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Meet the Team
When you visit St. Joseph's Norton Thoracic Institute, you will be treated by experienced, respected experts in lung and esophageal disease. Our dedicated patient care team includes pulmonologists, thoracic surgeons, and a support staff designed to meet all of your needs.
![Meet the Team | St Joseph's Norton Thoracic | Dignity Health Ross Bremner](/content/dam/dignity-health/arizona/nti/az-nti-ross-bremner.png/_jcr_content/renditions/cq5dam.web.1120.1568.png)
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Executive Director, Norton Thoracic Institute
Department Chair, Thoracic Disease and Transplantation
Professor of Surgery, Creighton Medical School – Phoenix Regional Campus
Professor of Surgery, University of Arizona College of Medicine Phoenix
Vice Chief of Staff, St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center
Thoracic Surgery & Lung Transplantation
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Executive Director, Norton Thoracic Institute
Department Chair, Thoracic Disease and Transplantation
Professor of Surgery, Creighton Medical School – Phoenix Regional Campus
Professor of Surgery, University of Arizona College of Medicine Phoenix
Vice Chief of Staff, St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center
Thoracic Surgery & Lung Transplantation
![Meet the Team | St Joseph's Norton Thoracic | Dignity Health Hesham Abdelrazek](/content/dam/dignity-health/arizona/nti/az-nti-hesham-abdelrazek.png/_jcr_content/renditions/cq5dam.web.1120.1568.png)
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Creighton Medical School – Phoenix Regional Campus
Advanced Lung Disease and Lung Transplant Pulmonology
![Meet the Team | St Joseph's Norton Thoracic | Dignity Health Hesham Abdelrazek](/content/dam/dignity-health/arizona/nti/az-nti-hesham-abdelrazek.png/_jcr_content/renditions/cq5dam.web.1120.1568.png)
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Creighton Medical School – Phoenix Regional Campus
Advanced Lung Disease and Lung Transplant Pulmonology
![Meet the Team | St Joseph's Norton Thoracic | Dignity Health Ashwini Arjuna](/content/dam/dignity-health/arizona/nti/az-nti-ashwini-arjuna.png/_jcr_content/renditions/cq5dam.web.1120.1568.png)
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Transplant Pulmonology
![Meet the Team | St Joseph's Norton Thoracic | Dignity Health Ashwini Arjuna](/content/dam/dignity-health/arizona/nti/az-nti-ashwini-arjuna.png/_jcr_content/renditions/cq5dam.web.1120.1568.png)
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Transplant Pulmonology
![Meet the Team | St Joseph's Norton Thoracic | Dignity Health Bhuvin Buddhdev](/content/dam/dignity-health/arizona/nti/az-nti-bhuvin-buddhdev.png/_jcr_content/renditions/cq5dam.web.1120.1568.png)
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Transplant Pulmonology
![Meet the Team | St Joseph's Norton Thoracic | Dignity Health Bhuvin Buddhdev](/content/dam/dignity-health/arizona/nti/az-nti-bhuvin-buddhdev.png/_jcr_content/renditions/cq5dam.web.1120.1568.png)
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Transplant Pulmonology
![Meet the Team | St Joseph's Norton Thoracic | Dignity Health Deljean Buenaventura, MSN, FNP](/content/dam/dignity-health/images/arizona/lung-team-blue-background/buevaventura-deljean-blue.jpg/_jcr_content/renditions/cq5dam.web.1120.1120.jpeg)
Practitioner: Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) Program
Advanced Lung Disease
![Meet the Team | St Joseph's Norton Thoracic | Dignity Health Deljean Buenaventura, MSN, FNP](/content/dam/dignity-health/images/arizona/lung-team-blue-background/buevaventura-deljean-blue.jpg/_jcr_content/renditions/cq5dam.web.1120.1120.jpeg)
Practitioner: Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) Program
Advanced Lung Disease
![Meet the Team | St Joseph's Norton Thoracic | Dignity Health Rebekah Edwards, NP](/content/dam/dignity-health/images/arizona/lung-team-blue-background/english-rebekah-blue.jpg/_jcr_content/renditions/cq5dam.web.1120.1120.jpeg)
Program Manager: Interstitial Lung Disease, Alpha-1, Cystic Fibrosis, Pulmonary Fibrosis and Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) Programs
Advanced Lung Disease
![Meet the Team | St Joseph's Norton Thoracic | Dignity Health Rebekah Edwards, NP](/content/dam/dignity-health/images/arizona/lung-team-blue-background/english-rebekah-blue.jpg/_jcr_content/renditions/cq5dam.web.1120.1120.jpeg)
Program Manager: Interstitial Lung Disease, Alpha-1, Cystic Fibrosis, Pulmonary Fibrosis and Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) Programs
Advanced Lung Disease
![Meet the Team | St Joseph's Norton Thoracic | Dignity Health Samad Hashimi](/content/dam/dignity-health/arizona/nti/az-nti-samad-hashimi.png/_jcr_content/renditions/cq5dam.web.1120.1568.png)
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Director, Minimally Invasive and Robotic Programs
Director, Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO)
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Creighton Medical School – Phoenix Regional Campus
Also provides care at the East Valley location
![Meet the Team | St Joseph's Norton Thoracic | Dignity Health Samad Hashimi](/content/dam/dignity-health/arizona/nti/az-nti-samad-hashimi.png/_jcr_content/renditions/cq5dam.web.1120.1568.png)
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Director, Minimally Invasive and Robotic Programs
Director, Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO)
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Creighton Medical School – Phoenix Regional Campus
Also provides care at the East Valley location
![Meet the Team | St Joseph's Norton Thoracic | Dignity Health Jasmine Huang](/content/dam/dignity-health/arizona/nti/az-nti-jasmine-huang.png/_jcr_content/renditions/cq5dam.web.1120.1568.png)
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Director, Education and Program Development
Co-Director, Lung Cancer Screening Program
Associate Professor of Surgery, Creighton Medical School – Phoenix Regional Campus
Thoracic Surgery & Lung Transplantation
![Meet the Team | St Joseph's Norton Thoracic | Dignity Health Jasmine Huang](/content/dam/dignity-health/arizona/nti/az-nti-jasmine-huang.png/_jcr_content/renditions/cq5dam.web.1120.1568.png)
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Director, Education and Program Development
Co-Director, Lung Cancer Screening Program
Associate Professor of Surgery, Creighton Medical School – Phoenix Regional Campus
Thoracic Surgery & Lung Transplantation
![Meet the Team | St Joseph's Norton Thoracic | Dignity Health Abid Khokar](/content/dam/dignity-health/arizona/nti/az-nti-abid-khokar.png/_jcr_content/renditions/cq5dam.web.1120.1556.png)
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Interventional Pulmonology
![Meet the Team | St Joseph's Norton Thoracic | Dignity Health Abid Khokar](/content/dam/dignity-health/arizona/nti/az-nti-abid-khokar.png/_jcr_content/renditions/cq5dam.web.1120.1556.png)
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Interventional Pulmonology
![Meet the Team | St Joseph's Norton Thoracic | Dignity Health Kendra McAnally](/content/dam/dignity-health/arizona/nti/az-nti-kendra-mcanally.png/_jcr_content/renditions/cq5dam.web.1120.1568.png)
Transplant Pulmonology
![Meet the Team | St Joseph's Norton Thoracic | Dignity Health Kendra McAnally](/content/dam/dignity-health/arizona/nti/az-nti-kendra-mcanally.png/_jcr_content/renditions/cq5dam.web.1120.1568.png)
Transplant Pulmonology
![Meet the Team | St Joseph's Norton Thoracic | Dignity Health Sumeet Mittal](/content/dam/dignity-health/arizona/nti/az-nti-sumeet-mittal.png/_jcr_content/renditions/cq5dam.web.1120.1568.png)
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Surgical Director, Esophageal & Foregut Program
Surgical Director, NTI Clinical Research Program
Professor of Surgery, Creighton Medical School – Phoenix Regional Campus
Esophageal Surgery
Also provides care at West Valley location
![Meet the Team | St Joseph's Norton Thoracic | Dignity Health Sumeet Mittal](/content/dam/dignity-health/arizona/nti/az-nti-sumeet-mittal.png/_jcr_content/renditions/cq5dam.web.1120.1568.png)
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Surgical Director, Esophageal & Foregut Program
Surgical Director, NTI Clinical Research Program
Professor of Surgery, Creighton Medical School – Phoenix Regional Campus
Esophageal Surgery
Also provides care at West Valley location
![Meet the Team | St Joseph's Norton Thoracic | Dignity Health Amy Moore](/content/dam/dignity-health/arizona/nti/dh-az-nti-amy-moore.jpg/_jcr_content/renditions/cq5dam.web.1120.1568.jpeg)
Interventional Pulmonology and Advanced Diagnostics
![Meet the Team | St Joseph's Norton Thoracic | Dignity Health Amy Moore](/content/dam/dignity-health/arizona/nti/dh-az-nti-amy-moore.jpg/_jcr_content/renditions/cq5dam.web.1120.1568.jpeg)
Interventional Pulmonology and Advanced Diagnostics
![Meet the Team | St Joseph's Norton Thoracic | Dignity Health Seema Munir, DO](/content/dam/dignity-health/images/arizona/lung-team-blue-background/munir-seema-blue.jpg/_jcr_content/renditions/cq5dam.web.1120.1120.jpeg)
Obesity Medicine
![Meet the Team | St Joseph's Norton Thoracic | Dignity Health Seema Munir, DO](/content/dam/dignity-health/images/arizona/lung-team-blue-background/munir-seema-blue.jpg/_jcr_content/renditions/cq5dam.web.1120.1120.jpeg)
Obesity Medicine
![Meet the Team | St Joseph's Norton Thoracic | Dignity Health Ali Saeed](/content/dam/dignity-health/arizona/nti/az-nti-ali-saeed.png/_jcr_content/renditions/cq5dam.web.1120.1568.png)
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Ali Saeed, MD, is the Medical Director of Interventional Pulmonology at Norton Thoracic Institute, St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center. Saeed is board certified pulmonary, critical care and interventional pulmonary physician.
![Meet the Team | St Joseph's Norton Thoracic | Dignity Health Ali Saeed](/content/dam/dignity-health/arizona/nti/az-nti-ali-saeed.png/_jcr_content/renditions/cq5dam.web.1120.1568.png)
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Ali Saeed, MD, is the Medical Director of Interventional Pulmonology at Norton Thoracic Institute, St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center. Saeed is board certified pulmonary, critical care and interventional pulmonary physician.
![Meet the Team | St Joseph's Norton Thoracic | Dignity Health Lara Schaheen](/content/dam/dignity-health/arizona/nti/az-nti-lara-schaheen.png/_jcr_content/renditions/cq5dam.web.1120.1601.png)
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Thoracic Surgery
![Meet the Team | St Joseph's Norton Thoracic | Dignity Health Lara Schaheen](/content/dam/dignity-health/arizona/nti/az-nti-lara-schaheen.png/_jcr_content/renditions/cq5dam.web.1120.1601.png)
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Thoracic Surgery
![Meet the Team | St Joseph's Norton Thoracic | Dignity Health Michael Smith, MD](/content/dam/dignity-health/arizona/nti/az-nti-michael-smith.png/_jcr_content/renditions/cq5dam.web.1120.1568.png)
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Chief, General Thoracic Surgery
Surgical Director, Lung Transplantation Program
Professor of Surgery, Creighton Medical School – Phoenix Regional Campus
Thoracic Surgery & Lung Transplantation
Also provides care at West Valley location
![Meet the Team | St Joseph's Norton Thoracic | Dignity Health Michael Smith, MD](/content/dam/dignity-health/arizona/nti/az-nti-michael-smith.png/_jcr_content/renditions/cq5dam.web.1120.1568.png)
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Chief, General Thoracic Surgery
Surgical Director, Lung Transplantation Program
Professor of Surgery, Creighton Medical School – Phoenix Regional Campus
Thoracic Surgery & Lung Transplantation
Also provides care at West Valley location
![Meet the Team | St Joseph's Norton Thoracic | Dignity Health Sofya Tokman](/content/dam/dignity-health/arizona/nti/az-nti-sofya-tokman.png/_jcr_content/renditions/cq5dam.web.1120.1568.png)
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Medical Director, Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) and Cystic Fibrosis Programs
Associate Professor of Medicine, Creighton Medical School – Phoenix Regional Campus
Advanced Lung Disease & Lung Transplantation Pulmonology
![Meet the Team | St Joseph's Norton Thoracic | Dignity Health Sofya Tokman](/content/dam/dignity-health/arizona/nti/az-nti-sofya-tokman.png/_jcr_content/renditions/cq5dam.web.1120.1568.png)
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Medical Director, Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) and Cystic Fibrosis Programs
Associate Professor of Medicine, Creighton Medical School – Phoenix Regional Campus
Advanced Lung Disease & Lung Transplantation Pulmonology
![Meet the Team | St Joseph's Norton Thoracic | Dignity Health rajat walia](/content/dam/dignity-health/arizona/nti/az-nti-rajat-walia.png/_jcr_content/renditions/cq5dam.web.1120.1568.png)
Section Chief, Pulmonary Medicine
Medical Director, Lung Transplantation, Lung Transplantation Fellowship, Alpha-1 and Interstitial Lung Disease Programs
Associate Medical Director, Cystic Fibrosis and Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) Programs
Associate Professor of Medicine, Creighton Medical School – Phoenix Regional Campus
Advanced Lung Disease & Lung Transplantation Pulmonology
![Meet the Team | St Joseph's Norton Thoracic | Dignity Health rajat walia](/content/dam/dignity-health/arizona/nti/az-nti-rajat-walia.png/_jcr_content/renditions/cq5dam.web.1120.1568.png)
Section Chief, Pulmonary Medicine
Medical Director, Lung Transplantation, Lung Transplantation Fellowship, Alpha-1 and Interstitial Lung Disease Programs
Associate Medical Director, Cystic Fibrosis and Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) Programs
Associate Professor of Medicine, Creighton Medical School – Phoenix Regional Campus
Advanced Lung Disease & Lung Transplantation Pulmonology
![Meet the Team | St Joseph's Norton Thoracic | Dignity Health Sarah Counts](/content/dam/dignity-health/arizona/nti/az-sjmhc-sarah-counts-new.jpg/_jcr_content/renditions/cq5dam.web.1120.1568.jpeg)
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General Thoracic Surgery
Thoracic surgeon with Norton Thoracic Institute
Affiliated with Chandler Regional Medical Center, Mercy Gilbert Medical Center and St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center
![Meet the Team | St Joseph's Norton Thoracic | Dignity Health Sarah Counts](/content/dam/dignity-health/arizona/nti/az-sjmhc-sarah-counts-new.jpg/_jcr_content/renditions/cq5dam.web.1120.1568.jpeg)
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General Thoracic Surgery
Thoracic surgeon with Norton Thoracic Institute
Affiliated with Chandler Regional Medical Center, Mercy Gilbert Medical Center and St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center
![Meet the Team | St Joseph's Norton Thoracic | Dignity Health Hesham Mohamed](/content/dam/dignity-health/arizona/nti/az-nti-hesham-mohamed.png/_jcr_content/renditions/cq5dam.web.1120.1568.png)
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Lung Transplant Pulmonologist, Assistant Professorship with
Creighton University School of Medicine – Phoenix Campus.
Board certified in both pulmonary and critical care medicine.
![Meet the Team | St Joseph's Norton Thoracic | Dignity Health Hesham Mohamed](/content/dam/dignity-health/arizona/nti/az-nti-hesham-mohamed.png/_jcr_content/renditions/cq5dam.web.1120.1568.png)
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Lung Transplant Pulmonologist, Assistant Professorship with
Creighton University School of Medicine – Phoenix Campus.
Board certified in both pulmonary and critical care medicine.
![Meet the Team | St Joseph's Norton Thoracic | Dignity Health John Tedesco](/content/dam/dignity-health/arizona/nti/dh-az-nti-john-tedesco.jpg/_jcr_content/renditions/cq5dam.web.1120.1568.jpeg)
General Thoracic Surgery
Thoracic surgeon with Norton Thoracic Institute
Affiliated with Chandler Regional Medical Center, Mercy Gilbert Medical Center and St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center
![Meet the Team | St Joseph's Norton Thoracic | Dignity Health John Tedesco](/content/dam/dignity-health/arizona/nti/dh-az-nti-john-tedesco.jpg/_jcr_content/renditions/cq5dam.web.1120.1568.jpeg)
General Thoracic Surgery
Thoracic surgeon with Norton Thoracic Institute
Affiliated with Chandler Regional Medical Center, Mercy Gilbert Medical Center and St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center