The Morehouse School of Medicine’s Division of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine is a composed of board certified specialists who provide consultation and intensive care services throughout the institution on a 24-hour / 7-day- per-week schedule at Grady Memorial Hospital and Morehouse Medical Associates Clinics.

The goals of our division are:

1. To deliver quality pulmonary and critical care medicine to patients with pleural/ pulmonary diseases including asthma, pulmonary emboli, obstructive pulmonary disease, interstitial lung disease, lung carcinoma, sarcoidosis, sepsis, ARDS, sleep disorders, and aspects of critical illness.

2. To provide a level of training to residents that will enhance their patient care skills and prepare for entry into fellowships in pulmonary and critical care medicine.

3. To conduct clinical research with an emphasis on minority health issues in an effort to identify and improve social, economic, behavioral, and genetic/biologic factors that impact healthcare disparities in pulmonary disease.

The section consists of two full time, one part time, and one adjunct faculty appointed physicians. Drs. Eric L. Flenaugh and Gloria E. Westney provide coverage for the Morehouse Medical Intensive Care Unit service and the Asthma / Pulmonary Consult service at Grady Memorial Hospital and Morehouse Medical Associates Clinics. Dr. Marilyn G. Foreman is completing a clinical epidemiology research fellowship at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Rao Mikkilineni (part-time faculty) provides attending coverage at Grady Memorial Hospital as well as sleep, pulmonary and respiratory rehabilitation medicine from his private office South Atlanta Pulmonary & Critical Care Associates. Residents and students also have the opportunity to rotate through his practice and experience private practice pulmonary medicine.