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Board certified by ABIM in internal medicine, pulmonary medicine, critical care medicine, and sleep medicine disorders, Dr. Syed Akbarullah joined Pulmonary Associates, Inc. in 2001. Dr. Akbarullah earned his medical degree at Gandhi Medical College/Osmania University in Hyderabad, India, in 1983. He then completed his internship in internal medicine at the Interfaith Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York, in 1990. In 1993, he completed his internal medicine residency at St. Francis Hospital in Evanston, Illinois, and went on to three fellowships: pulmonary medicine and critical care at the Chicago Medical School, and sleep medicine at the University of Chicago. Dr. Akbarullah serves as the Medical Director at the Southern Nevada Sleep Lab and is the program director for the Pulmonary/Critical Care fellowship program at Valley Hospital. He is also a member of the American College of Chest Physicians.

Vikas Sayal, MD, FCCP, is board certified in Pulmonary medicine, and Critical Care medicine and experienced in Sleep medicine for 15 years. He’s the founder of Pulmonology Group- Lung Specialist in Las Vegas, Henderson, Nevada and Bullhead City, Arizona, a medical practice that specializes in treating the full range of lung and respiratory conditions. Dr. Sayal is also on staff at most hospitals in the area and serves as a intensivist and pulmonologist at different hospitals.

Dr. Sayal trained at the world-renowned Yale University, where he received fellowship training in Pulmonary medicine, then went on to complete his fellowship in Critical Care at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He did his transitional year residency at Tufts University, followed by an Internal medicine residency at Saint Barnabas Medical Center in New Jersey.

Dr. Sayal has extensive experience in pulmonary and critical care at several hospitals and currently serves as Chair of Pulmonary and Critical Care services at Western Arizona Regional Medical Center, Bullhead City, AZ .

He’s the author of numerous research papers and articles and continues to serve in various leadership roles.

About Walter J. Willoughby, Jr., M.D.

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With board certification in pulmonary medicine, sleep medicine, and internal medicine, Walter J. Willoughby, Jr., MD, is uniquely qualified to provide comprehensive care to women and men living in the Las Vegas area. Patients always feel welcome at his practice, where the staff members know each patient by name and take the time to listen to their concerns.

Dr. Willoughby provides personalized and patient-centered care, with a focus on keeping his patients healthy and out of the hospital. Patients can count on receiving the full range of services, including getting their lung function testing done in the office, which is fully equipped with advanced pulmonary testing technology.

In addition to treating patients with common lung diseases such as asthma, COPD, bronchitis, and pneumonia, Dr. Willoughby also provides expert medical care for complex conditions like pulmonary fibrosis and lung cancer.

If you struggle with tiredness and difficulty concentrating because you can’t get a good night’s sleep, you can count on getting the help you need. Dr. Willoughby received his board certification in sleep medicine in 2005 and has extensive experience treating sleep-related problems such as sleep apnea, insomnia, restless legs syndrome, and narcolepsy.

After graduating with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Physiology from Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan, Dr. Willoughby obtained his medical degree from Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit. From there he received his medical training in Ann Arbor, Michigan, first finishing his internal medicine internship and residency at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, then completing his pulmonary medicine fellowship at University Hospital, University of Michigan.