Faculty & Staff

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)

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.

Bryan K. Dunn, MD

Assistant Professor
252-744-1600 (appointments)
252-744-1115 (fax)

Specialties: Internal Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care and Emergency Medicine
Board Certifications: Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Medicine, Critical Care Medicine, Emergency Medicine
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

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

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

Assistant Professor
252-744-4757 (appointments)
252-744-4125 (fax)

Specialties: Internal Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care
Board Certifications: ABIM – Internal Medicine, ABIM – Pulmonary Diseases
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
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,  Director, Medical Intensive Care- ECUHealth
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: ABIM-Internal Medicine, ABIM-Pulmonary Medicine, ABIM-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)

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 Associate Professor
Medical Director for the Sleep Center
252-744-1600 (appointments)
252-744-1115 (fax)

Specialties: Critical Care, Pulmonary and Sleep
Board Certifications: Pulmonary Disease Medicine, Critical Care Medicine, Internal Medicine, Sleep 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, MD

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

Assistant Professor
252-744-1600 (appointments)
252-744-1115 (fax)

Specialties: Emergency Medicine, Internal Medicine, Critical Care Medicine
Board Certifications: Emergency Medicine, Internal Medicine, Critical Care Medicine
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

Robert Shaw, MD-

Professor Emeritus
shawr@ecu.edu

Mary Jane Thomassen, PhD

Professor Emerita
thomassenm@ecu.edu

Yash P. Kataria, MD

Professor of Medicine
Professor Emeritus

Robert Dietrich, MD

Physicians East
252-752-6101 (appointments)
252-752-0927 (fax)

Specialties: Pulmonary Disease Medicine, Sleep Medicine
Board Certifications: Pulmonary Diseases, Critical Care Medicine, Internal Medicine, Sleep Medicine
Fellowship: Walter Reed Army Medical Center, 1985
Residency: Walter Reed Army Medical Center, 1983
Medical School: George Washington University, 1980

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

Gabor Varju, MD

Physicians East
252-752-6101 (appointments)
252-752-0927 (fax)

Specialties: Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
Board Certifications: Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease Medicine, Sleep Medicine
Fellowship: East Carolina University, 2007
Residency: East Carolina University, 2004
Medical School: Pecs University School of Medicine, Hungary, 1995