Michael B. Teiger, M.D., F.C.C.P.

• Undergraduate - Case Western Reserve University - B. A.
• Medical School - University of Connecticut Health Center Farmington, CT - MD
• Residency - St. Francis Hospital & Medical Center, Hartford, CT
• Fellowship - University of Connecticut Health Center in Pulmonary Medicine

Michael B. Teiger, M.D., F.C.C.P. is a senior medical attending at St. Francis Hospital & Medical Center and an Assistant Professor of Medicine at University of Connecticut Health Center. He practices Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine and has been in private practice since 1983. The majority of his time is split between hospital, critical care and office - based pulmonary medicine. He has additional expertise in the fields of Occupational Lung Diseases and has done extensive Legal Consulting in occupational lung disease as well as medical malpractice consultation. He is the director of the Aviation Medicine Center and is a designated Senior Aviation Medical Examiner (AME), offering all class aviation physicals to the aviation community. He is board certified in both Internal Medicine and Pulmonary Diseases and is licensed to practice medicine in the States of Connecticut and Massachusetts.

Robert D. Bogacki, M.D.

• Undergraduate - Boston College BS
• Medical School - Temple University Philadelphia, PA MD
• Residency - University of Connecticut Health Center Farmington, Connecticut

Robert D. Bogacki, M.D. is Board Certified in Internal Medicine and joined PULIMA in the summer of 2006. He has special interest in Hospitalist medicine and has been instrumental in the success of the private practice Hospitalist program at St. Francis Hospital. He also has special interest in Pulmonary and Critical Care medicine and maintains a strong clinical and teaching presence in the hospital. He has grew up in the Greater Hartford region and has close family ties to the area. He is fluent in Polish.

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Physician Assistant and Nurse Practitioner

Pulmonary and Internal Medicine Associates of Greater Hartford, PC have physician extenders who provide advanced clinical patient care services under the supervision of pulmonary and internal medicine physicians.

Debra R. Strigun, MMSc, PA-C

• Undergraduate - Viterbo University-B S
• Undergraduate - Manchester Community College - AS
• Graduate Training - Yale University - MMSc

Ms. Strigun, PA-C is the senior Physician Assistant in the practice and joined in 2003. She is certified by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants. She is fully licensed in Connecticut. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Physician Assistants and Connecticut Academy of Physician Assistants. Currently, she also serves on the Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center Pulmonary Advisory Board. Prior to joining Pulmonary and Internal Medicine Associates of Greater Hartford, LLC, Ms. Strigun was a Registered Respiratory Therapist and Physician Assistant in urgent care/occupational medicine.