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We will work closely before, during, and after diagnosis with your primary care physician and other specialists to ensure that your sleep disorders are managed properly. Each of our physicians is committed to making sure you receive expert continuity of care and maximum benefit from your sleep treatment.

Our experienced staff includes Joseph Austin Jr., MD, FCCP, Luis F. Guerra, M.D., FCCP, Mitchell C. Kuppinger, M.D., FCCP, Phan Nguyen, M.D., David H. Plump, M.D., FCCP, Tony H. Su, M.D., FCCP, Jack G. Gilbey Jr., M.D., FCCP, and Kelli Y. Thurman, RN, MSN, ACNP.

JOSEPH AUSTIN JR., MD, FCCP

Education:

I. Premedical: Temple University, Montgomery Avenue, Philadelphia, PA. 19122, 1972-1974, Lincoln University, Lincoln University, PA 19352, 1974-1976, B.S.

II. Medical: Rutgers Medical School (Robert Wood Johnson Medical School), 675 Hoe Lane, Piscataway, NJ 08854-5635, 1977-1981, M.D.

III. Residency: Internal Medicine, Nassau County Medical Center, State University of New York at Stony Brook, 2201 Hempstead Turnpike, East Meadow, NY 10025, 1985-1984

IV. Fellowship: Respiratory Disease, St. Luke's Hospital, College of Physicians & Surgeons, Columbia University, 114th & Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY 10025, 1985-1987

Licensure: Texas, 1992; New York, 1983

Certification:

American Board of Internal Medicine, June 16, 1988
Pulmonary Medicine, 1990

Professional Memberships:

New York Lung Association
American Thoracic Society
American College Of Medicine
American College of Chest Physicians, Fellow
Society of Critical Care Medicine
National Medical Association
Tarrant County Medical Society
American Medical Association


LUIS F. GUERRA, M.D., FCCP

Education:

I. Premedical: Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1974-1978, B.S. (Biology).

II. Medical: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, 1978-1982, M.D. Degree.

III. Residency: University of Cincinnati Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio, Internal Medicine, 1982-1985

IV. Fellowship: University of Cincinnati Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio, Pulmonary Diseases, 1986-1988

Licensure: Texas, 1983, Ohio, 1984

Certification:

American Board of Internal Medicine, September 1985
ABIM, Pulmonary Diseases, November 1988
ABIM, Critical Care Medicine, November 1981

Professional Memberships:

Tarrant County Medical Society
American College of Chest Physicians, Fellow
American Thoracic Society

Honors:

Phi Beta Kappa
Undergraduate - Graduated with Honors Magna Cum Laude


MITCHELL C. KUPPINGER, MD, FCCP

Education:

I. Premedical: Rice University, 6100 Main St., Houston, Texas, 77005, B.A., 1966

II. Medical: University of Kansas Medical School, 39th Rainbow Blvd., Kansas City, KS., Straight Medicine, 1970

III. Internship: University of Kansas Medical School, 39th Rainbow Blvd., Kansas City, KS., Straight Medicine, 1970-1971

IV. Residency: State University Hospital, Syracuse, New York, General Internal Medicine, 1974-1976

V. Fellowship: State University Hospital, Syracuse, New York, Pulmonary Medicine, 1976-1978

Licensure: Texas , 1978, New York, 1975

Certification:

American Board of Internal Medicine, June 16, 1976
ABIM subspecialty certification in Pulmonary Diseases, 1978

Professional Memberships:

American College of Chest Physicians
American College of Physicians
American Medical Association
American Society of Internal Medicine
American Thoracic Society
National Association of Medical Directors of Respiratory Care
Tarrant County Medical Society
Texas Medical Association
Texas Society of Internal Medicine
Texas Society for Respiratory Care
Texas Thoracic Society

Honors:

National Institute of Health Fellowship, 1976-1978.
Medical Director, Respiratory Therapy, Arlington Memorial Hospital -present.
Chairman, ICU Committee Arlington, Memorial Hospital, 1982-1984.
Chief of Medical Staff, Arlington Community Hospital, 1984-1985.
Member, TMA Commission on Computers in Medicine, 1982-1984.

Military Service:

I. Active Duty: General Medical Officer, USN, 1971-1974
II. Inactive Reserve: USN, 1974-1978
III. Honorable Discharge: 1978


PHAN NGUYEN, M.D.

Education:

I. Premedical: University of Iowa College of Engineering, BSEE, Iowa City, IA. 1990

II. Medical: University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, IA. 1994

III. Residency: Internal Medicine, Iowa Methodist Hospital, 1994-1997

V. Fellowship: Pulmonary and Critical Care, Henry Ford Hospital, 1997-2000

Licensure: Texas , 2001

Certification:

American Board of Internal Medicine, 1997
ABIM, Pulmonary Diseases, 1999
ABIM, Critical Care Medicine, 2000


DAVID H. PLUMP, M.D., FCCP

Education:

I. Premedical: Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, B.A., June 1972

II. Medical: University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, M.D., June 1976

III. Internship: Ohio State University Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, Internal Medicine, 1976-1977

IV. Residency:
Junior Assistant Residency, Ohio State University Hospital, Internal Medicine, 1977-1978.
Senior Assistant Residency, Ohio State University Hospital, Internal Medicine, 1978-1979.
Staff Internist, Group Health Associate, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1979-1980.

V. Fellowship: Respiratory Diseases, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, August 1980- June 1983.

Licensure: Texas, 1983, Maryland, 1980

Certification:

American Board of Internal Medicine, June 16, 1976
ABIM, Pulmonary Diseases, 1983
ABIM, Critical Care Medicine, 1987
ABIM, Critical Care Medicine Recertification, 1997

Professional Memberships:

American College of Physicians
American Medical Association
American College of Chest Physicians, Fellow
American Board of Internal Medicine, Diplomate
American Thoracic Society
Texas Medical Association
Tarrant County Medical Society

Honors:

Phi Beta Kappa
Sigma Xi
Alpha Omega Alpha
Chairman - Critical Care Committee, Arlington Memorial Hospital 1996-present


TONY H. SU, M.D., FCCP

Education:

I. Premedical: University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma, B.S. with highest honors, May 1984

II. Medical: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, M.D. with high honors May 1988

III. Internship: Vanderbilt University Medical School, Nashville, Tennessee, Internal Medicine, 1988-1989

IV. Residency: Vanderbilt University Medical School, Nashville, Tennessee, Internal Medicine, 1989-1991

V. Fellowship: Indiana University School Of Medicine, Indianapolis, Ind. Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, 1991-1994

Licensure: Texas, 1983

Certification:

American Board of Internal Medicine, September 1992
ABIM, Pulmonary Diseases, 1994
ABIM, Critical Care, November 1994

Professional Memberships:

American College of Physicians
American Medical Association
American College of Chest Physicians
American Thoracic Society
Indiana Thoracic Society
Tarrant County Medical Society


JACK G. GILBEY JR., M.D., FCCP

Education:

I. Premedical: Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, B.S., Biology, 1987-1991

II. Medical: Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, M.D., 1991-1995

III. Internship: University of Alabama, Birmingham Alabama, Internal Medicine, 1995-1998 1988-1989

IV. Residency: University of Alabama, Birmingham Alabama, Internal Medicine, 1995-1998

V. Fellowship: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, 1998-2001

Licensure: Texas, 2003

Certification:

American Board of Internal Medicine, September 1992
ABIM, Pulmonary Diseases, 1994
ABIM, Critical Care, November 1994
ABIM, Sleep Medicine, November 2007

Professional Memberships:

American College of Chest Physicians
American Thoracic Society
Society of Critical Care Medicine


KELLI Y. THURMAN, RN, MSN, ACNP

Education:

I. Trinity University , San Antonio, TX, B.A. (Biology) 1977-1981

II. McLennan Community College, Waco, Texas, Associates Degree in Nursing, 1982-1984

III. University of Texas at Arlington, B.S. (Nursing) 1995

IV. University of Texas at Arlington, Master of Science degree in Nursing Acute Care, Nurse Practitioner Program, 1996-1999

Licensure: Texas, 1999

Certification:

Acute Care Nurse Practitioner 1999
Fundamentals of Critical Care Support, 2002

Professional Memberships:

Society of Clinical Care Medicine
Adjunct Clinical Instructor, University of Texas at Arlington

Honors:

National Dean's List


 

 
 

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