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Dr. Zider is a San Francisco native who finally returned to the Bay Area in 2017. After a lengthy educational stint on the East Coast, where he went to Princeton as an undergraduate and Tufts for medical school, he returned to California in 2010. After residency and a year as a chief resident, he became a pulmonary and critical care fellow at UCLA. Through research and his clinical training he gained additional knowledge and experience in COPD, interstitial lung disease, and pulmonary hypertension; he is also interested in asthma and lung cancer. He is able to perform bronchoscopy with endobronchial ultrasound.During his free time, he enjoys traveling with his wife, photography, and outdoor activities.
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Medical School: Tufts University School of Medicine
Internship (Internal Medicine): University of California, Los Angeles
Residency (Internal Medicine): University of California, Los Angeles
Chief Residency (Internal Medicine): University of California, Los Angeles, Department of Medicine
Fellowship (Pulmonary & Critical Care): University of California, Los Angeles
Board Certifications: Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease Medicine, Critical Care Medicine
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Dr. Everett enjoys living and practicing medicine in the Bay Area since 2005. While a fellow at UCSF, he did research on tuberculosis in Kampala, Uganda. These days, all his energies are focused close to home; he has a particular interest in asthma, interstitial lung disease, and pulmonary hypertension, plus performs interventional bronchoscopy with endobronchial ultrasound. Dr. Everett also currently serves as a "Sepsis Champion" and Director of Critical Care Services at Mills-Peninsula Medical Center.—
Medical School: Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons
Internship (Internal Medicine): University of California, San Francisco
Residency (Internal Medicine): University of California, San Francisco
Chief Residency (Internal Medicine): UCSF Medical Center, Dept. of Medicine
Fellowship (Pulmonary & Critical Care): University of California, San Francisco
Board Certifications: Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease Medicine, Critical Care Medicine
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Dr. Ni graduated from the Penn State University Medical School in 2013. She completed her Internal Medicine residency at UC Irvine in 2016, and Pulmonary Critical Care fellowship from UCSF in 2019. Though she has lived in both the east coast and west coast, she is a die hard Californian and loves the diversity and beauty of the Bay Area. When she is not practicing medicine, she enjoys traveling to the far reaches of the world - recent excursions include Dubai, Kenya, and Morocco. She loves to spend her downtime relaxing with her boyfriend, her tripod cat, and eating at Michelin star restaurants.—
Medical School: Penn State University
Internship & Residency (Internal Medicine): University of California, Irvine
Fellowship & Residency: University of California, San Francisco
Board Certifications: Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease Medicine, Critical Care Medicine
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Dr. Agarwal found her home in the Bay Area during her undergraduate years at the University of California Berkeley. After finishing her medical school, residency, and chief residency at UCLA, she left California for a brief time to become a pulmonary and critical care fellow at the University of Colorado. While there, she quickly found her niche in the management of complex pulmonary diseases, lung cancer, and lung transplant medicine. Her interests also include improving communication with family members in the intensive care unit and providing personalized, values-directed care for all patients.In 2023, she finally moved back home to the Bay Area and joined Pulmonary Associates. She is able to perform bronchoscopy with endobronchial ultrasound.
During her free time, she enjoys exploring national parks, traveling abroad, and learning about other cultures.
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Medical School: University of California, Los Angeles
Internship (Internal Medicine): University of California, Los Angeles
Residency (Internal Medicine): University of California, Los Angeles
Chief Residency (Internal Medicine): University of California, Los Angeles
Fellowship (Pulmonary & Critical Care): University of Colorado
Board Certifications: Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease Medicine, Critical Care Medicine (Pending)
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Dr. Naidus went to medical school in Portland, OR and did residency in internal medicine in Boston, MA. He returned to his home of San Francisco for fellowship at UCSF. There he did research on the mechanisms that the immune system has for fighting lung cancer. He joined Pulmonary Associates in 2019. Clinically, he enjoys all aspects of pulmonary medicine, but is particularly interested in complex asthma, lung cancer, interstitial lung disease, and rare pulmonary diseases. He performs interventional bronchoscopy with endobronchial ultrasound for the diagnosis of malignant and benign pulmonary diseases. He is also the medical director of the pulmonary rehabilitation program at Mills-Peninsula Medical Center and He enjoys spending time with friends and family in the beautiful outdoors of the Bay Area.—
Medical School: Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon
Internship & Residency (Internal Medicine): Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Portland, Oregon
Fellowship & Residency: University of California, San Francisco
Board Certifications: Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease Medicine, Critical Care Medicine
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Dr. Steyer graduated from Temple University School of Medicine in Philadelphia in 1978. He completed his residency in internal medicine and fellowship in pulmonary disease at the University of Arizona Medical Center and has been in independent group practice with Pulmonary Associates, since 1984. He is board certified in internal medicine, pulmonary disease and critical care.—
Medical School: Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Internship & Residency (Internal Medicine): University of Arizona, Health Sciences Center
Fellowship & Residency: University of Arizona, Health Sciences Center
Board Certifications: Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease Medicine, Critical Care Medicine
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Dr. Coskey attended the University of Michigan as an undergraduate and for medical school before moving to California. He completed his pulmonary and critical care fellowship at UCLA in 1993, and has enjoyed living and working in the Bay Area since then. He enjoys practicing internal medicine, pulmonary and critical care medicine. He has a particular interest in asthma/COPD, lung cancer and interstitial lung disease. He enjoys working with patients with chronic lung disease through this program.—
Medical School: University of Michigan Medical School
Internship & Residency (Internal Medicine): Harbor - UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, CA
Fellowship (Pulmonary & Critical Care): UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
Board Certifications: Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease Medicine, Critical Care Medicine
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Dr. Robert Jasmer received his BA from Harvard in 1986 and MD from Washington University in 1990. After internship, residency, and chief residency at Stanford, he became a pulmonary and critical care fellow at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), then joined the faculty there in 1997.Dr. Jasmer served as the Associate Program Director for the Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Training Program at UCSF and directed the UCSF Pulmonary and Critical Care CME Program and was also the co-director of the medical intensive care unit at San Francisco General Hospital for 9 years. He has published more than 30 peer-reviewed research studies, and written 11 books or chapters on various topics in pulmonary diseases and critical care medicine.
In 2006, Dr. Jasmer went into private practice in Burlingame, California. He has special interests in interstitial lung disease, pulmonary infections, and obstructive lung disease. His favorite part of practice is the long-term personal relationships he develops with his patients.
Dr. Jasmer is married and has a daughter and twin sons. In his personal time, he enjoys spending time with his family, trying out new restaurants, playing tennis and keeping up with his children's busy sports schedules.
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Medical School: Washington University School of Medicine
Internship & Residency (Internal Medicine): Stanford University, Dept. of Medicine
Chief Resident: Stanford University School of Medicine, Dept. of Medicine
Fellowship (Pulmonary Disease & Critical Care Medicine): University of San Francisco (UCSF) Medical Center, Dept. of Medicine
Research Fellowship: Cardiovascular Research Institute, UCSF
Board Certifications: Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease Medicine, Critical Care Medicine
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Lisa’s passion for helping others naturally drove her to pursue nursing as a career. In her 10 years of experience as a registered nurse, 8 years were spent working alongside our Pulmonologists in the intensive care unit where she rapidly progressed and became one of the designated charge nurses.Striving to be a bigger patient advocate, she went back to school and graduated with her Master’s in Nursing in Spring of 2022 and obtained her Nurse Practitioner license. Her interest is in all aspects of pulmonary medicine, but especially in chronic cough, asthma, COPD, pneumonia, and pulmonary hypertension. Lisa speaks 3 Chinese dialects: Cantonese, Taishanese, and is conversational in Mandarin.
On her days off, she enjoys spending time with family, catching up with friends or eating at a new restaurant. As a self-proclaimed foodie, Lisa is very quick with restaurant recommendations.
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Nursing School:
San Francisco State University, School of Nursing, May 2022
Masters of Science in Nursing (MSN) – Family Nurse Practitioner
San Jose State University – School of Nursing, May 2012
Bachelors of Science in Nursing (BSN)Licenses & Certifications:
California Family Nurse Practitioner
California Registered Nurse
Critical Care Registered Nurse
Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support
Basic Life Support
National Institute of Health Stroke Scale