Pulmonary Disease & Critical Care Associates, PA

Dr. Nyanjom founded the practice in 1992. He has served on numerous hospital committees at Howard County General Hospital, including:
• President, Medical Staff (2003-2004)
• Medical Director, Critical Care Unit (2003-present)
• Chair, Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee (1999-present)
• Medical Director, Anti-Coagulation Clinic, (2004-present)
• Chair, Critical Care Committee (2000-present)

Education:
1985 Doctor of Medicine
Howard University
Washington, DC

Residency:
1988 Internal Medicine
Howard University Hospital and Affiliated Hospitals
Washington, DC

Fellowship:
1991 Pulmonary Disease
University of Maryland Hospital and the Veterans Administration Medical Center
Baltimore, MD

1989 Critical Care Medicine
Maryland Institute of Emergency Medical Services System
Shock Trauma Center
Baltimore, MD

Dr. De Leon joined the practice in 1994. He previously served as Chair on the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Medicine. He has served on various hospital committees at Howard County General Hospital, including:

• Chair, Critical Care Committee, 1998-present
• Director, Code Blue Committee, 1997-present

Education:
1988 Doctor of Medicine
Boston University
Boston, MA

Residency:
1991 Internal Medicine
University of Maryland Medical Center
Baltimore, MD

Fellowship:
1994 Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
University of Maryland Medical Center
Baltimore, MD

Board Certification:
• 1995 Critical Care Medicine
• 1994 Pulmonary Medicine
• 1991 Internal Medicine

Dr. Chuidian joined the practice in 1996 and has been active in various hospital committees including the Nutrition Committee and the Critical Care Committee. He currently serves as President of the Professional Staff at Howard County General Hospital, and has been one of the lead physicians’ advisors on the transition team responsible for implementation of the computerized physicians order entry.


Education:
1984 Doctor of Medicine
University of the Philippines
Manila, Philippines

Residency:
1990 Internal Medicine
State University of New York
Brooklyn, NY

Fellowship:
1993 Pulmonary and Critical Care
Georgetown University Hospital
Washington, DC

Board Certification:

• 1995 Critical Care Medicine
• 1994 Pulmonary Disease
• 1990 Internal Medicine

Dr. Farrell joined the practice in 2010. He is one of the longest-serving pulmonologists in the county and has been on the medical staff at Howard County General Hospital for over twenty-eight years. He is highly respected in the community and brings a great deal of expertise and experience to our practice.



Education:
1972 Doctor of Medicine
University College Dublin Medical School
Dublin, Ireland

Residency:
1975 Internal Medicine
South Baltimore General Hospital
Baltimore, MD

1976 Assistant Resident, Department of Medicine
University of Maryland Hospital
Baltimore, MD

Fellowship:
1981 Division of Pulmonary Diseases
University of Maryland Hospital
Baltimore, MD

Board Certification:

• 1996 Internal Medicine
• 1980 Pulmonary Medicine

Dr. Ahmad, Medical Director, joined the practice in 2003, and has extensive clinical experience in sleep medicine. Dr. Ahmad was previously Medical Director of Howard County General Hospital’s sleep laboratory, and is now a PDCCA intensivist and sleep medicine consultant.





Education:
1989 Doctor of Medicine
Quaid-i-Azam University
Islamabad, Pakistan

Residency:
2000 Chief Resident, Internal Medicine
George Washington University/Providence Hospital
Washington, DC

Fellowship:
2003 Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine
Medicinal College of Georgia
Augusta, GA

Board Certification:
• 2005 Critical Care Medicine
• 2004 Sleep Medicine
• 2002 Pulmonary Medicine
• 2000 Internal Medicine

Dr. Wickwire joined PDCCA after he completed his fellowship in Behavioral Sleep Medicine in September 2009. Dr. Wickwire is Co-Founder of the Center for Sleep Disorders. He is a licensed Clinical Psychologist, being one of only a handful of formally trained Behavioral Sleep Medicine specialists in the state of Maryland (and less than 200 such specialists worldwide). Dr. Wickwire offers unique expertise in the comprehensive assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of sleep disorders.

Education:
2007 Doctor of Philosophy
Clinical Psychology
University of Memphis
Memphis, TN

Residency:
2007 Clinical Psychology
Specialty: Sleep
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Jackson, MS

Fellowship:
2009 Behavioral Sleep Medicine
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD

Board Certification:
2009 Cognitive and Behavioral Psychology

Dr. Rawat joined the practice in 2007 subsequent to completion of her research and clinical fellowship in Critical Care Medicine at Johns Hopkins University. She has also been a participating research associate with Johns Hopkins Quality and Safety Research Group since 2006.

Education:
2002 Doctor of Medicine
Queen’s University of School of Medicine
Kingston, ON, Canada

Residency:
2005 Emergency Medicine
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, MD

2004 Emergency Medicine
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, MD

Fellowship:
2007 Critical Care Medicine
Departments of Surgery and Anesthesia
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, MD

2006 Critical Care Medicine
Departments of Surgery and Anesthesia
Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston, MA

Board Certification:
2007 Emergency Medicine


Dr. Schaefer is a board certified pulmonologist who has been caring for patients with lung disease in Howard County for over 25 years. He has always had a special interest in treating patients with asthma, emphysema and interstitial lung disease.  In 2009, he successfully completed the ABIM exam in Sleep Medicine. He is a former Medical Director of the Sleep Laboratory at Howard County General Hospital. In 2010 he joined his large practice with PDCCA so that he could have more time with his family.   His personal interests include gardening, woodworking and birding.

Education:
Undergraduate: BA, Johns Hopkins University
Medical School: MD,  Johns Hopkins University Medical School

Residency: 
Internal Medicine
Baltimore City Hospitals (Now Bayview Medical Center)

Fellowship:
Pulmonary Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine.

Board Certification:
Internal Medicine
Pulmonary Medicine
Sleep Medicine