Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Program Faculty

Dr. Palumbo established and has led the intensivist programs at both Boca Raton Regional Hospital and Bethesda Hospital East and West.  Dr. Palumbo’s passion is teaching all aspects of pulmonary medicine.

Medical School: Medical College of Pennsylvania

Residency: Winthrop University Hospital

Fellowship: Pulmonary / Critical Care Fellowship at Winthrop University Hospital

Dr. Loutfi is a core faculty member for the fellowship and is located at Boca Raton Regional Hospital.

Medical School: American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon

Residency: Northeastern Ohio University

Fellowship: University of Cincinnati

Dr. Baum is a core faculty member for the fellowship and is located at Boca Raton Regional Hospital.

Medical School: University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Residency: Rush-Presbyterian Medical Center

Fellowship: Rush-Presbyterian Medical Center

Dr. Kessler-Reyes is a core faculty member for the fellowship and is located at Boca Raton Regional Hospital.

Medical School: Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel

Residency: Winthrop University Hospital

Fellowship: Winthrop University Hospital

Dr. Neupane is a core faculty member for the fellowship and is located at Boca Raton Regional Hospital.

Medical School: College of Medical Sciences, Bharatpur, Nepal

Residency: St. Luke’s Hospital

Fellowship: Mercy Hospital, St. Louis University

Dr. Markwart is a core faculty member for the fellowship and is located at Boca Raton Regional Hospital.

Medical School: Kansas City University

Residency: Broward General Medical Center

Fellowship: Palmetto General Hospital

Dr. Lit graduated from University of South Florida College of Medicine and completed Internal Medicine Residency training at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York followed by a Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship at the University of Miami. He has been a full time faculty member of the West Palm Beach VA Medical Center since 2007 and has served as the Section Chief for Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine since 2018. He is clinically active in intensive care medicine, outpatient pulmonary medicine, and bronchoscopy. He has been involved in post graduate education since joining the VA and has twice been awarded the VA faculty teaching award. Dr. Lit is a core faculty member for the fellowship and is located at the West Palm Beach VA Medical Center.

Medical School: University of South Florida

Residency: Beth Israel Medical Center, NY

Fellowship: University of Miami

Dr. Braman received the honorary title of Master Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians in 2017 and was the recipient of the ACCP GSK Distinguished Scholar in Respiratory Health Award for 2007-2010. Dr. Braman is a past-President of the American College of Chest Physicians, has served as a Trustee of the CHEST Foundation and has been a member and former Board member of the American Thoracic Society.

Medical School: Temple University

Residency: Philadelphia General Hospital

Fellowship: University of Pennsylvania and Walter Reed Army Medical Center

Dr. Corrao completed his pulmonary and critical care medicine fellowship at Brown University. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Pulmonology. In 2022 Dr. Corrao received the RI Thoracic Society Humanitarian Award and is currently on the editorial board for the Journal of Precision Respiratory Medicine. Dr. Corrao is a core faculty member for the fellowship and is located at the West Palm Beach VA Medical Center.

Medical School: University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry

Residency: Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI

Fellowship: Brown University

Dr. Hodgin completed her pulmonary critical care medicine fellowship at the University of Colorado in Denver. She completed her M.B.A. at the University of Florida. Dr. Hodgin was recognized as Teacher of the Year at the University of Miami in 2017. Dr. Hodgin is a core faculty member for the fellowship and is located at the West Palm Beach VA Medical Center.

Medical School: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Residency: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Fellowship: University of Colorado at Denver

Dr. Renner completed her pulmonary critical care medicine fellowship at the University of Miami where she was the Chief Fellow. She has been with the West Palm Beach VA Medical Center since 2015 caring for patients on the consultation service and in the intensive care unit. In 2022, Dr. Renner was the West Palm Beach Veterans Healthcare System "Physician of the Year". Dr. Renner is a core faculty member for the fellowship and is located at the West Palm Beach VA Medical Center.

Medical School: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

Residency: University of Miami, Jackson Memorial Hospital

Fellowship: University of Miami, Jackson Memorial Hospital

Dr. Wisa completed his pulmonary critical care medicine fellowship at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York in 2017. He stayed to practice in New York at Flushing Hospital Medical Center where he served as an Associate Director of Pulmonary and Critical Care and Director in his Final Year. He also served as an Associate Program Director for the Internal Medicine Residency program for five years. Dr. Wisa’s time at Flushing Hospital included the COVID Pandemic where Queens was one of the epicenter's of the pandemic in the United States. He went on to complete a fellowship in Interventional Pulmonology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and graduated in June of 2023. Dr. Wisa’s clinical passions are robotic, diagnostic and therapeutic bronchoscopy as well as pulmonary embolism. Dr. Wisa is a core faculty member for the fellowship and is located at the West Palm Beach VA Medical Center.

Medical School: American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine

Residency: United Health Services – Wilson Memorial Hospital, NY

Fellowship: Northwell Health – Lenox Hill Hospital – Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine

Fellowship: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center – Interventional Pulmonology