Our Team

Program director

Deepa Gotur, MD, FCCP   Dr. Gotur completed her MBBS degree in Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute in India. She did an Internal Medicine residency at Richmond University Medical Center in New York and completed her fellowship in Critical Care at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York. She is board-certified in Internal Medicine and Critical Care Medicine. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine and the Houston Methodist Academic Institute. Her interests include hemodynamic monitoring and mechanical ventilation.

Associate Program Director

Christopher Cortes, MD
Section Chief, Critical Care Medicine
Clinical Service Chief, Critical Care Medicine
Medical Director, Medical Intensive Care Unit 
Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
Department of Medicine
Weill Cornell Medical College
Houston Methodist Hospital

Associate Program Director

Sandeep Sahay, MD, FCCP
Co-Director, Pulmonary Hypertension and CTEPH Programs
Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
Department of Medicine
Weill Cornell Medical College
Houston Methodist Hospit

Core Faculty

Rodney Folz, MD, PhD, ATSF
Chief, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
Department of Medicine
Jerald B. Katz Academy and Katz Investigator Endowment
Houston Methodist Research Institute and Weill Cornell Medical College

Mena Botros, MD
Transplant Medicine
Pulmonary, Critical Care, & Transplant Medicine
Department of Medicine
Houston Methodist Lung Transplant Center

Tarek Dammad, MD
Interventional Pulmonology
Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
Department of Medicine
Houston Methodist Hospital

Faculty

Zeenat Safdar, MD, MS
Pulmonary Hypertension
Interim Director, Houston Lung Center
Director, Pulmonary Hypertension Clinic and 
Pulmonary Fibrosis Care Network
Professor of Medicine
Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
Department of Medicine
Weill Cornell Medical College
Houston Methodist Hospital

Ahmad Goodarzi, MD
Transplant Medicine
Pulmonary, Critical Care, & Transplant Medicine
Department of Medicine
Houston Methodist Lung Transplant Center

Raul Sanchez Leon, MD
Weill Cornell Medical College
MICU Intensivist
Department of Medicine
Houston Methodist Hospital

Simon Yau, MD
Transplant Medicine
Pulmonary, Critical Care, & Transplant Medicine
Department of Medicine
Houston Methodist Lung Transplant Center

J. Georges Youssef, MD
Transplant Medicine
Pulmonary, Critical Care, & Transplant Medicine
Houston Methodist J. C. Walter Jr. Transplant Center
Medical Director, Houston Methodist J. C. Walter Jr. Advanced Lung Diseases Program
Medical Director, Houston Methodist Cardiopulmonary Lab
Medical Director, Houston Methodist Pulmonary Rehab

J. Fernando Santacruz, MD
Interventional Pulmonary
Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
Private Practice

Jared Lee, MD
Interventional Pulmonary
Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
Private Practice