South Bay Pulmonary Medical

The practice provides pulmonary and family medicine in Chula Vista, with physicians whose expertise also includes internal medicine and critical care medicine. Pulmonary and internal medicine are practiced by medical director Dr. Jose A. Lira, who began his private practice in Chula Vista in 1980. The group also has a history of medical direction at the Eastlake Sleep Center and respiratory therapy departments at local medical centers. It serves patients in the San Diego community and accepts multiple private insurance plans; pulmonary and sleep medicine HMO specialist visits require authorization through the insurer and primary care physician. Its specialties include pulmonology, sleep medicine, and family practice. The group is based in Chula Vista, California.