Meet Our Physicians

Specialties:

Pulmonology

Pulmonology is the medical specialty that focuses on diseases of the respiratory tract and respiratory disease. Pulmonologists focus on the breathing process and getting oxygen into and out of the body. Some conditions treated by pulmonologists include asthma, bronchitis, emphysema, lung cancer, pneumonia and sleep apnea, to name a few. A branch of internal medicine, pulmonology is closely tied to critical care medicine because of its connection to mechanical ventilation and to sleep disorders. Many pulmonologists are also specially trained to detect and treat sleep disorders such as obstructive sleep apnea, narcolepsy, snoring, and restless leg syndrome.

Ammar Ghanem, MD, FCCP, DABSM
Specialties: Pulmonology, Sleep, Sleep Medicine

2510 E. Dupont Road, Suite 108 (Map)
Fort Wayne, IN 46825
(260) 416-5892
FAX: (260) 416-5897

Ammar Ghanem, MD, FCCP, DABSM, joined St. Joseph Medical Group in July 2010 after serving as an attending physician at Southern Ohio Medical Center in Portsmouth, Ohio, since 2005. He also served on the faculty at Ohio University in Athens, Southern Ohio Medical Center.

Dr. Ghanem earned a medical degree from Damascus University Medical School in Damascus, Syria, in 1994. He trained in internal medicine at Damascus University and Ministry of Health Hospitals, where he was named graduate of the year. In 2003, he completed an internal medicine residency at Robert Packer Hospital in Sayre, Pa., which is an affiliate of State University of New York Upstate Medical University at Syracuse.

He completed fellowships in sleep and pulmonology at Marshall University, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine in Huntington, W.V., in 2005, and in 2010, he completed a fellowship in critical care at the University of Pittsburg Medical Center in Pittsburgh, Pa.

Dr. Ghanem is board certified in internal, pulmonary and sleep medicine. He is a member of the American Medical Association, the American College of Physicians/American Society of Internal Medicine, the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. He is also a fellow in the American College of Chest Physicians.

Diana Lackey, MD
Specialties: Critical Care, Pulmonology

800 Broadway, Suite 204 (Map)
Fort Wayne, IN 46802
(260) 425-3782
FAX: (260) 425-3783

Diana L. Lackey, MD, a pulmonologist, joined St. Joseph Medical Group in September 2007. Dr. Lackey, who is experienced in pulmonary and critical care medicine, was in private practice in Atlanta, Ga., before coming to Fort Wayne.

Dr. Lackey entered medical school after high school at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine. She earned a bachelor's in biology in 1984 and a medical degree in 1985. She completed an internship in internal medicine at the University of Oklahoma, Tulsa Medical College in 1988, and a fellowship in pulmonary medicine at the University of Arizona Health Sciences Center in 1990. She completed a second fellowship at the Veteran's Administration Medical Center in Tucson in 1990.

Dr. Lackey is board certified by the National Board of Medical Examiners, and she is a member of the American College of Chest Physicians and the American College of Physicians.