Clinical Medicine Insights: Circulatory, Respiratory and Pulmonary Medicine

Dr Hussein D Foda, MD, is Professor of Medicine at the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at the Stonybrook State University of New York’s School of Medicine. He is also Chief of Pulmonary/Critical Care and Director of the Intensive Care Unit at Northport VAMC in Northport, New York. Dr Foda is also Program Director Pulmonary/Critical Care Fellowship and Associate Chief of Staff for Research at the Northport VAMC.

He has previously held academic and clinical appointments at the University of Illinois at Chicago and the University of Illinois Hospital and West Side VAMC, Chicago.

Dr Foda holds specialty and sub-specialty board certifications in critical care medicine and pulmonary disease in addition to certification by the American Board of Internal Medicine, and is licensed to practice in five US states and Egypt.

He is the author of 34 peer reviewed articles and 51 abstracts and presentations at scientific meetings.

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