The Division has eight full-time and four part-time faculty members, and four fellows, all with varied interests in clinical and translational research.

Andrew S. Gelfand, M.D.

• Associate Professor, Division Chief
• Interests: Chronic mechanical ventilation; premature neonates with chronic lung disease; asthma; cystic fibrosis

Folashade Afolabi, M.D.

• Assistant Professor
• Interests: Community based asthma education of general practice providers; school-based asthma care; quality improvement process in asthma; Cystic Fibrosis hospitalization to home transitional care

Elisa Basora Rovira, M.D.

• Assistant Professor

Michelle B. Caraballo, M.D.

• Assistant Professor
• Interests: Pediatric sleep-related breathing disorders; narcolepsy; asthma

Steven C. Copenhaver, M.D.

• Clinical Associate Professor
• Interests: Cystic fibrosis; chronic mechanical ventilation; premature neonates with chronic lung disease; muscle disorders; pulmonary hypertension; bronchoscopy and invasive pulmonary interventions; asthma; microbiology of cystic fibrosis airways; Steven Johnson syndrome/TENs; lung transplant

Princy Ghera, M.D.

• Assistant Professor

Tanya M. Martinez Fernandez, M.D.

• Associate Professor
• Interests: Pediatric pulmonology; infant lung disease/infant pulmonary function; sleep medicine

S. Kamal Naqvi, M.D.

• Associate Professor
• Interests: Sleep disorders; noninvasive ventilation; narcolepsy; obstructive sleep apnea in children; pediatric pulmonology; respiratory diseases

Devika Rao, M.D.

• Assistant Professor
• Interests: Asthma; chronic cough; Cystic Fibrosis; respiratory disease in sickle cell disease

Yadira M. Rivera-Sanchez, M.D.

• Clinical Assistant Professor
• Interests: Pediatric pulmonology respiratory diseases, including premature neonates with chronic lung disease; interstitial lung disease; asthma; bronchoscopy

Peter N. Schochet, M.D.

• Clinical Assistant Professor
• Interests: Chronic respiratory failure; chronic lung disease; neuromuscular disorders; bronchoscopy; asthma; sickle cell-related lung disease; chronic aspiration; restrictive lung disease and chest wall disorders; noninvasive ventilation; respiratory consequences of early onset scoliosis, as well as the respiratory complications of neuromuscular disease

Aarti Shakkottai, M.D.

• Assistant Professor

Preeti Sharma, M.D.

• Associate Professor
• Associate Fellowship Director
• Interests: General pediatric pulmonology; asthma; cystic fibrosis