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Salim R Surani, MD, MPH, MSc, FACP, FAASM, FCCP

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Facilities Served: PAM Health Specialty Hospital of Corpus Christi North
Dr. Salim Surani serves as the Adjunct Clinical Professor Medicine, Department of Pulmonary, and Critical Care & Sleep Medicine department at Texas A&M University, Texas, USA. He also currently serves as program director for Pulmonary & Critical Care Fellowship Program in Corpus Christi. He has done his fellowship in Pulmonary Medicine from Baylor College of Medicine, Houston Texas. Dr. Surani has done his Masters in Public Health & Epidemiology from Yale University and Masters in Health Management from University of Texas, Dallas. Dr. Surani has also served as secretary and board of trustee for THE CHEST Foundation. Dr. Surani was a grant reviewer for the government of Australia and Singapore as well as Ranis (granting agency for European Nation). Dr. Salim Surani currently works as the Medical Director of Critical Care Services at Christus Spohn Hospital Corpus Christi and Chief of Medicine at HCA system Corpus Christi. Dr. Surani has authored more than 150 articles in the peer review journals, and has written several books and book chapters. He has also served as the reviewer for more than 20 peer review journals. Dr. Surani's areas of interest include, but are not limited to critical care, Asthma, COPD, sleep medicine, quality assurance programs, Long term acute care and pulmonary infections. Dr. Surani serves in the editorial board for several journals. He has also served as an invited speaker in several regional, national and international scientific conferences. Dr. Surani has also served in numerous committees of several local, regional, national and international organizations and has received several community and teaching awards. Dr. Surani has also founded It’s Your Life Foundation, a community educational foundation. He also serves as a physician for Health Edition every Thursday at Kiii TV Corpus Christi

Jude M. Aririguzo MD

Specialty: Board certified Internal Medicine and Primary Care physician
Facilities Served: PAM Health Specialty Hospital of Corpus Christi North
Dr. Jude M. Aririguzo is a board certified Internal Medicine and Primary Care physician who was born in Nigeria, Africa. Dr. Aririguzo has been actively practicing as a medical physician since 1989. He attained his undergraduate education and earned his medical and surgical degree at University of Jos, Nigeria. He then completed his residency at North General Hospital/ Mount Sinai Hospital in New York. After completing his residency, Dr. Aririguzo accepted the position of Chief Resident at North General Hospital for 1996-1997. He has held several positions in New York working in the Emergency Room at North General Hospital and the prison health system with St. Barnabas Hospital at Rikers Island. He currently has hospital privileges at the Christus Spohn Health System and runs a private practice for Internal Medicine since 2000 serving the community of Corpus Christi. Dr. Aririguzo has volunteered on several medical missions to Haiti and Nigeria during his practice as a physician. Dr. Aririguzo’s objective is to humanely make a positive difference in the lives of those in his care.

Ivan Figueroa, MD, Medical Director

Specialty: Board Certified Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) physician
Facilities Served: PAM Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Allen
Dr.Figueroa completed medical school in 2003 at Ponce Health Sciences University in Puerto Rico and moved to Dallas in 2004 to complete his residency via the PM&R program at the University of Texas Southwestern. He has more than 11 years of experience in rehabilitative medicine. Since 2010, Dr.Ivan Figueroa has served as the Medical Director at PAM Rehabilitation Hospital of Allen, Texas. Dr.Figueroa became increasingly interested in rehab medicine during medical school. He enjoys its team approach to patient care and that it produces results. Dr.Figueroa is frequently thanked by patients for his humbleness, his engaging bedside manner, and his interest in patient feedback. When not spending time with his wife or pitching softballs to his daughters, Dr.Figueroa, Aka "Fig", enjoys getting away on his mountain bike. MD Quote "We have a warm, family feel at PAM Rehabilitation Hospital of Allen. One of our strengths is our one-on-one care. We get to know patients and provide customized care. It's a beautiful facility, it functions well, and we've been getting great results for quite some time." - Dr.Figueroa

Qaiser Saeed, MD, Chief of Staff

Specialty: Board Certified Internal Medicine, Certified in Wound Care and Hyperbaric treatment
Facilities Served: PAM Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Allen
Dr.Qaiser Saeed is a board certified internal medicine and hospital medicine physician in Mckinney, Texas. Dr.Saeed is affiliated with Baylor Medical Center Mckinney. He received his medical degree from Dow University of Health Sciences and completed his residency at Texas Tech University in Amarillo, Texas. He has over 22 years of experience in internal medicine, and also specializes in wound care and hyperbaric treatment. Dr.Saeed is married with 3 children and enjoys traveling with this family yearly .

Dr. Gary B Rochelle, PHD

Specialty: PHD Clinical Neuropsychology/Behavioral Health
Facilities Served: PAM Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Allen
Dr.Rochelle is a Licensed Psychologist in the state of Texas. He received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology from California State University at San Bernardino in 1982. He received a Master of Science Degree in Psychology from the University of North Texas in 1995. He then received a Doctorate of Philosophy in Counseling Psychology with an emphasis in both Neuropsychology and Marriage and Family Therapy from the University of North Texas in 2000. He completed an internship in Clinical Neuropsychology at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in New Orleans and also completed a postdoctoral fellowship in Clinical Neuropsychology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. He maintains privileges at ten local hospitals and has been a mentor and externship supervisor working with UNT psychology grad students for years. Dr.Rochelle is the lead for our Texas Joint Commission certified Stroke and Brain Injury programs. He leads the support groups and also consults on other patients with a need for his services.