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Dr. Steven K. Austin, M.D. , P.C. Curriculum Vitae
Dr. Austin has been practicing cardiology in Chattanooga since 1997. Dr. Austin received his Medical Degree from the University of Tennessee, Memphis where he also completed his Residency (Chief Resident). A Cardiology Fellowship followed at the Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston. Dr. Austin was Board Certified in Internal Medicine in 1994 and Cardiology in 1997. He began in group practice in 1997 and private practice in 2001.
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Dr. Stephen DePasquale M. D. Curriculum Vitae
Dr. DePasquale completed his undergraduate work at Albany College of Pharmacy. He received his Bachelor of Pharmacy degree in 1988. He graduated from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in 1993. He completed four years of residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia in 1997.
From 1997 to 2001 he was a fellow in Gynecologic Oncology at Brown Medical School, Women and Infants Hospital in Providence Rhode Island. After completing fellowship he moved to Chattanooga Tennessee. Currently he is Board certified by the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology in both Obstetrics and Gynecology and Gynecologic Oncology. He is also a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He is an Associate Professor at the University of Tennessee, in the Division of Gynecologic Oncology in Chattanooga at Erlanger Medical Center. He sees patients at Memorial Medical Center and Parkridge Medical Center.
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Dr. Deborah R. DiStefano, M.D. Curriculum Vitae
Dr. Distefano is one Chattanooga's best known physicians. She first came to the area in 1982 as chairperson of the Department of Ophthamology at University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. She completed her Medical Degree, Internship and Residency (Chief Resident) at the Medical College of Wisconsin. Dr. DiStefano completed her fellowship at Harvard in 1982. Dr. DiStefano has numerous publications and awards to her credit. In 2004 she founded a charitable organization that helps families with with monetary support while undergoing treatment for cancer. She is currently the owner of DiStefano Regional Eye Center.
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Dr. Vaishali Doshi Curriculum Vitae
Dr. Vaishali Doshi of Associates in Oncology and Hematology has a thriving practice located at 2205 McCallie Avenue with her husband, Dr.Jitendra Gandhi. She completed residencies at University of Bombay and Michael Reece Hospital/University of Illinois. She later completed a fellowship in Hemotology/Oncology at Michael Reese Hospital/University of Illinois.
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Dr. Jitendra Gandhi Curriculum Vitae
Dr. Jitendra Gandhi of Associates in Oncology and Hematology has a thriving practice located at 2205 McCallie Avenue with his wife, Dr. Vaishali Doshi. He attended medical school at Seth G.S. Medical College, Bombay University in Bombay, India. He did his Internal Medicine residency at Worchester City Hospital (an affiliate of the University of Massachusetts Medical Center) where he was chief resident. He later completed a fellowship in Hematology/Oncology at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center in Worcester, Mass.
Dr. Gandhi has a wealth of oncology research experience with an emphasis on lung cancer, lymphoma, breast cancer and multiple myeloma.
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Dr. Gene K. Lee Curriculum Vitae
Dr. Lee attended Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia for his Bachelors Degree and then completed his Medical Degree at Emory University School of Medicine in 2005. He completed his Internship at Presbyterian St. Luke's Hospital in Devner, Colorado and his residency at Emory University School of Medicine, Department of Opthalmology in 2009. He currently practices at the Pomerance Eye Center in Chattanooga, Tn.
He has conducted a research project on gram stain in evaluation and management of corneal ulcers and is currently investigating new topical non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in isolated perfused rabbit and human corneas with and without an epithelium.
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Dr. Mark M. McKenzie, M.D Curriculum Vitae
Dr. McKenzie has been practicing Internal Medicine in Southeast Tennessee and the Chattanooga area since 2002. He received his Bachelor of Arts in Biology Degree from Southern Adventist University in 1991. After spending 4 years working as a Medical Technologist, he decided to study medicine. He completed Medical School and Residency at the Medical College of Ohio at the University of Toledo in 2002. He recently left group practice to start The McKenzie Center for Internal Medicine
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As an Ophthalmologist, Dr. Pomerance diagnoses and treats all disorders of the eye. He specializes in cataract and refractive surgery. He recently received the Alcon Centurion Award for outstanding LASIK procedures.
Dr. Pomerance graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University and completed an internship in surgery and a residency in Ophthalmology at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., where he served as Chief Resident. Dr. Pomerance holds staff privileges at most area medical centers and is a member of many national, state and local medical societies.
Dr. Pomerance has participated in numerous clinical research efforts, including Contrast Sensitivity Testing as a measure of efficacy in treatment of glaucoma and macular degeneration and pharmaceutical testing including those for dry eyes, anti-infectives and anti-inflammatories.
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Dr. Raschal is a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine specializing in Allergy and Immunology. She earned her Osteopathic degree from the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine in Biddeford, Maine. She completed her internship at Metropolitan Medical Center in St. Louis, Missouri and her residency and fellowship at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois. She is certified by the American Board of Allergy and Immunology.
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Dr. Richard Sadowitz has been practicing Gastroenterology in Chattanooga, TN since 1994. He is Board Certified in Gastroenterology. Dr. Sadowitz received his bachelor's degree from the University of Florida, at Gainesville and his doctorate from the University of Miami School of Medicine. He completed an internship and residency in internal medicine at Northwestern University in Evanston, IL. Dr. Sadowitz completed a fellowship in Digestive Diseases at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey in Newark, New Jersey.
Dr. Sadowitz' scope of practice includes, but is not limited to, Upper Endoscopy, ERCP, Capsule Endoscopy, Colonoscopy, Liver Diseases, Infrared Coagulation for the Treatment of Hemorrhoids and Irritable Bowel Syndrome.
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Dr. Smith completed his medical studies at Medical College of Georgia in Augusta in 1988. Internship and Residency followed at St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis, then a fellowship at the Medical College of Georgia, Augusta in Pulmonary Disease/ Critical Care Medicine and extended training in Sleep Medicine. Dr. Smith is Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease, Critical Care Medicine ands Sleep Medicine.
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Dr. Vernon completed his Medical Degree at the University of Oklahoma Medical School in Oklahoma City. There followed his Internship and Residency at the Oklahoma Health Sciences Center in Oklahoma City, After an academic apointment to the University if Oklahoma, Tulsa Medical Center he completed a Fellowship in Pulmonary / Critical Care at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation in Cleveland Ohio. Dr. Vernon located to Chattanooga in 1993. Since 2007 He has been with Specialists in Pulmonary, Critical Are and Sleep Medicine PLLC.
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