Stephen T. Brown, MD
Dr. Brown specializes in Pulmonary Medicine and Critical Care Medicine. He is board certified in Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine. Dr. Brown completed his medical school training at Tulane University Medical School in New Orleans. He then went on to complete his internship and residency in Internal Medicine as well as his fellowship in Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine at The University of South Florida College of Medicine. Dr. Brown is a native Floridian living in Tampa with his wife.
Kirk A. Nelson, DO
Dr. Nelson specializes in Pulmonary Medicine and Critical Care Medicine. He is board certified in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease, and Critical Care Medicine. Dr. Nelson completed his Medical School Training at the University of Health Sciences at Kansas City before doing an internship at Michiana Community Hospital in South Bend, Indiana. He then completed his Residency in Internal Medicine/Pulmonology at Deaconess Hospital - University of Missouri-Kansas City and his Fellowship in Critical Care Medicine at University of Missouri-Kansas City as well as St Johns Mercy Medical Center - St Louis University.
Abdo C. Kataya, MD
Dr. Kataya specializes in Pulmonary Medicine and Critical Care Medicine. He is board certified in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease, and Critical Care Medicine. Dr. Kataya completed his medical school training at St. George’s University – School of Medicine in Grenada. He then completed his residency in Internal Medicine and his fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Stony Brook University Hospital — Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University in Stony Brook, NY. He is fluent in English, Arabic, and French.
Varleda Jumapao, PA-C, MSPAS
Varleda Jumapao is a physician assistant who graduated with a Masters Degree from University of Florida in 2014. She worked in Trauma/Surgical ICU at UF Shands in Jacksonville, Florida for a year before joining Respiratory Specialists in October of 2015.
Kathleen Stagg, MSN, APRN-BC
Kathleen Stagg is an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse specializing in family medicine and is a former certified Emergency Department Registered Nurse. She received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Bloomsburg University in Pennsylvania and her Master of Science in Advanced Practice Nursing from Chamberlain University, Chicago.