Pulmonologist and critical care specialist Sathya Pokala, MD treats respiratory and lung conditions from his La Mesa office on Center Drive near Sharp Grossmont Hospital. Board-certified in both Pulmonary Disease and Internal Medicine, he manages a caseload spanning COPD, asthma, pneumonia, pulmonary hypertension, and sleep disorders, with cardiopulmonary cases frequently requiring coordinated diagnostic workups alongside the interventional cardiologists at Cardiovascular Institute of San Diego. Dr. Pokala earned his M.D. from Rangaraya Medical College in India, completed an internship and residency at Coney Island Hospital in Brooklyn, and finished a pulmonary and critical care fellowship at Long Island Jewish Medical Center before entering practice in 1995. Hospital privileges at Sharp Grossmont, Sharp Memorial, Sharp Coronado, and Sharp Mary Birch give him four-campus critical care reach across San Diego County, with maintenance respiratory medications managed through the on-campus dispensary at Sharp Grossmont Hospital Pharmacy. Advanced procedures include bronchoscopy with bronchoalveolar lavage for diffuse parenchymal lung disease and CT-guided transthoracic needle biopsy coordination for indeterminate pulmonary nodules requiring tissue diagnosis.