Lung Specialists to Begin Seeing Patients in Evergreen

Pulmonary Associates, the largest pulmonary and critical care group on the Gulf Coast, will begin treating patients with lung disorders in Evergreen beginning, Tuesday, July 1st.

Dr. Robert I. Garver, Jr., a native of San Francisco, CA and pulmonologist with Pulmonary Associates of Mobile, will see patients in Evergreen every other Tuesday. Dr. Garver completed his B.A. in Biology at Boston University, and his M.D. at Johns Hopkins University. He completed a residency in Internal Medicine at Johns Hopkins Hospital, and subsequently his fellowship in Pulmonary Disease at the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute in Bethesda, MD. He joined the Pulmonary Division at UAB where he focused on thoracic oncology and became Professor of Medicine. More recently, he completed a Critical Care Medicine fellowship at UAB while continuing his faculty duties. This recent experience rekindled his interest in hands-on patient care. Although he will continue performing part-time teaching duties at UAB, Dr. Garver is thrilled to be joining Pulmonary Associates where he will devote the majority of his professional effort.

Pulmonary Associates currently has fourteen physicians affiliated with the group; all of the physicians are board-certified in their respected fields. Subspecialties include pulmonary disease, critical care medicine, sleep medicine, pediatric and adult asthma, allergy and immunology and pediatric pulmonary disease.

Pulmonologists diagnose and treat diseases of the lungs including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), cancer, emphysema, pneumonia, bronchitis, asthma, allergy, pulmonary fibrosis, and other complex disorders. Pulmonary function tests, chest x-rays, EKGs and Stress tests are all used in determining lung function and diagnosing lung disease. For more information on various pulmonary conditions and diseases of the lungs, visit The Pulmonology Channel at www.pulmonologychannel.com.

Pulmonary Associates’ Clinic will be held at 102 Lewis Street every other Tuesday on the Campus of Evergreen Medical Center. Dr. Garver’s schedule for July will be July 1st, 15th, and the 29th. For more information about Pulmonary Associates, please call (251) 445-4797 or visit the group’s website at www.lungmds.com.