Meet the Team

When you visit St. Joseph’s Norton Thoracic Institute, you will be treated by experienced, respected experts in lung and esophageal disease. Our dedicated patient care team includes pulmonologists, thoracic surgeons, and a support staff designed to meet all of your needs.



		Ross M. Bremner, MD, PhD Executive Director, Norton Thoracic Institute Department Chair, Thoracic Disease and Transplantation Professor of Surgery, Creighton Medical School – Phoenix Regional Campus Professor of Surgery, University of Arizona College of Medicine Phoenix Vice Chief of Staff, St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center Thoracic Surgery & Lung Transplantation


		Hesham Abdelrazek, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine, Creighton Medical School – Phoenix Regional Campus Advanced Lung Disease and Lung Transplant Pulmonology


		Shair Ahmed, MD Assistant Professor of Surgery, Creighton Medical School – Phoenix Regional Campus Thoracic Surgery & Lung Transplantation Also provides care at East Valley location

		Deljean Buenaventura, MSN, FNP Practitioner: Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) Program Advanced Lung Disease

		Rebekah English, NP Program Manager: Interstitial Lung Disease, Alpha-1, Cystic Fibrosis, Pulmonary Fibrosis and Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) Programs Advanced Lung Disease


		Samad Hashimi, MD Director, Minimally Invasive and Robotic Programs Director, Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO) Assistant Professor of Surgery, Creighton Medical School – Phoenix Regional Campus Also provides care at the East Valley location


		Jasmine Huang, MD Director, Education and Program Development Co-Director, Lung Cancer Screening Program Associate Professor of Surgery, Creighton Medical School – Phoenix Regional Campus Thoracic Surgery & Lung Transplantation


		Sumeet Mittal, MD Surgical Director, Esophageal & Foregut Program Surgical Director, NTI Clinical Research Program Professor of Surgery, Creighton Medical School – Phoenix Regional Campus Esophageal Surgery Also provides care at West Valley location


		Seema Munir, DO Obesity Medicine


		Ashraf Omar, MD Associate Medical Director, Lung Transplantation Program Assistant Professor of Medicine, Creighton Medical School – Phoenix Regional Campus Advanced Lung Disease & Lung Transplantation Pulmonology


		Tanmay Panchabhai, MD Director, Advanced Diagnostic Bronchoscopy Programs Co-Director, Lung Cancer Screening Program Associate Director, Interstitial Lung Disease Program Associate Professor of Medicine, Creighton Medical School – Phoenix Regional Campus Advanced Lung Disease & Lung Transplantation Pulmonology


		Chirag Patel, MD Chirag Patel, MD, is a thoracic surgeon at Norton Thoracic Institute, St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center. Patel is board certified in both cardiothoracic and general surgery. Also provides care at East Valley location



		Michael Smith, MD Chief, General Thoracic Surgery Surgical Director, Lung Transplantation Program Professor of Surgery, Creighton Medical School – Phoenix Regional Campus Thoracic Surgery & Lung Transplantation Also provides care at West Valley location


		Sofya Tokman, MD Medical Director, Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) and Cystic Fibrosis Programs Associate Professor of Medicine, Creighton Medical School – Phoenix Regional Campus Advanced Lung Disease & Lung Transplantation Pulmonology


		Rajat Walia, MD Section Chief, Pulmonary Medicine Medical Director, Lung Transplantation, Lung Transplantation Fellowship, Alpha-1 and Interstitial Lung Disease Programs Associate Medical Director, Cystic Fibrosis and Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) Programs Associate Professor of Medicine, Creighton Medical School – Phoenix Regional Campus Advanced Lung Disease & Lung Transplantation Pulmonology

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