Dr. Kenneth G. Kalassian, MD, FCCP

Expert Publications

• Reassessing the value of short-term mortality in sepsis: comparing conventional approaches to modeling.
• Obstetric complications in pulmonary and critical care medicine.

Media Releases

Get to know Pulmonologist and Critical Care Physician Dr. Kenneth G. Kalassian, who serves patients throughout the State of Florida.

Efficient, decisive, and with a keen eye for details, Dr. Kalassian is a quadruple board certified pulmonologist and critical care physician.

Having practiced medicine for more than 25 years, he has practiced in academic medicine with faculty appointments at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and Emory University, as well as in private practice and community hospital settings.

His areas of specialization include critical care medicine, cardiac arrest, stroke, intracranial hemorrhage, subarachnoid hemorrhage, cardiogenic shock, ECMO, respiratory failure, pneumonia, COVID – 19, multiorgan failure, septic shock, and pulmonary embolism.

A 1991 graduate of Stanford University School of Medicine, Dr. Kalassian went on to perform his residency in internal medicine with Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford University from 1991 to 1994.

Subsequently, he pursued two fellowships in pulmonary disease and critical care medicine, the first from 1994 to 1995, and the second from 1995 to 1997, both sponsored by Stanford Health Care. 

With years of experience and training, Dr. Kalassian is board certified in pulmonology medicine, internal medicine, and critical care medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM). The ABIM is a physician-led, non-profit, independent evaluation organization driven by doctors who want to achieve higher standards for better care in a rapidly changing world.

Furthermore, he is board certified in neurocritical care medicine by the United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties (UCNS). Achieving subspecialty certification through the UCNS is the recognition that a physician has met the requirements and standards of knowledge set by experts in the subspecialty and with the oversight of a peer-reviewed process.

Holding fellowship status, Dr. Kalassian is a Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians (FCCP).

Pulmonology is a medical specialty that deals with diseases involving the respiratory tract. A pulmonologist is an internal medicine physician who specializes in preventing, diagnosing, and treating conditions and diseases that affect the lungs, bronchial tubes, and the respiratory system, including the nose, pharynx, and throat.

Intensive care medicine, or critical care medicine, is a branch of medicine concerned with the diagnosis and management of life-threatening conditions that may require sophisticated life support and intensive monitoring. A critical care physician treats patients who have any medical or surgical illness or operation that requires critical care support – generally life-threatening major illnesses or operations where high-level life support is required.

Hailing from Coronado, California, Dr. Kalassian has been married since 1990 to his spouse, Josi Roland Kalassian.

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