Venkata Anand Varma Gottumukkala, MD, is a board-certified pulmonologist who specializes in managing a wide range of lung and sleep disorders with special interests in healthy living, sleep hygiene, weight loss and mindfulness. He graduated from Armed Forces Medical College in Pune, India and completed his residency and a pulmonary critical care and sleep medicine fellowship at the University at Buffalo.

_"I like to treat patients with empathy -- my goal is to create a safe environment with a sense of trust and security, and leaves a lasting impression," says Dr. Gottumukkala. "Improving some one's quality of life is a tremendously rewarding experience for me."_