Oregon Lung Specialists to join PeaceHealth Medical Group
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SPRINGFIELD, Ore. – To maintain and expand a vital service in Eugene/Springfield, providers and staff at Oregon Lung Specialists will be joining PeaceHealth Medical Group.
The new clinic will be named PeaceHealth Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine at Chad Drive and become part of PeaceHealth Medical Group effective Dec. 2, 2024. The clinic will remain at its current location, 3125 Chad Drive, Suite 100, Eugene, and its new phone number will be 541-743-4700.
All six providers at Oregon Lung Specialists are joining PeaceHealth Medical Group and will continue to care for current patients. They include Khuram Ameen, MD, James Christon, MD, Dennis Hopkinson, MD, Karthik Mahadevan, MD, Binaya Rimal, MD, and Matthew Walter, MD. Hira Irfan, MD, will join the clinic in January 2025.
Other clinical staff joining PeaceHealth Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine at Chad Drive include physician assistant Jason Olson (PAC) and respiratory therapists (RRTs) Melissa Stephens, Kenneth Carter and Samantha Wagner.
“We are thrilled to add these caregivers to the PeaceHealth team and keep this critical resource in our community,” said Melissa Edwards, MD, PeaceHealth Medical Group chief hospital executive. “The opportunity to retain physicians with such depth of expertise in treating lung, respiratory, and sleep disorders is deeply gratifying to PeaceHealth and of vital importance to the community of patients we serve.”
The providers at PeaceHealth Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine at Chad Drive specialize in diagnosing, managing and treating a full spectrum of lung and respiratory diseases and sleep disorders. They offer specialized consultation and treatment for patients suffering from diseases of the lungs and respiratory system including asthma, COPD, lung cancer, interstitial lung diseases, as well as sleep disorders, such as sleep apnea, restless legs syndrome and narcolepsy.
More information can be found at the clinic’s new website: PeaceHealth Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine at Chad Drive.
About PeaceHealth: PeaceHealth, based in Vancouver, Wash., is a not-for-profit Catholic health system offering care to communities in Washington, Oregon and Alaska. PeaceHealth has approximately 16,000 caregivers, a medical group practice with more than 1,100 providers and nine medical centers serving both urban and rural communities throughout the Northwest. In 1890, the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peace founded what has become PeaceHealth. The Sisters shared expertise and transferred wisdom from one medical center to another, always finding the best way to serve the unmet need for healthcare in their communities. Today, PeaceHealth is the legacy of the founding Sisters and continues with a spirit of respect, stewardship, collaboration and social justice in fulfilling its Mission. Visit us online at peacehealth.org.
