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Joanne Allam MD

  • Department of Medicine
    Associate Professor
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Overview

Dr. Allam is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine. She completed her undergraduate and medical school education at the American University of Beirut (2001). She trained in Internal Medicine at Emory University from 2002-2005. She completed her fellowship training in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at the Mayo Clinic (Rochester MN), followed by a fellowship in Sleep Medicine at Stanford University. During her fellowship training, she developed her clinical interests in interstitial lung diseases and advanced modes of non-invasive ventilation for treatment of sleep related breathing disorders.

She was recruited to join the Emory faculty in 2009 and is based at the Atlanta VA Medical Center. She has held multiple leadership positions including medical director of the bronchoscopy services at the VA, medical director of the CPAP clinic and of the Home Sleep Testing Program. In addition, she is actively involved in the leadership of the Pulmonary and Critical Care fellowship program, having served as Associate Program Director since 2012. Dr. Allam also served on several committees in national/international professional organizations, has been a regular invited speaker at the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP/CHEST) annual meetings and has developed online learning tools in interstitial lung diseases in collaboration with CHEST.

Dr. Allam currently practices pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine at the Atlanta VA Medical Center where she also supervises medical students, residents and fellows. Her expertise and clinical interest are in Sleep Medicine and Interstitial Lung Diseases.

When she is not working, Dr. Allam enjoys spending time with her husband and 2 boys, hiking, paddle boarding and biking. She also enjoys cooking, particularly Lebanese food.

Academic Appointment

  • Distinguished Physician, Emory University School of Medicine
  • Program Director, Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care Fellowship, Emory University School of Medicine
  • Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Emory University School of Medicine

Education

Degrees

  • MD from American University of Beirut
  • BS from American University of Beirut

Research

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