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
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
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
Daniela Moran, MD, FCCP
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Weill Cornell Medical College
MICU Intensivist
Department of Medicine
Houston Methodist Hospital
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Weill Cornell Medical College
MICU Intensivist
Department of Medicine
Houston Methodist Hospital
Mena Botros, MD
Transplant Medicine
Pulmonary, Critical Care, & Transplant Medicine
Department of Medicine
Houston Methodist Lung Transplant Center
Transplant Medicine
Pulmonary, Critical Care, & Transplant Medicine
Department of Medicine
Houston Methodist Lung Transplant Center
Faisal Zahiruddin, DO
Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine
Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
Department of Medicine
Houston Methodist Hospital
Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine
Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
Department of Medicine
Houston Methodist Hospital
Tarek Dammad, MD
Interventional Pulmonology
Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
Department of Medicine
Houston Methodist Hospital
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
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
Max Adelman, MD
MICU, Intensivist
Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases
Department of Medicine
Weill Cornell Medical College
Houston Methodist Hospital
MICU, Intensivist
Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases
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
Transplant Medicine
Pulmonary, Critical Care, & Transplant Medicine
Department of Medicine
Houston Methodist Lung Transplant Center
Steven Hsu, MD
Weill Cornell Medical College
MICU Intensivist
Department of Medicine
Houston Methodist Hospital
Weill Cornell Medical College
MICU Intensivist
Department of Medicine
Houston Methodist Hospital
Raul Sanchez Leon, MD
Weill Cornell Medical College
MICU Intensivist
Department of Medicine
Houston Methodist Hospital
Weill Cornell Medical College
MICU Intensivist
Department of Medicine
Houston Methodist Hospital
Howard Huang, MD
Transplant Medicine
Pulmonary, Critical Care, & Transplant Medicine
Department of Medicine
Houston Methodist Lung Transplant Center
Transplant Medicine
Pulmonary, Critical Care, & Transplant Medicine
Department of Medicine
Houston Methodist Lung Transplant Center
Simon Yau, MD
Transplant Medicine
Pulmonary, Critical Care, & Transplant Medicine
Department of Medicine
Houston Methodist Lung Transplant Center
Transplant Medicine
Pulmonary, Critical Care, & Transplant Medicine
Department of Medicine
Houston Methodist Lung Transplant Center
Matt Khoshnevis, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Weill Cornell Medical College
MICU Intensivist
Department of Medicine
Houston Methodist Hospital
Associate Professor of Medicine
Weill Cornell Medical College
MICU Intensivist
Department of Medicine
Houston Methodist Hospital
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
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
Interventional Pulmonary
Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
Private Practice
Lisa Kopas, MD
Interventional Pulmonary
Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
Private Practice
Interventional Pulmonary
Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
Private Practice
Jared Lee, MD
Interventional Pulmonary
Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
Private Practice
Interventional Pulmonary
Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
Private Practice