Acute Care Consultants, Inc. is home to exceptional physicians specializing in pulmonary, critical care and internal medicine.  In addition to our stellar physicians, is our great team of physician assistants, nurse practitioners, registered nurses and licensed practical nurses.  Learn more about our winning team!

 

 

Physicians

 

Joseph R. Shaver, M.D., FCCP

 


Specialty/Board Certification:

  • Internal Medicine
  • Pulmonary Medicine
  • Critical Care Medicine

 

Medical School:

   Georgetown University Medical School, Washington, D.C.

 

Residency:

   Internal Medicine:

          Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA

 

Fellowship:

   Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine:

          Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA

 

Current Hospital Affiliations:

   Doctors, University, St. Joseph, Select Specialty

 

Professional Interests:

  • New asthma therapies with an interest in clinical research in asthma treatments
  • Critical Care research in new therapies for burn patients

 

Hobbies:

   Fishing and spending time at the ocean

Mehrdad (Mike) Behnia, M.D., FACP, FCCP

 


Specialty/Board Certification:

  • Pulmonary Medicine
  • Critical Care Medicine
  • Internal Medicine

 

Medical School:

    Tufts University, Boston, MA

 

Residency:

    Internal Medicine: 

          Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN

 

Fellowship:

    Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine:

          Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN

    Hematology, Oncology, Bone Marrow Transplantation:

          Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN

 

Current Hospital Affiliations:

   Doctors, University, St. Joseph, Select Specialty

 

 

 

 

Bruce Friedman, M.D., FCCP, FCCM, CNSP

 


Specialty/Board Certification:

  • Critical Care Medicine
  • Internal Medicine
  • Hyperbaric Medicine

 

Medical School:

   University of Miami School of Medicine

          Miami, FL

 

Residency:

   Internal Medicine:

          George Washington University Hospital,    

          Washington, D.C.

 

Fellowship:

   Critical Care Medicine:

          George Washington University Hospital,  

          Washington, D.C.

 

Current Hospital Affiliations:

   Doctors, University, St. Joseph, Select Specialty

 

Professional Interests:

  • Burns
  • Research – Sepsis, Shock, Multiple Organ Failure, Nutrition, Pain, Infectious Complications of Disease, ARDS

 

Hobbies:

   Basketball, Reading, Weight-Lifting, Travel, Swimming  

   and Aerobics

 

 

Carmel Joseph, M.D., FCCP

 


Specialty/Board Certification:

  • Pulmonary Medicine
  • Critical Care Medicine
  • Internal Medicine

 

Medical School:

   St. John’s Medical College

          Bangalore, India

 

Residency:

   Internal Medicine:

          North Shore University Hospital and  

          Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

          Cornell University Medical College,

          New York, NY

 

Fellowships:

   Pulmonary/Critical Care:

          North Shore University Hospital

          Cornell University Medical College,  

          New York, NY

   Critical Care & Sleep Training:

          North Shore University Hospital

          NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY

 

Current Hospital Affiliations:

   Doctors, University, St. Joseph, Select Specialty

 

Professional Interests:

  • Interventional Pulmonology
  • Sleep Medicine

 

Hobbies:

   Tennis, swimming and cycling

 

 

 

 

Connie Trello, M.D., FCCP

 

Specialty/Board Certification:

  • Internal Medicine
  • Pulmonary Medicine
  • Critical Care Medicine

 

Medical School:

   Southern Illinois University School of Medicine

   Springfield, IL

 

Residency:

   Internal Medicine:

          Albert B. Chandler Medical Center

          University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY

 

Fellowship:

   Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine:

          St. Louis University Health Sciences Center

          St. Louis, MO

 

Current Hospital Affiliations:

   Doctors, University, St. Joseph, Select Specialty

 

Steven B. Vaughn, M.D., FACP, FCCP

 

Specialty/Board Certification:

  • Critical Care Medicine
  • Internal Medicine

 

Medical School:

   Wayne State University, Detroit, MI

 

Residency:

   Internal Medicine:

          Henry Ford Hospital, Department of Medicine,  

          Detroit, MI

 

Fellowship:

   Critical Care Medicine:

          Mount Carmel Mercy Hospital Critical Care Center

          Detroit, MI

 

Current Hospital Affiliations:

   Doctors, University, St. Joseph, Select Specialty

 

 

 

Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners, Registered Nurses, Licensed Practical Nurses