There are 6 physician-owned pulmonary disease practices in Delaware, vetted against the NPPES NPI Registry. Hospital-employed, government, and academic positions are excluded.
6 pulmonary disease groups in Delaware that physicians still own. No hospital systems, no private equity, no academic posts. Just the map nobody else built.
Every year of training came with a script. Apply, interview, rotate, take the exam, advance. The next thing to do was never in question.
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Hospital-employed, government-operated, and academic positions are excluded. These are not independent private practices:
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Dover, DE
Dover Pulmonary Pa provides outpatient pulmonary disease care from its office in Dover, Delaware. Additional capabilities include lung and respiratory care. Call the practice directly to ask about current physician openings or partnership opportunities.
31 Gooden Ave, Dover, DE 19904
Newark, DE
Breathe 360 is an integrative medicine clinic focused on providing high-quality care and support for those struggling with sleep disorders and other Pulmonology related diseases. Our mission is to help our patients achieve better health, and better lives. We understand that access to healthcare is important for our overall well-being, and we are committed to providing personalized treatment plans tailored to each patient’s unique needs. Our team of experienced, lung and sleep specialists and hea
1400 Peoples Plaza Suite 124, Newark, DE 19702
Newark, DE
Dr. Hummayun Ismail maintains a private pulmonary disease practice in Newark, Delaware, where clinical decisions remain physician-led. Beyond pulmonary disease, the office offers lung and respiratory care. Employment and partnership inquiries can be directed to the practice via their website.
550 Stanton Christiana Rd Suite 103, Newark, DE 19713
Newark, DE
Patients in Newark, Delaware can receive pulmonary disease care at Ismail Sleep Disorder Center, a private medical practice. Additional capabilities include lung and respiratory care. Physicians exploring opportunities can reach out through the practice website or by phone.
550 Stanton Christiana Rd, Newark, DE 19713
Wilmington, DE
Dr. Clifton Hunt, MD, Sleep Clinic provides pulmonary disease care in Wilmington, Delaware as a multi-physician private practice. Services extend to lung and respiratory care. Reach the office through their website or direct phone line for career-related questions.
5153 W Woodmill Dr #18, Wilmington, DE 19808
Wilmington, DE
Dr. Louis H. Guernsey Jr maintains a private pulmonary disease practice in Wilmington, Delaware, where clinical decisions remain physician-led. Additional capabilities include lung and respiratory care. Call the practice directly to ask about current physician openings or partnership opportunities.
1600 Rockland Rd, Wilmington, DE 19803
Then PGY-Final hits, and the page is blank. A recruiter calls. A contract lands in your inbox with a 50-mile non-compete, an opaque productivity model, and a signing bonus you do not understand the strings on.
The senior residents signed their first contracts without reading every clause. Not because they did not care, but because nobody had handed them a map of what else existed. So they took the first offer. This directory exists so you do not have to.
What you'll find here is a complete list of 6 physician-owned pulmonary disease practices in Delaware, verified against the NPPES NPI Registry. I started with the full federal database and worked backwards, removing every practice that doesn't qualify as independently operated. No hospital jobs. No PE-backed groups. No staffing agencies. Just 6 practices across 3 cities where physicians own the entity and control the clinical direction.
You won't find this list anywhere else. National job boards aggregate whatever employers pay to post, regardless of ownership structure. This directory starts from the federal NPPES database and filters down to practices where physicians own the entity. That distinction matters because it determines everything: how you're compensated, how decisions get made, whether you'll ever have a real equity stake. Use it to identify practices worth reaching out to directly.
Delaware's physician-owned pulmonary disease directory lists 6 practice locations across 3 cities.
None of the pulmonary disease practices listed in Delaware carry a PE-Backed or Corporate-Acquired flag. All listings in this directory are physician-owned independent practices verified through NPPES.
Practices are located in Dover, Newark, and Wilmington.
Three steps. Skip any one of them and you are back to signing the first thing handed to you.
You are already here. 6 physician-owned pulmonary disease groups in Delaware, vetted against NPPES.
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Not because they did not care. Because nobody handed them the map. Now there is one.
“Your seniors did not figure this out. They signed without reading.”
Daniel Aragón, MD, MBAThere are 6 physician-owned pulmonary disease private practices in Delaware, verified against the NPPES NPI Registry. All are independently operated. Hospital-employed, government, corporate, and academic positions are excluded.
A physician-owned practice is one where licensed physicians hold controlling ownership of the business entity. This is distinct from hospital employment, corporate medical groups, or private equity-backed practices where non-physician entities control the business.
The Corporate-Acquired flag means the practice was historically physician-owned but has since been acquired by a corporate entity such as Optum. The MSO-Affiliated flag means the practice uses a Management Services Organization for billing and administration while physicians retain practice-level ownership.
Delaware's physician-owned pulmonary disease practices include Pulmonary Associates (Wilmington, 5 physicians) and Kent Pulmonary Associates, LLC (Dover, 6 physicians).
NPPES is the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System, a federal database maintained by CMS. Every practice in this directory has an active NPI record in NPPES, confirming it is a registered U.S. medical practice.
When a pulmonology practice owns its PFT equipment and employs its own respiratory therapist to perform testing, the practice bills and collects the technical component of PFT studies (spirometry, DLCO, plethysmography) separately from the physician's interpretation fee. This technical component revenue, which would otherwise go to a hospital if testing were referred out, can add $100,000-$300,000+ annually to a high-volume pulmonology practice's revenue. Ask for the annual PFT testing volume and what portion of technical component revenue is distributed to physician-owners.
| Physician-Owned | Hospital-Employed | Corporate / PE-Backed | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Who controls the practice | Physicians | Health system | Non-physician entity |
| Non-compete scope | Narrower, negotiable | Broad | Very broad |
| Partnership / buy-in path | Common | Rare | Rare |
| Call schedule flexibility | Higher | Variable | Lower |
| Productivity bonus upside | High | Moderate | Moderate |
| Included in this directory | Yes | No | Flagged |
This directory is maintained by Daniel Aragón, MD, MBA, a physician who just walked this path. All listings are pulled from the NPPES NPI Registry (CMS.gov), the federal database of all U.S. medical providers. Hospital-employed, corporate, and government-operated positions are excluded. Last updated: .
Daniel Aragón, MD, MBA. A physician who just walked this path.
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