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Physician Directory: Pulmonary Medicine
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Physician Directory: Sleep Specialist

The Pulmonologist diagnoses and treats pneumonia, pleurisy, asthma, occupational diseases, bronchitis, sleep disorders, emphysema, and other complex disorders of the lungs. Pulmonologists test lung functions in many ways, endoscope the bronchial airways, if necessary, and prescribe and monitor mechanical assistance to ventilation.

Sleep medicine is concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of patients with disorders of sleep and daytime alertness and the effect of the sleep processes upon other medical disorders. The field of sleep medicine developed because specialized knowledge of the sleeping brain and the pathological deviations of normal sleep physiology provides the physician the expertise to recognize and treat sleep-related illness.
   
Bijoy E. John, M.D.
Facility: Fayetteville Medical Associates
Address: 207 South Elk Avenue
City, State Zip: Fayetteville, TN 37334
      
Phone: 615.284.5098
Fax: 615.284.5385
Medical Education: University of Madras, Madras, India
Internship: MeHarry Medical College, Internal Medicine
Fellowship: University of Tennessee, Memphis, Pulmonary & Critical Care
Board Certification: Internal Medicine, 1998; Pulmonary Medicine, 2000; Critical Care, 2002; Sleep Medicine, 2007
Fellow:American College of Physicians, American College of Chest Physicians, American Society of Critical Care Medicine, American Medical Association, American Academy of Sleep Medicine
Other Office Locations:
Mid State Pulmonary Associates
2010 Church Street, Suite 710
Nashville, TN 37203
   

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