Omar Taha, MD
Pulmonologist/Critical Care Specialist
Dr. Taha graduated from the American University of Antigua and spent six years in Brooklyn, New York at a busy 711 bed community hospital (Maimonides Medical Center). He received numerous awards including Resident of the Year twice as well as Fellow of the Year in his final year. Dr. Taha helped run a COVID-19 ICU to manage the sickest patients when the pandemic hit Brooklyn. Dr. Taha is also a Co-Medical Director of the Intensive Care Unit. He believes in evidence-based medicine tailored to the individual patient and has special interests in tracheostomies and weaning patients from ventilators after devastating injuries as well as management of the critically ill.
Pulmonology and Sleep Services
201 Dates Drive, Suite 301
Ithaca, NY 14850
(607) 882-2277
Fax: (607) 535-2700
Pulmonology and Sleep Services
74 N. West Street
Homer, NY 13077
(607) 882-2277
Fax: (607) 535-2700
Education
Doctor of Medicine, American University of Antigua College of Medicine (Osbourn, Antigua & Barbuda)
Internship: Maimonides Medical Center (Brooklyn, NY) – Internal Medicine
Residency: Maimonides Medical Center (Brooklyn, NY) – Internal Medicine
Fellowship: Maimonides Medical Center (Brooklyn, NY) – Pulmonology and Critical Care Medicine
Areas of Special Clinical Interest
Sepsis
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
COVID-19
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Breathing disorders in obesity
Tracheostomy management and chronic respiratory failure
Pulmonary rehabilitation
Smoking cessation
Member
American Medical Association