Samuel Szumstein, MD

Description

Samuel Szumstein, M.D., earned his medical degree from Universidad Central de Venezuela in Caracas, Venezuela. He completed his residency at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He completed his pulmonary, sleep and critical care medicine fellowships at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Prior to joining Piedmont Physicians, Dr. Szumstein was in practice with Georgia Lung Associates. Previous to that, he was an assistant professor at the University of Virginia and helped train residents and worked as a staff physician at Salem Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Salem, Va. He is board certified in pulmonary diseases, critical care medicine and sleep medicine. In his spare time, Dr. Szumstein enjoys spending time with his family, while traveling, hitting the slopes, riding jet skis, watching sports and listening to a wide range of music. Dr. Szumstein welcomes new patients and accepts most insurance plans.

Keywords sleep related eating disorder, sleep talking, sleep related hallucinations, sleep paralysis, sleep disorders, sleep apnea study, sleep-related hypoventilation, sleep abnormalities, restless legs syndrome, polysomnography, periodic limb movement disorder (plmd), obesity hypoventilation syndrome, nightmares, narcolepsy, maintenance of wakefulness test, hypersomnia, home sleep study, daytime sleepiness, confusional arousals, circadian rhythm sleep disorder, cataplexy, bruxism, enuresis, wheezing, ventilator dependent, tuberculosis, tracheomalacia, tracheobronchitis, tracheal stenosis, tracheal mass, tobacco-related diseases, thoracentesis, stridor, sputum production, spirometry, snoring, smoker cough, shortness of breath (sob), severe acute respiratory syndrome, restrictive lung disease, respiratory failure, respiratory distress syndrome, recurrent lung infections, reactive airway disease, radiation pneumonitis, pulmonary therapy, pulmonary sarcoid, pulmonary nodule, pulmonary infections, pulmonary hypertension, pulmonary hemosiderosis, pulmonary hemorrhage, pulmonary granuloma, pulmonary function tests (pft), pulmonary fibrosis, pulmonary embolism, pulmonary congestion, pulmonary complications of neurological diseases, pulmonary coccidioidomycosis, pulmonary clearance for surgery, pulmonary bullae, pulmonary arterial hypertension, pulmonary amyloid, post infectious cough, pneumonitis, pneumonia, pneumoconiosis, pleuritic pain, pleurisy, pleural tuberculosis, pleural thickening, pleural effusion, pleural diseases, pertussis, mechanical ventilation, maternal respiratory disease, lymphangioleiomyomatosis, lung mass, lung involvement in systemic sclerosis, lung infiltrate, lung disease, lung cancer screening, lung abscess, laryngotracheitis, kussmauls, influenza, hypoxia, hypoventilation syndrome, hypercarbia, home ventilation, hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia, hepatic hydrothorax, hemoptysis, granulomatosis with polyangiitis, foreign body (airway), exposure to secondhand smoke, exercise intolerance, epiglottitis, empyema, emphysema.