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Meet our Staff

Alan Atkinson

Alan Atkinson, D.O., FACOI, FCCP
Medical Director

A leading specialist in pulmonary medicine in the medical community. His years of specialized education in pulmonary diagnostics and therapeutics are a wealth of resources to all of our patients.

Elaine Hurst

Elaine Hurst, BS, LRT, LPFT
Pulmonary Function Coordinator
Charge Technologist

This highly skilled professional has more than 27 years of experience in Respiratory Care and Pulmonary Diagnostics with Sparrow Health System. She has served with distinction in a number of positions from therapist to supervisor. She presently serves as Charge Therapist and Coordinator in the Pulmonary Labs.

Linda

Linda, AAS, LRT, LPFT
Technologist

Linda has worked for Sparrow Health System for over 13 years. Her extensive experience includes a respiratory therapist and a charge therapist in both the hospital and home care settings. She has worked with both pediatric and adult patients and extends her abilities to working with the pulmonary rehab patients. She is a licensed respiratory therapist and a registered pulmonary function technologist.

Phil Pavona

Phil Pavona, BS, RRT
Pulmonary Services Director

Phil is a lifelong resident of the Lansing community and has been with the Sparrow Health System for nearly 35 years. A graduate of Western Michigan University, Phil has served the Health System in a variety of roles and positions. He is currently the Director of Pulmonary Services where he oversees the therapeutic and diagnostic care provided by over 100 individuals. Pulmonary Services encompasses the departments of Pulmonary Function, Pulmonary Rehabilitation, Respiratory Therapy and the Sleep Center Diagnostics Lab.

John Rinck

John Rinck, MM, RRT, CPFT
Manager

More than 29 years of service to the Sparrow Health System as a Respiratory Therapist. Of those, more than seven years have been dedicated to diagnostic testing within the pediatric and neonatal patients, with an emphasis on neonatal lung development research.

Peter Zipple

Peter Zipple, AAS, LRT, LPFT
Technologist

A graduate of Ferris State University, Pete began his career in Respiratory Therapy in 1989. He has over a decade and a half working in pulmonary diagnostics. His extensive experience in pulmonary diagnostics has come from working with several brands of equipment in different laboratories. He specializes in pediatrics.

Sparrow Health System: Pulmonary Services

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