General Practitioners

• Medical Weight Loss
  Patients with shortness of breath, frequent lung infections, who cough up blood or experience sudden weight loss and fatigue.
• Primary Care
  Catherine is board certified in primary care of adults and geriatrics through the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). In 2011, she became a member of Sigma Theta Tau, the international honor society of nursing. Catherine has worked in numerous health care settings since becoming a nurse practitioner including urgent care, preventative/primary care, metabolic, and infusion centers. Catherine is an active member of the American Diabetes Society and the National Ovarian Cancer Coalition (NOCC). She has a special interest in pulmonary as she has seen how the lungs play a role in many diseases. She enjoys meeting new patients and helping them improve their health and well-being.
• Sleep Disorders
  Sleep is a vital aspect of our lives that rejuvenates our body and mind, allowing us to function optimally during the day. However, for millions of people worldwide, a good night’s sleep remains elusive due to a sleep disorder known as sleep apnea. Sleep apnea is a serious condition where breathing repeatedly stops and starts […] READ MORE >
• Family Practice
  Krista started her career in nursing as a patient care assistant on the neonatal floor at All Children’s Hospital currently known as John Hopkins All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg, Florida in 1998. She continued on from there to become a Registered Nurse in the pediatric Intensive Care Unit remaining at All Children’s Hospital Her time in the ICU unit embedded a love of critical care patients and showed her the difference that quality and attention to detail could do to alter the outcomes for severely sick and injured patients. From there on she knew what she was destined to accomplish. Her nursing journey exploded and after completing her Master’s degree and she furthered her career to include a diverse range of specialties including infertility and family practice.
• Emergency Care
• Bronchitis
• Pneumonia

Gynecologists

• Female Infertility

Internists

• Internal Medicine
  When Dr. Martinez was 18 years old, his father underwent open-heart surgery. Rafael was so impressed by meeting the surgeon who had successfully treated his father that he was inspired to become a physician himself. During his medical studies, Rafael was fascinated by internal medicine and its requirements for broad and in-depth knowledge. Today, he is a board-certified pulmonologist with more than 20 years of experience as a physician, and that passion for knowledge and advanced skills continue to grow.
• Ovarian Cancer
• Endoscopy
  A more detailed examination of the nasal and sinus cavities is called a Nasal Endoscopy. Nasal Endoscopy is a test to view the inside of the nose to check for problem areas. During the procedure, the doctor uses an endoscope. The endoscope is similar to the rhinoscope because it’s also a tiny camera with a light that projects onto a screen.
• Lung Cancer
  The symptoms of lung cancer are not dramatic. Most are similar to a chest cold or a mild flu. Do you have a persistent cough that won’t go away? Are you short of breath? Do you suffer from frequent lung infections or cough up blood? If you feel unusually fatigued, or lose weight without changing your eating habits, consult Pulmonary & Sleep of Tampa Bay.

Endocrinologist

• Diabetes Care

Radiologist

• Ultrasound
  An Endobronchial Ultrasound is a procedure that offers doctors more information about the patient’s lung cancer. Ultimately, this helps this doctor determine the level or stage of lung cancer, which allows them to recommend the best treatment.
• Radiology
• X-Rays
• Computed Tomography
  Lung nodules are round or oval-shaped spot in your lungs that are typically discovered with an x-ray or CT scan. While most lung nodules are benign (non-cancerous), they should be examined and tested for cancer. You can use the link to calculate your Solitary Pulmonary Nodule Malignancy Risk (please use link below).
• Chemotherapy
  Regional: Cancer has spread to lymph nodes within the chest. Radiation and chemotherapy are recommended here, with surgery at times.
• Radiation Therapy
  Systemic: Cancer has spread to other areas of the body outside the chest. Chemotherapy is the best treatment here. Radiation therapy also applies to control areas outside of the chest.

Dermatologists

• Eczema
• Lesions
  With this computer-generated image, surgeons guide steerable catheters down visual pathways to locate even the smallest lesions
• Psoriasis
  Your doctor may advise you against skin testing if you had a severe allergic reaction, take medications that could interfere with the results, or have certain skin conditions such as eczema or psoriasis.

Physical Therapists

• Geriatrics

Allergists

• Allergies
  Allergy Testing is very important because it can not only save lives, but it can also inform doctors on what their patients might be allergic to. During the skin prick test, the most common test, the patient’s skin is exposed to suspected allergy-causing substances called allergens then observed for signs of a reaction. Blood tests are used as a substitute for skin tests for those who can’t undergo skin tests.