Dr. Mohammed A. Aziz, MD

Expert Publications

• New methods of dissecting the masticator space of the rhesus macaque ( Macaca mulatta).
• Fish consumption behavior and rates in native and non-native people in Saudi Arabia.
• Interspecific and locational differences in metal levels in edible fish tissue from Saudi Arabia.
• Congener-specific levels and patterns of polychlorinated biphenyls in edible fish tissue from the central Red Sea coast of Saudi Arabia.
• Culture-dependent bacteria in commercial fishes: Qualitative assessment and molecular identification using 16S rRNA gene sequencing.

Media Releases

Get to know Pulmonologist Dr. Mohammed A. Aziz, who serves patients in Sayre, Pennsylvania.

Being a board-certified and fellowship-trained pulmonologist, Dr. Aziz’s clinical interests include ICU delirium & post-ICU syndrome, interstitial lung diseases, pulmonary hypertension, sepsis/septic shock, and sleep disorders. He can be found on staff at Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital in Sayre, Pennsylvania.

As a 267-bed tertiary care, teaching hospital, Guthrie Robert Packer Hospital offers a wide range of inpatient and outpatient services from a dedicated team of skilled physicians, health care professionals, and staff. They are committed to Guthrie’s mission of improving the health and well-being of the region. 

In the early days of his academic career, Dr. Aziz earned his medical degree from Dow Medical College in Karachi, Pakistan in 1990. Upon relocating to the United States, he went on to serve his residency in internal medicine and his fellowship in pulmonary disease at the Albert Einstein School of Medicine in the Bronx, New York. He also completed an additional fellowship in critical care medicine at New York Medical College. 

Among his professional affiliations, he is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, a Fellow of the American College of Critical Care Medicine, a Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians, a Fellow of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, as well as a member of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the American Academy of Hospice & Palliative Medicine.

Dedicated to excellence, the doctor is board-certified in internal medicine, pulmonary disease, critical care medicine, sleep medicine, as well as hospice and palliative 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.

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.

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