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CHI Memorial Lung Care Associates

Buz Standefer Lung Center

In the greater Chattanooga community and across the country, millions of people are living with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ( COPD). This number is expected to rise, unlike other diseases such as cancer and heart disease where incidence rates are decreasing.  More than 35 million Americans are now living with chronic lung disease.

Angelique Gross, MD, Sumit Patel, MD, Jesse Tucker, MD, MPH, Prabhu Vijayvargiya, MD, Carole Johnson, FNP; Josue Mendoza, FNP, Sandra Webb, FNP-C and Kristen Wright-Miranda, ACNP-BC,  treat bronchitis, asthma, pneumonia, COPD, chest infections, cystic fibrosis, lung cancer and other  breathing related diseases. The Buz Standefer Lung Center at CHI Memorial provides a comprehensive, multidisciplinary team approach to the diagnosis, treatment planning, surgical intervention and recovery of lung disease. 

Our offices are open Monday - Thursday, 8 a.m. - 4 p.m. & Friday,  8 - 11:30 a.m. To schedule an appointment with one of our medical professionals, call (423) 495-2635.

Our physicians & providers

Dr. Angelique Gross

Pulmonologist, Critical Care Medicine

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Dr. Sumit Patel

Pulmonologist, Critical Care Medicine

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Dr. Jesse Tucker

Medical Director of Critical Care, Pulmonologist

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Dr. Prabhu Vijayvargiya

Pulmonologist, Critical Care Medicine

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Carole Johnson

Nurse Practitioner 

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Josue Mendoza

Nurse Practitioner 

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Sandra Webb

Nurse Practitioner

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Two locations to serve you

CHI Memorial Lung Care Associates - Chattanooga

725 Glenwood Drive, Suite E-500, Chattanooga, TN 37404

CHI Memorial Lung Care Associates - Parkway

4700 Battlefield Parkway, Suite 360, Ringgold, GA 30736