Core Faculty
Moayad Al-Sona, MBBS
Procedure Certification
Dr. Moayad Al-Sona is an assistant professor at the University of Kentucky with academic interests in bronchiectasis, procedural education, and curriculum development. He earned his medical degree from Mutah University in Jordan, completed his internal medicine residency at Unity Hospital/Rochester Regional Health, and his fellowship in pulmonary and critical care medicine at Albert Einstein Medical Center. Dr. Al-Sona serves as the director of procedural skills education for the fellowships and is recognized for his thoughtful and collaborative approach to clinical teaching.
Ketan Buch, MD
Faculty Development
Dr. Ketan P. Buch is a pulmonary and critical care medicine physician at the Lexington VA Medical Center and holds a voluntary faculty appointment with the University of Kentucky College of Medicine. He received his medical degree from Kasturba Medical College Manipal, India, completed his internal medicine residency at Cook County Hospital in Chicago, and served as a chief medical resident before undertaking his fellowship in pulmonary and critical care medicine at the University of Kentucky. He was told that no one leaves the program until they learn something, so he continues to be involved with the fellowship program, hoping to achieve that milestone someday. Dr. Buch serves as the director of faculty development for the fellowships.
Jason Ballengee, DO
Clinical Rotations and the Non-Didactic Curriculum
Dr. Jason Ballengee, a native of West Portsmouth, Oh., attended medical school at the Kentucky College of Osteopathic Medicine (KYCOM). He completed his internal medicine residency at Marshall University and his fellowship at the University of Kentucky. Dr. Ballengee now holds a faculty appointment as an assistant professor and serves the fellowships as the director of the clinical curriculum, a role in which he focuses on enhancing the clinical experiences of the fellows.
Sanjay Dhar, MD
Ultrasound Curriculum
Dr. Sanjay Dhar completed his critical care medicine fellowship with advanced training in critical care echocardiography at The Mount Sinai Medical Center, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York. He subsequently completed a pulmonary and critical care medicine fellowship at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Cornell University / Weill Cornell Medical Center. His clinical and research interests include ARDS, Acute Lung Injury, Shock, Critical Care Ultrasound, Echocardiography, and the long-term outcomes of ICU survivors. Dr. Dhar serves the fellowships as co-director of the critical care ultrasound and echocardiography curriculum with Dr. Terren Trott.
Anil Gopinath, MD
Mechanical Ventilation
Dr. Anil Gopinath completed his medical education in India and his internal medicine residency at the University of Connecticut. He pursued his fellowship training in pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine at the University of Missouri-Columbia and the Cleveland Clinic. His professional interests include mechanical ventilation, hemodynamics, and biostatistics. He serves as co-director of the mechanical ventilation curriculum for the fellowship programs with Dr. Parijat Sen.
Malik Khurram Khan, MD
Chest X-Ray Conferences
Dr. Malik Khurram Khan relocated to the United States from Pakistan after completing medical school. Following his internal medicine residency at Michigan State, he completed his pulmonary and critical care fellowship at the University of Cincinnati before joining the faculty at the University of Kentucky. He serves as the medical director of the UK HealthCare pulmonary rehabilitation program and is the vice chair of the Pulmonary Physiology and Rehabilitation network within ACCP / CHEST. Dr. Khan serves as the director of CHEST conferences, a case-based series supported by pulmonary and radiology faculty.
Dorothy Maes, MD
Pulmonary Curriculum
Dr. DD Maes is originally from New Orleans, La., and has lived in Lexington since 2016. She completed medical school at LSU-NO, her internal medicine-pediatrics residency at UK, and her pulmonology and critical care fellowship at UK, joining the PCCM faculty in August 2023. Her clinical interests include asthma, pediatric to adult transitional pulmonary care, congenital pulmonology, and obstetrical pulmonology and critical care. Dr. Maes serves as a clinical coach for the internal medicine-pediatrics residency and the director of the pulmonary curriculum for the fellowships.
Andrew Smith, MD
Simulations and HALO Curricula
Dr. Andrew Smith is from Hamilton, Ontario. He attended medical school at Medical University of the Americas (Nevis). He completed his internal medicine residency at the University at Buffalo and then fellowship at University of Kentucky. Dr. Smith serves the fellowships as director of simulation and is tasked with improving the fellows' education through high-acuity, low-occurrence clinical scenarios.