SARATOGA SPRINGS —Dr. Santosh Vaghela has joined Saratoga Hospital Medical Group – Pulmonology and Sleep Medicine. He is fellowship trained in pulmonary disease, sleep medicine and critical care medicine.
Saratoga Hospital Medical Group – Pulmonology and Sleep Medicine specializes in treating breathing-related conditions and sleep disorders. The team also provides critical care for inpatients at Saratoga Hospital.
Demand for pulmonologists, or lung doctors—already high because of the growing senior population—has increased during the pandemic. Despite the competitive environment, Saratoga Hospital Medical Group has been able to recruit two pulmonologists in the past year.
Vaghela earnied his undergraduate degree at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy. He then went on to earn a medical degree from St. George’s University School of Medicine and to complete an internship in the Yale-Waterbury internal medicine residency program in Connecticut. He completed a fellowship in critical care medicine at Yale New Haven Hospital and fellowships in pulmonary disease and sleep medicine at Norwalk Hospital/Nuvance Health.
Vaghela is board certified in internal medicine, pulmonary disease, and critical care medicine, and board eligible in sleep medicine. He is a member of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, Society of Critical Care Medicine, American College of Chest Physicians, and the American Thoracic Society.
Vaghela sees patients at 19 West Ave., Saratoga Springs and at Saratoga Medical Park at Malta. For an appointment, call 518-693-4635. To learn more, go to www.SaratogaHospital.org.
