Jana P. Kaimal, MD, FCCP
Dr. Jana P. Kaimal was born in
1944 in the state of Kerala in India. After completing high school, college and medical
education at the Institute
of Medical Sciences in India, he
decided to come to the United
States to see the world. By the age of 30, Dr. Kaimal completed his
medical residency and training in Pulmonology in Michigan and Ohio.
He became an Assistant Professor at Tulane University. Dr. Kaimal knew he wanted to go into
practice for himself and although he had a medical license to practice in Michigan and Ohio he loved Louisiana so much that
he decided to stay in Cajun country.
Once he accomplished his
initial goal of establishing a sub-specialty in pulmonary medicine, he went
on to become a specialist in Hyperbaric Medicine, Critical Care and finally
in Sleep Disorders.
In March of 2000 Dr. Kaimal
opened the Sleep Disorder Center of Louisiana. He holds a license to practice in Texas, Louisiana, Michigan, California, Ohio, Georgia and Florida. Although sleep medicine is his main
specialty now he is currently certified in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary,
Sleep Disorders and Sleep Medicine.
Dr. Kaimal is a member of the American College of Chest Physicians and the
American Sleep Disorder Association.
He is actively involved in establishing a preventative and
complimentary health clinic.
Phillip S. Conner, MD
Dr. Phillip Conner joined our
Dream Team in July 2008. He earned his Bachelor of Science in Zoology at
Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge in 1994 and his Doctorate of
Medicine at Louisiana State University Medical School in New Orleans in
1998.
Dr. Conner is completing
his fellowship in Sleep Medicine under the direction of Dr. Kaimal. He is
Board Certified in Family Practice, and in May, 2009, he will be taking his
examination to be Board Certified in Sleep Medicine.
Dr. Conner is a member of the
Calcasieu Parish Medical Society and the Louisiana State Medical
Society.
Dr Conner is married and the
father of three children.
Michelle Zimmerman, N.P.
Michelle Zimmerman is our resident snowbird from Canada. She completed her Bachelors Degree in Nursing
at the University of New Brunswick, in Fredericton,
Canada in 1992, and
migrated to Southwest Louisiana to add a
little bit of Cajun spice to her career.
She completed her Masters of Science in Nursing at McNeese State
University in December
2000, becoming certified as a Family Nurse Practitioner. She has maintained her focus in Sleep
Medicine, recently moving back home from Nashville,
Tennesse where she worked at Vanderbilt
University Medical
Center.
Michelle enjoys spending time
with her husband Richard and daughter Hannah.
“Sleepy”
Another gator hatched in Lake Charles! “Sleepy Gator” was hatched at the Sleep
Disorder Center of Louisiana located at 4820 Lake Street in Lake Charles in June 2008. Designed by Roland Corbello of RC’s Custom
Paint and Body, Sleepy sports a set of PJ’s and slippers and carries his much
needed pillow looking for a good night’s sleep. Looks like he found the right place!
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