Nigeria,1998
Other Post-graduate Training: Masters in Public Health (Harvard University School of Public Health, 2002), Masters of Science in Epidemiology (Harvard University School of Public Health, 2004)
John O’Donnell, DO
Clinical Assistant Professor
252-744-1600 (appointments)
252-744-1115 (fax)
Specialties: Internal Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Board Certifications: Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Medicine, Critical Care Medicine
Fellowships: Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: Internal Medicine, Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine, Jefferson Health/Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital
Medical School: Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Thomson Cable Pancoast, MD, FCCP, FACP
Clinical Associate Professor
252-744-1600 (appointments)
252-744-1115 (fax)
Specialties: Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease, Critical Care Medicine
Board Certifications: ABIM Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease, Critical Care Medicine
Fellowship: New York University Medical Center
Residency: New York University Medical Center
Medical School: George Washington University
Zia Rehman, MD
Clinical Professor
Medical Director for the Sleep Center at ECU Brody School of Medicine
252-744-1600 (appointments)
252-744-1115 (fax)
Specialties: Critical Care, Pulmonary and Sleep
Board Certifications: Sleep Medicine, Pulmonary Disease Medicine, Internal Medicine, Neuro Critical Care Critical Care Medicine
Fellowship: Interfaith Medical Center (2005); Montefiore Medical Center (2005)
Residency: Interfaith Medical Center (2002)
Medical School: King Edward Medical College, Punjab University, Pakistan (1984)
Douglas Schiller, DO
Clinical Assistant Professor
252-744-1600 (appointments)
252-744-1115 (fax)
Clinical Interests: Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO), Sepsis
Board Certifications: Emergency Medicine, Critical Care
Fellowships: Critical Care, East Carolina University/Vidant Medical Center, Greenville, NC
Residency: Emergency Medicine (Conemaugh Memorial Hospital, Johnstown, PA)
Medical School: Lincoln Memorial University-DeBusck College of Osteopathic Medicine (Harrogate, TN)
Jennifer Stahl, MD
Associate Professor
252-744-1600 (appointments)
252-744-1115 (fax)
Specialties: Emergency Medicine, Internal Medicine, Critical Care Medicine
Clinical Interests: Education, Simulation, ARDS, ECMO, Ultrasound
Board Certifications: Emergency Medicine, Internal Medicine, Critical Care Medicine, Neurocritical Care Medicine, Critical Care Echocardiography
Fellowship: East Carolina University Critical Care Medicine
Residency: East Carolina University Emergency Medicine/Internal Medicine Combined Program
Medical School: Florida State University College of Medicine
Elise L. Stephenson, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
252-744-1600 (appointments)
252-744-1115 (fax)
Specialties: Critical Care & Nephrology
Clinical Interests: AKI in the critically ill, CRRT, PD in the ICU
Board Certifications: Internal Medicine, Nephrology & Critical Care Medicine
Fellowship: Eastern Virginia Medical School, Nephrology & Critical Care Medicine
Residency: Eastern Virginia Medical School, Internal Medicine
Medical School: Ross University School of Medicine
Emeritus Faculty
Mary Jane Thomassen, PhD
Professor Emerita
thomassenm@ecu.edu
Yash P. Kataria, MD
Professor of Medicine
Professor Emeritus
Affiliate Faculty
John Fogarty, MD
Physicians East
252-752-6101 (appointments)
252-752-0927 (fax)
Specialties: Critical Care, Pulmonary, and Sleep
Board Certifications: Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease Medicine, Critical Care Medicine, Sleep Medicine
Fellowship: University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry, 1994
Residency: Long Island Jewish Medical Center, 1991
Medical School: St. George’s University School of Medicine, 1987
To view a list of our current fellows, visit our Pulmonary Fellowship section.
Staff
Administrative Staff
- Kristy Williams, Administrative Support Associate
- Cathleen Munson, Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Program Coordinator
Clinical Research Staff
- Anagha Malur, PhD, Research Director
- Nan Leffler, Research Specialist
- Jacob Mitrious, MPH, Social Clinical Assistant
Clinic Staff
- Laura Hignite, BSN, RN – Nurse Manager – Pulmonary, Critical Care, & Sleep Medicine
- Diana Frizzell, RPSGT – Diagnostics Services Manager
- Sywanda Barrett – PAS manager – GIM, Pulmonary, & Dermatology
- Tameka Johnson, RRT – Medical Therapeutic Specialist
- Beth Shane, RRT, RPFT- Medical Therapeutic Specialist
- Patti Robinson, CMA
- Brittany Daniels, CMA
- Kyara Brown, CMA
- Roxann Spain, MA