Pulmonary Care

Dr. Syed Salman Naqvi graduated from Sindh Medical College, Karachi University in 1986. He received a Master’s degree in Pulmonary Physiology from the University of Toronto, completed his residency at St.Luke’s/Roosevelt Hospital in 1992, and completed his fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care at UC Irvine in 1995.

Dr. Naqvi has published work on Constant Flow Ventilation, phrenic nerve conductivity, and on Adult Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS). He has been in practice in Newport Beach since 1996, he has served as Chief of Staff at Kindred Hospital from 2006 to 2010, and was the Medical Director for the Cardio- Pulmonary Program and the Subacute Unit at Coastal Communities Hospital from 2004 to 2012. He is currently Chief of Pulmonary Hoag Hospital since 2014. He is one of the few interventional pulmonologists at Hoag Hospital, trained to perform endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS) guided biopsies of mediastinal masses, Navigation Bronchoscopy for lung nodules and Broncheal Thermoplasty for Asthma managment.

Dr. Naqvi is a co-founder of SHINE Humanity, a nonprofit humanitarian organization. He received the Robert McCaffree Humanitarian Award from American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) in 2010 and many others for his voluntary work throughout the world.