Physician Information

Pedro Lopez, MD, FCCP, FACP

Fellowship: Pulmonary Medicine from University of Louisville. Residency: Internal Medicine, University of Louisville.  Medical School:  University of South Alabama in Mobile, Alabama.  Certifications: Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Pulmonary Medicine by The American Board of Internal Medicine. Honors: Fellow, American College of Physicians Fellow, American College of Chest Physicians

Dr. Lopez has been with Tuscaloosa Lung, Critical Care & Sleep since 1992.

 

F.Fabian Salinas, MD, FCCP, FACP

Fellowship: Critical Care Medicine from Albany Medical College, Pulmonary Medicine from Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. Residency: Internal Medicine, SUNY DownState Medical Center in Brooklyn, NY.  Medical School: Universidad Central del Ecuador in Quito, Ecuador.  Certifications: National Board of Echocardiography, Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease, and Critical Care  Areas of Interest: Bronchiectasis, COPD, Chronic respiratory failure, Interstitial lung disease, pulmonary fibrosis, pulmonary hypertension, ultrasound, and echocardiography.  Honors: Fellow, American College of Chest Physicians. Fellow, Society of Critical Care Medicine.

Dr. Salinas has been with Tuscaloosa Lung, Critical Care & Sleep since July 2003. 

 

Mohammad Azam, MD, FCCP

Fellowship: Pulmonary Medicine at Brookdale University Medical Center. Residency: Internal Medicine Brookdale University Medical Center  Medical School: Sindh Medical College Karachi, Pakistan. Certifications: American Board of Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease and Internal Medicine. Honors: Fellow, American College of Chest Physicians.

Dr. Azam has been with Tuscaloosa Lung, Critical Care & Sleep since January of 2005.

 

K.M. Dinesh Chandra, MD, MPH, FCCP, FACP

Fellowship: Pulmonary Disease, Critical Care Medicine and Sleep Disorders from the University of Alabama, Birmingham. Residency:  Internal Medicine from Mercer University School of Medicine in Macon, Georgia. Medical School: Mysore Medical College, India Certifications: Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease, Critical Care, and Sleep Disorders by The American Board of Internal Medicine. Honors: Fellow, American College of Chest Physicians. Fellow, American College of Physicians.

Dr. Chandra has been with Tuscaloosa Lung, Critical Care & Sleep since July 2007.

 

Ranju Chandrashekariah, MD

Fellowship: Sleep Medicine from JFK Neurosciences in Edison, New Jersey.  Pulmonary Critical Care at MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland, Ohio. Residency: Internal Medicine at Brookdale University & Medical Center in New York, New York. Chest Diseases at BJ Medical College & Hospital in Gujarat, India.  Anesthesiology with Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital in Delhi, India.  Medical School:  She Attended Ambedkar Medical College in India. Certifications: Board of internal Medicine. Board of Pulmonary & Critical Care.  Board of Sleep Medicine.  Honors: National Merit Scholarship by the Government of India.

Dr. Shekar joined Tuscaloosa Lung, Critical care & Sleep in January of 2015.