Richard S. Prager, MD, FCCP, FCCM, Internist
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Richard S. Prager, MD, FCCP, FCCM

Internist

8950 SW 57th Ave Miami Florida, 33156

About

Dr. Richard Prager is an internist practicing in Miami, Florida. Dr. Prager specializes in the medical treatment of adults. Internists can act as a primary physician or a consultant to a primary physician. They manage both common and rare diseases. Dr. Prager provides comprehensive care and manages treatment with surgeons as well. Internists establish long-term relationships with their patients and incorporate disease prevention and mental health care into their practice.

Education and Training

Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University MD 1984

Board Certification

American Board of Internal Medicine- Pulmonary Disease

Provider Details

MaleEnglish

Areas of expertise and specialization

Internal MedicinePulmonologySleep Medicine

Awards

  • TOP 25 INNOVATORS IN HEALTH IMAGIN & IT   
  • BOARD MEMBER, INTERNATIONAL BOARD OF MARITIME HEALTHCARE, IBMH   
  • BEST PRACTICE TOP 10% OF ICU'S IN MORTALITY LOW RISK ADMISSIONS LENGTH OF STAY NATIONAL BENCHMARK LOW RISK ADMISSIONS   

Internships

  • Cleveland Clinic

Professional Society Memberships

  • American Thoracic Society, American College of Physicians-Internal Medicine

Areas of research

Philanthropic Initiatives

Teaching and speaking

Favorite Place to Vacation

  • PARIS FRANCE

Hobbies / Sports

  • Poetry, Reading

Favorite professional publications

  • EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE

Areas of research

Richard S. Prager, MD, FCCP, FCCM's Practice location

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8950 SW 57th Ave -
Miami, Florida 33156
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Get to know Pulmonologist Dr. Richard Prager, who serves the Miami, Florida area at several local hospitals. Dr. Prager received his medical degree from Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University and continued his studies with a residency in internal medicine at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation and a fellowship in critical care medicine from the Jacksonville Health Education Program. Dr. Prager has been in practice for over forty years and specializes in pulmonology. Affiliated with multiple Miami area hospitals, including Baptist Hospital of Miami and Homestead Hospital, Dr. Prager holds a Florida medical license through 2020. He is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in internal medicine, critical care medicine and pulmonary diseases. Throughout his career, he has undertaken research and presented his findings in prestigious medical journals, like The Journal of Intensive Care Medicine. To say current in his field, Dr. Prager maintains professional memberships with the American Thoracic Society, and the American College of Physicians-Internal Medicine. Throughout his career, he has earned many honors and accolades, including an award as one of the Top 25 Innovators in Health. He has additionally reached a national benchmark for low-risk admissions at each of the hospitals he is affiliated with. Pulmonary medicine is the subspecialty of internal medicine that focuses on the diagnosis and management of disorders of the respiratory system, including the lungs, upper airways, thoracic cavity, and chest wall. Although most common respiratory problems are treated by general internists and other specialty physicians, internists practicing pulmonary medicine (often referred to as “pulmonologists”) are frequently called upon to help diagnose unknown disorders and assist in managing difficult, unusual, or complicated diseases of the respiratory system. Pulmonologists have expertise in structural, inflammatory, infectious, and neoplastic disorders of the lung parenchyma, pleura and airways, pulmonary vascular disease and its effect on the cardiovascular system, and detection and prevention of occupational and environmental causes of lung disease. Diseases commonly evaluated and treated by pulmonologists include asthma, chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD), emphysema, lung cancer, interstitial and occupational lung diseases, complex lung and pleural infections including tuberculosis, pulmonary hypertension, and cystic fibrosis. Some pulmonologists focus on sleep-disordered breathing (such as sleep apnea) and may provide diagnostic and therapeutic services in sleep laboratories. Dr. Prager is a board member of the International Board of Maritime Healthcare and partakes in philanthropic initiatives throughout the Miami area. When he is not seeing patients, he enjoys reading and writing poetry.

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