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Dr. Imayama joined StatCare to practice pulmonary and critical care medicine in 2024.
She received her medical degree from Kyushu University in Fukuoka, Japan, completed Internal Medicine Residency training at Saint Francis Medical Center, and Fellowship training at the University of Illinois Chicago.
Dr. Imayama is board-certified in Critical Care, Pulmonary, and Sleep Medicine.

Dr. Imayama joined StatCare to practice pulmonary and critical care medicine in 2024.
She received her medical degree from Kyushu University in Fukuoka, Japan, completed Internal Medicine Residency training at Saint Francis Medical Center, and Fellowship training at the University of Illinois Chicago.
Dr. Imayama is board-certified in Critical Care, Pulmonary, and Sleep Medicine.

Avie Grunspan, MD, is a board-certified sleep medicine specialist and a highly skilled internal medicine practitioner. In his role at Texas Pediatric Specialties and Family Sleep Center, Dr. Grunspan is honored to help adults in the Shavano Park, and Lockhill-Selma areas of San Antonio, Texas, improve their health and get the rest they need to thrive. 

Education has always played a central role in Dr. Grunspan’s life. He began his studies at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland and the University of Cincinnati, both in his native Ohio. He went on to earn his medical degree from Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara in Mexico, where he met his wife. 

Once he returned to the United States, Dr. Grunspan studied in New York at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and trained for three years at the Mount Sinai program for internal medicine. He spent the following 17 years practicing internal medicine in Rochester, New York. 

Seeking a warmer climate and a change of pace, Dr. Grunspan and his family relocated to San Antonio in 2003, where he continued working in internal medicine and became interested in sleep medicine. Today, he primarily focuses on sleep medicine and serves as a clinical assistant professor at the University of the Incarnate Word School of Osteopathic Medicine in San Antonio.

Dr. Grunspan also shares his knowledge and expertise through podcasts as well as both community and professional lectures on sleep medicine. When not working with patients or speaking, you might find Dr. Grunspan enjoying time with his family birdwatching, listening to music, biking, or planning their next travel adventures.

Avie Grunspan, MD, is a board-certified sleep medicine specialist and a highly skilled internal medicine practitioner. In his role at Texas Pediatric Specialties and Family Sleep Center, Dr. Grunspan is honored to help adults in the Shavano Park, and Lockhill-Selma areas of San Antonio, Texas, improve their health and get the rest they need to thrive. 

Education has always played a central role in Dr. Grunspan’s life. He began his studies at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland and the University of Cincinnati, both in his native Ohio. He went on to earn his medical degree from Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara in Mexico, where he met his wife. 

Once he returned to the United States, Dr. Grunspan studied in New York at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and trained for three years at the Mount Sinai program for internal medicine. He spent the following 17 years practicing internal medicine in Rochester, New York. 

Seeking a warmer climate and a change of pace, Dr. Grunspan and his family relocated to San Antonio in 2003, where he continued working in internal medicine and became interested in sleep medicine. Today, he primarily focuses on sleep medicine and serves as a clinical assistant professor at the University of the Incarnate Word School of Osteopathic Medicine in San Antonio.

Dr. Grunspan also shares his knowledge and expertise through podcasts as well as both community and professional lectures on sleep medicine. When not working with patients or speaking, you might find Dr. Grunspan enjoying time with his family birdwatching, listening to music, biking, or planning their next travel adventures.

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.

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.

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.

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.

At Portland Wellness Center, Verna Bain, MD, and her team help the communities in and around Portland and Harriman, Tennessee, stay healthy and active with comprehensive wellness care. With services ranging from men’s and women’s health, nutrition, and IV therapy to opioid and pharmaceutical addiction rehabilitation, Dr. Bain and her team help patients achieve optimal wellness.

Dr. Bain earned her medical degree at St. George’s University School of Medicine in Grenada and served her internal medicine residency at the Metropolitan Hospital Center in East Harlem, New York. Dr. Bain is board-certified in internal medicine, sleep medicine, and addiction medicine.

At Portland Wellness Center, the team aims to educate patients about their health and wellness as well as provide comprehensive health care services. The practice is welcoming and soothing so that patients are comfortable and relaxed, whether they’re coming in for a wellness check or addiction counseling.

The practice also never overbooks and schedules sufficient time for patients to meet with the doctors. This reduces the amount of time spent in the waiting room while optimizing patient care.

At Portland Wellness Center, Verna Bain, MD, and her team help the communities in and around Portland and Harriman, Tennessee, stay healthy and active with comprehensive wellness care. With services ranging from men’s and women’s health, nutrition, and IV therapy to opioid and pharmaceutical addiction rehabilitation, Dr. Bain and her team help patients achieve optimal wellness.

Dr. Bain earned her medical degree at St. George’s University School of Medicine in Grenada and served her internal medicine residency at the Metropolitan Hospital Center in East Harlem, New York. Dr. Bain is board-certified in internal medicine, sleep medicine, and addiction medicine.

At Portland Wellness Center, the team aims to educate patients about their health and wellness as well as provide comprehensive health care services. The practice is welcoming and soothing so that patients are comfortable and relaxed, whether they’re coming in for a wellness check or addiction counseling.

The practice also never overbooks and schedules sufficient time for patients to meet with the doctors. This reduces the amount of time spent in the waiting room while optimizing patient care.

Kelly Smith, MD, specializes in pediatric pulmonology and sleep medicine, and is a co-founder of Texas Pediatric Specialties and Family Sleep Center in the Alamo Heights, Shavano Park, and Lockhill-Selma areas of San Antonio, Texas. He has achieved fellowship designation in four areas of medical practice to include sleep medicine, pediatrics, pediatric pulmonology, and internal medicine. 

A New Braunfels native, Dr. Smith earned his undergraduate degree from Austin College in Sherman, Texas, and remained in the state to complete his medical degree at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio. He refined his skills and knowledge through an internship and residency at the University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center in Lexington, where he was also appointed chief resident of internal medicine and pediatrics. 

Fellowship training in pediatric pulmonology at Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine in Houston came next, followed by research and training in sleep medicine through the Texas Children’s Sleep Center in San Antonio.  

Dr. Smith went into private practice in 2007 and worked with his partners to open Texas Pediatric Specialties and Family Sleep Center in 2009. He enjoys working collaboratively to offer the highest possible level of care in pediatric pulmonology and adult/pediatric sleep medicine. 

When not working with patients, Dr. Smith enjoys spending time with his wife and two children. Flyfishing, mountain biking, whitewater rafting, and soccer keep him outdoors and active, and he tries to take advantage of all that the San Antonio area has to offer.

Dr. Linh Ba Nguyen is a highly regarded internist, with a specialization in Sleep Medicine, practicing in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex area. He and his wife Dr. Thuy Ngoc Nguyen treat their patients from the warm and comfortable Prima Health Clinic in Garland, TX.

Dr. Linh Ba Nguyen grew up in Houston and later attended the University of Dallas at Irving where he graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry. He then went to the UT San Antonio Medical School and completed his internship in Internal Medicine. Dr. Nguyen transferred to the UTMB to complete his residency in Internal Medicine. He then joined the Prima Health Clinic in 1993. Dr. Nguyen is also board certified in Sleep Medicine, which he obtained in 2010.

Dr. Linh Ba Nguyen spends his spare time with the three daughters he has with his wife and is an avid runner. He has even run in marathons and a few triathlons.