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Lakshmy V. Ayyar, MD, FCCP is a pulmonologist at Texas Multi-Specialty Group with one office in Cypress and two in Houston, Texas. Dr. Ayyar is board certified in internal medicine, pulmonary disease, critical care, and sleep medicine. Her special interests include pulmonary disease and sleep medicine.
A native of India, Dr. Ayyar’s path to her medical career began at MGM Institute of Health Sciences in Kamothe, Navi Mumbai, where she earned her medical degree. She then came to the United States to complete residency training at the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York. She rounded out her postdoctoral clinical education with a fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston.
Dr. Ayyar enjoys helping her patients at Texas Multi-Specialty Group. When she isn’t practicing medicine, she is active in medical and professional societies, including the Texas Medical Association and the Harris County Medical Society.
“I switched to Cypress Pulmonary because the VA health care system refused me a simple medical evaluation for decades. Dr Ayyar has taken the time and resources needed to help evaluate my condition. I am currently receiving good care.”
Amanbir Sohal is a pulmonologist located in the Northwest Houston area, board certified in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical care.
Dr. Sohal grew up in NW Houston area as a child, where he attended school in Klein ISD. After medical school he went on to complete residency and fellowship training at University of Missouri in Columbia.
Dr. Sohal has particular interest in COPD/emphysema including evaluation and placement of endobronchial valves, interstitial lung disease/pulmonary fibrosis, asthma, bronchiectasis, COVID lung disease, pulmonary hypertension, lung nodules and cancer, pleural effusions and more. He performs many procedures including bronchoscopy, percutaneous tracheostomy, chest tube placement, tunneled intrapleural catheter placement, thoracentesis, and transbronchial and navigational robotic biopsies.
Dr. Sohal speaks English, Hindi and Punjabi. He currently serves as the Director of Pulmonary Rehabilitation program at HCA Healthcare Tomball. He is a member of the American College of Chest Physicians, the American Medical Association and the Texas Medical Association.
He is committed to providing highest quality care to his patients and strives for superior care and outcomes. When not at work, he focuses on his family and spending time with his two sons and wife. He enjoys sports, especially basketball, and leads a very active lifestyle.
Dileep Puppala, MD, FCCP, FAASM, is a pulmonologist at Texas Multi-Specialty Group, located in Houston and Cypress, Texas. Dr. Puppala is board certified in pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine. He has been in practice for 12 years throughout northwest Houston.
Dr. Puppala earned his medical degree from Andhra Pradesh University Of Medical Sciences in India. He completed his residency in internal medicine at Saint Vincent's Catholic Medical Center in New York City. Following residency, Dr. Puppala completed a sleep fellowship at Sleep and Wake Disorder Center at New York Hospital - Cornell University, and two pulmonary and critical care fellowships at Memorial Sloan-Kettering and The New York Hospital Medical Center of Queens.
Dr. Puppala has extensive experience in medical leadership. He served as the Medical Director of the medical and surgical intensive care department, the Medical Director of respiratory therapy, and the Chairman of the critical care committee at Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital. Since 2004, Dr. Puppala has held the position of Medical Director of the sleep disorder center at Cypress Fairbanks Medical Center in Harris County, Texas. He is also a member of Infection Control and Pharmacy and Therapeutics, Co-Director of Critical Care Services and Respiratory Therapy Departments, and Co-Chairman of Critical Care Committee at North Cypress Medical Center in Cypress, Texas.
Dr. Puppala remains active in his field and holds memberships with many professional organizations. He is a member of the American College of Chest Physicians, the American Medical Association, the Texas Medical Association, the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, and the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin.
Dr. Puppala has special interests in complicated sleep-disordered breathing, narcolepsy, parasomnias, pulmonary hypertension, pulmonary embolism, interstitial lung diseases, lung cancer, pneumonia, asthma, and more. He performs specialized procedures including bronchoscopy with transbronchial lung biopsies, complicated airway management, percutaneous tracheostomy, chest tube placement, and pulmonary artery catheter placement. He interprets pulmonary function tests, methacholine challenge tests, cardiopulmonary stress tests, diagnostic sleep studies, CPAP titration studies, and multiple sleep latency tests.
When he’s not working, Dr. Puppala enjoys spending time with his wife and two sons. His hobbies include traveling, tennis, reading about world affairs, and cooking.
“I was greeted with kindness and a smile by Dr. AYENI and his staff. He was knowledgeable, provided me with educational information regarding my condition, and included me in the decision making for my treatment. This is the way to treat patients!! Keep up the good work and know that l will be returning.”
Dr. Mukesh Sinha is a native Houstonian and completed his undergraduate degree at Texas A&M University in 2000. He is a 2004 graduate of The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX. After his graduation, he relocated to Rochester, Minnesota, where he received his training in Internal Medicine at the internationally renowned Mayo Clinic. He remained at Mayo Clinic to complete his fellowship in the Division of Nephrology and Hypertension. During his fellowship he published several manuscripts and was appointed as Instructor of Medicine at the Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Medicine. He was honored with the Clinical Fellow of the Year Award for academic year 2009-2010. He joined Renal Clinic of Houston in 2010.
Dr. Sinha has his medical license in Minnesota and Texas. He is a member of the American Medical Association, American College of Physicians, American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin, American Society of Nephrology and Renal Physicians Association.
Dr. Sinha is board certified by American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) as a Diplomate in Nephrology.
Sayed Ahmed, MD, is a board-certified and fellowship-trained internal medicine physician at the Renal Clinic of Houston in Katy, Memorial City, and North Cypress, Texas.
Dr. Ahmed earned his bachelor’s degree at the University of Houston in Texas. He then traveled to the Caribbean to earn his doctorate at the Saba University School of Medicine in The Bottom, Saba, Dutch Caribbean. He received specialized training in dialysis modalities, including hemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, and continuous renal replacement therapies during his fellowship at Memorial Hermann Hospital-Texas Medical Center in Houston. He also received extensive fellowship training in the care of cancer patients with kidney disease and injury at the MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas.
A diplomate of the American Board of Internal Medicine, Dr. Ahmed maintains Texas and Louisiana state medical licenses and is a member of the American Society of Nephrology and the American College of Physicians.
Dr. Ahmed enjoys table tennis, badminton, cricket, music, and traveling. He speaks English, Urdu, Hindi, Sindhi, and Punjabi.
“I was greeted with kindness and a smile by Dr. AYENI and his staff. He was knowledgeable, provided me with educational information regarding my condition, and included me in the decision making for my treatment. This is the way to treat patients!! Keep up the good work and know that l will be returning.”
Satish Iduru, MD, is a highly skilled gastroenterologist at GI Specialists of Houston, LLP, with several convenient locations in Baytown, North Loop, Houston, and Humble, Texas. He is excited to provide the very best in gastroenterology care for his patients.
Dr. Iduru completed both his residency in internal medicine and his fellowship in gastroenterology at MetroHealth, affiliated with Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, in Cleveland, Ohio. He also completed additional training in capsule endoscopy and Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS). He is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in gastroenterology.
Dr. Iduru is a fellow of the American College of Gastroenterology and a member of the American Medical Association, the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, and the American College of Gastroenterology.
He is currently accepting new patients and welcomes them to GI Specialists of Houston, LLP. To schedule an appointment with Dr. Iduru, call the office or book a consultation online today.
Dr. James Wells joined our elite team of providers in July 2023, bringing with him over 40 years of education, training, and experience.
After graduating with his Doctor of Medicine degree from the Medical College of Wisconsin, Dr. Wells began practicing Family Medicine at the San Jacinto Methodist Hospital. He eventually moved to Selma Family Health Care, where he continued to practice Family Medicine, until he opened his own private practice, J. Darrick Wells MD, Inc., in 1996. Dr Wells continued to provide Family Medical Care for 22 years, before transitioning into the Urgent Care field of medicine.
Dr. Wells’ awards are numerous and extensive, including: the Richard D Steed Scholar Award, the All-Academic Award, the Associated Press Honorable-Mention, & Phi Beta Kappa. During his college years, he was the Team Captain for the Rice University Football team, he received the American Spirit award, the George R. Brown Most Valuable Receiver award, the All-Southwest Conference Receiver award, and was inducted into the Tiger Athletic Hall of Fame.
After becoming a doctor, the leadership positions that he has held are even more copious, including:
Chairman of the Pharmacy and Therapeutics committee, Chairman of the Performance Improvement committee, Chief of Staff for Selma Community Hospital, Governing Combined Board member of AMC-Hanford and Central Valley General Hospital, Chief of Staff Designee of the Selma Adventist Medical Center, Medical Executive Committee member Adventist Central Valley Medical Staff, Chairman of the Adventist Central Valley Medical Staff Credentials committee, and five (5) different Medical Director positions held.
In Dr. Wells's tenure as a physician, he has virtually seen it all and done it all. Call and schedule your appointment with him today.
Dr James Wells joined our elite team of providers in July 2023, bringing with him over 40 years of education, training, and experience.
After graduating with his Doctor of Medicine degree from the Medical College of Wisconsin, Dr. Wells began practicing Family Medicine at the San Jacinto Methodist Hospital. He eventually moved to Selma Family Health Care, where he continued to practice Family Medicine, until he opened his own private practice, J. Darrick Wells MD, Inc., in 1996. Dr Wells continued to provide Family Medical Care for 22 years, before transitioning into the Urgent Care field of medicine.
Dr Wells’ awards are numerous and extensive, including: the Richard D Steed Scholar award, the All-Academic award, the Associated Press Honorable-Mention, & Phi Beta Kappa. During his college years, he was the Team Captain for the Rice University Football team, he received the American Spirit award, the George R. Brown Most Valuable Receiver award, the All-Southwest Conference Receiver award, and was inducted into the Tiger Athletic Hall of Fame.
After becoming a doctor, the leadership positions that he has held are even more copious, including:
Chairman of the Pharmacy and Therapeutics committee, Chairman of the Performance Improvement committee, Chief of Staff for Selma Community Hospital, Governing Combined Board member of AMC-Hanford and Central Valley General Hospital, Chief of Staff Designee of the Selma Adventist Medical Center, Medical Executive Committee member Adventist Central Valley Medical Staff, Chairman of the Adventist Central Valley Medical Staff Credentials committee, and five (5) different Medical Director positions held.
In Dr Wells tenure as a physician, he has virtually seen it all and done it all. Call and schedule your appointment with him today.
Yasser Al-Khadra, MD, FACC, is a highly trained cardiologist at Memorial Katy Cardiology Associates in Houston, Katy, and Cypress, Texas.
Dr. Al-Khadra is board certified in internal medicine, cardiology, nuclear cardiology and cardiac computed tomography. He completed his General Cardiology fellowship at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine in Springfield, Illinois. Then, went on for his Interventional Cardiology training at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. During his fellowships, he was trained to perform high risk coronary procedures and chronic total occlusions.
Dr. Al-Khadra is well versed in multiple imaging modalities including PET scans, nuclear cardiology, cardiac computed tomography and echocardiography. He is skilled in complex coronary interventions, peripheral vascular interventions, patent foramen oval occlusion and management of pulmonary embolisms and deep vein thrombosis.
Dr. Al-Khadra has served as the director of study design and statistical analysis for the Cardiovascular Research Network research group and is well published with over 40 publications. His areas of interest in research include preventive cardiology, coronary artery disease, chronic total occlusions and transcatheter aortic valve replacement. His research has been presented in national and international conferences and collected many awards over the years.
Also, Dr. Al-Khadra is a professional musician who enjoys writing and arranging music on top of playing multiple instruments, the guitar being his main.
Tariq Dayah, MD, MPH, FACC is a renowned cardiologist at Memorial Katy Cardiology Associates in Houston, Katy, and Cypress, Texas.
Dr. Dayah is board-certified in internal medicine, cardiovascular disease, interventional cardiovascular disease, nuclear medicine, and echocardiography. He offers expertise in preventative medicine (blood pressure, heart rate, and cholesterol control), transradial and transfemoral coronary artery interventions, interventional cardio-oncology, peripheral artery interventions, repair of congenital heart defects, such as percutaneous atrial septal defects, and the latest technology involving structural heart interventions.
Dr. Dayah is skilled in numerous noninvasive cardiac imaging modalities such as PET scans, nuclear medicine, and ultrasound imaging. He has been in practice since 2012. He is interested in the latest advancements in coronary artery disease therapies, transcatheter aortic valve replacement, and cardio-oncology. Dr. Dayah currently serves as the Director of Structural Heart at Houston Methodist West Hospital.
A fellow of the American College of Surgeons, Dr. Dayah conducts research into transcatheter aortic valves and energy drink-induced endothelial vascular dysfunction. He has published several journal articles on these research topics.
James Feldman, MD, FACC, is an exceptional cardiologist at Memorial Katy Cardiology Associates in Houston, Katy and Cypress, Texas.
Dr. Feldman was born in Houston, Texas. He grew up in the Memorial area and attended Memorial High School. He received his bachelor’s degree in Economics with honors from The University of Texas at Austin.
Dr. Feldman completed his medical training at Creighton University School of Medicine. He completed his Internal Medicine and Cardiology Fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine in Waco, Texas.
Dr. Feldman is a board-certified cardiologist with a strong interest in medical imaging. He is also board certified in Echocardiography with Level III training. He is a proud fellow of the American College of Cardiology.
Board-certified in cardiovascular disease, echocardiology, and internal medicine, Dr. Feldman’s clinical interests include cardiovascular diseases and internal medicine. He also has a strong interest in medical imaging.
Outside of his practice, Dr. Feldman’s favorite activity is spending time with his family.
John Sunew, MD, FACC, FSCAI, is a skilled cardiologist at Memorial Katy Cardiology Associates in Houston, Katy, Cypress and Fulshear, Texas.
Dr. Sunew is triple-board-certified in Interventional Cardiology, Cardiovascular Disease, and Nuclear Cardiology. He is listed among Top Doctors 2015 in H Texas Magazine and Houstonia Magazine. He was born in Connecticut and grew up in New York state.
Dr. Sunew attended Amherst College in Amherst, Massachusetts, and went on to earn his medical degree at the State University of New York Health Science Center in Brooklyn, New York. He then completed his internal medicine residency and cardiology fellowship at The George Washington University Medical Center in Washington, DC. He fulfilled his interventional cardiology fellowship at Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois.
Before moving to Katy, Texas, Dr. Sunew practiced interventional cardiology for ten years in northern Virginia. He held many leadership roles with the Inova Health System, including Medical Director of the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory at Inova Alexandria Hospital and Chairman of the Inova Cardiology Quality Steering Committee. He was also Regional Leader for Northern Virginia in the Virginia Heart Attack Coalition. In addition, Dr. Sunew served as Assistant Professor for the Department of Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine Inova Campus. He was also involved in several clinical research trials and academic publications.
Dr. Sunew can offer the latest and most innovative treatments in cardiology, interventional cardiology, and peripheral vascular disease. He provides expertise in complex coronary angioplasty procedures, peripheral arterial angioplasty, and transradial cardiac catheterization. His non-invasive skills include transesophageal echocardiography and nuclear cardiology.
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