Harsh Babbar, MD
Sleep Medicine
Board Certified in Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine
Dr. Harsh Babbar received his medical degree (M.D.) from the Maulana Azad Medical College in New Delhi, India. He then completed his Internal Medicine residency at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine/ Jacobi Medical Center in New York City, NY where he was awarded Best Resident of the Year for 2003-2004. Following his residency, he was accepted into a three year fellowship in pulmonary and critical care medicine at the prestigious Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, and was recently recognized as Best Clinic Fellow of the Year 2007-2008.
Dr. Babbar is board certified in pulmonary disease, critical care medicine, and internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine and is a member of the American College of Chest Physicians and the American Thoracic Society. He also practices sleep medicine. His professional interests include lung cancer and obstructive airway diseases.
He is currently serving as the medical director of the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Seton Northwest Hospital.
He and his wife have two daughters. He enjoys traveling, reading and eating chocolate.
Said Soubra, MD
Board Certified in Pulmonary Disease, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine
Dr. Said Soubra obtained his medical degree (M.D.) from the American University of Beirut in Lebanon. He then completed his residency and chief residency in internal medicine at Kansas University (KU), followed by a three year fellowship in pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, with an additional fellowship in lung transplantation and pulmonary vascular disease.
After completing his extensive training, he then joined the faculty at Baylor College of Medicine where he participated in teaching and research. He has also served as a member of the lung transplant team at both Methodist Hospital and St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital as well as medical director of the Intensive Care Unit at the Michael E. Debakey Veterans Administration Medical Center in Houston.
Dr. Soubra is board certified in pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine, and has special expertise in the field of pulmonary vascular disease and interventional pulmonology.
He is currently serving as the medical director of the ICU at Seton Medical Center Williamson. This facility has acquired the first and only Electromagnetic Navigational Bronchoscopy in central Texas. With this new advancement in technology, Dr. Soubra is now able to provide a minimally invasive approach to diagnosing and guiding therapy for patients with lung cancer.
This specialized bronchoscopy utilizes a CT scan of the patient’s chest as a guide or roadmap (like a GPS device) to map out the lung. Dr. Soubra can then navigate through the lung safely, reaching areas previously unattainable via regular bronchoscopy. He is able to obtain biopsies and tag suspicious masses or tumors for later treatment with minimal risks compared to other, more invasive, techniques such as surgery or traditional CT guided biopsies. (www.superdimension.com)
This provides patients with earlier detection and potentially more curative treatment for lung cancer.
He and his wife, Lina, have three children. He enjoys spending time with his family and traveling.
Shantanu Naik, MD
Pulmonary Disease, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine
Dr. Naik was born in Pennsylvania but spent many of his educational years in Michigan. He did his internal medicine residency at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit and then worked as a hospitalist in Illinois and Michigan while waiting for his wife to finish her residency. He did his Pulmonary /Critical Care fellowship at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston where he was Chief Fellow in his third year.
Dr. Naik is Board Certified in Pulmonary Medicine and Internal Medicine. He is a member of the American Thoracic Society and American College of Chest Physicians. His professional interests include thoracic oncology and sleep medicine.
He and his wife Zita have two boys and a dog. His greatest challenge, at least at home, is raising little Wolverines in Longhorn country.