Critical Care Faculty

Program Director

Mohammed Abu Hishmeh, MD, FCCP
Pulmonary and Critical Care Physician
Assistant Professor of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School-Baystate
Medical Director, Interstitial Lung Diseases Program

Associate Program Directors

Joshua Allgaier, DO
Critical Care Attending Physician
Assistant Professor of Medicine, UMass Chan-Baystate

Christopher Allison, MD
Critical Care Attending Physician
Assistant Professor of Medicine, UMass Chan-Baystate

Kenneth Wojnowski, DO
Pulmonary and Critical Care Attending
Assistant Professor of Medicine, UMass Chan-Baystate

Other Faculty

Carolyn Garcia, MD
Interim Division Chief - Pulmonary Medicine and Critical Care
Medical Director, Airway Diseases Program
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Healthcare Delivery and Population Sciences, UMass Chan-Baystate

Abigail Orenstein, MD, MPH, FCCP
Medical Director, Rapid Response Team
Assistant Professor of Medicine, UMass Chan-Baystate

Lori Ellen Circeo, MD
Anesthesia Critical Care Attending

Talal Dahhan, MD, MMEL, MHA, MBAc, FACP, FCCP
Pulmonary and Critical Care Attending
Associate Professor of Medicine, UMass Chan-Baystate & Duke University School of Medicine

Ernest DiNino, MD
Pulmonary and Critical Care Attending
Program Director, Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship
Assistant Professor of Medicine, UMass Chan-Baystate

Thomas L. Higgins, MD, MCCM
Anesthesia Critical Care Attending

Puncho Gurung, MD
Pulmonary and Critical Care Attending
Assistant Professor of Medicine, UMass Chan-Baystate
Associate Program Director, Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship

Ryan Kindle, MD
Pulmonary and Critical Care Attending
Director, Medical ICU
Assistant Professor of Medicine, UMass Chan-Baystate

Eduardo Nunez, MD
Pulmonary and Critical Care Attending Physician
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Healthcare Delivery and Population Sciences, UMass Chan-Baystate

Shelly Ramsaroop, MD
Critical Care Attending Physician
Assistant Professor of Medicine, UMass Chan-Baystate 

Jay S. Steingrub, MD
Critical Care Attending
Professor of Medicine and Surgery, UMass Chan-Baystate

Bogdan Tiru, MD
Critical Care Attending
Medical Director, Respiratory Care
Assistant Professor of Medicine, UMass Chan-Baystate

Kamarin Uddin, MD
Critical Care Attending

Kenneth Wojnowski, DO
Pulmonary and Critical Care Attending

Thomas Presti, MD
Pulmonary and Critical Care Attending

Nakul Ravikumar, MD, DAABIP, FCCP.
Pulmonary and Critical Care Attending
Medical Director, Interventional Pulmonary Program
Assistant Professor of Medicine, UMass Chan-Baystate