We provide care in three easily-accessible locations across the Rio Grande Valley.
1604 East 8th St., Suite A
Weslaco, TX
Phone: (956) 447-5557
5300 North McColl Rd., Suite 100
McAllen, TX
Phone: (956) 630-1000
1022 E. Griffin Pkwy.
Mission, TX 78572
Phone: (956) 833-6000
Dr. Fernando Woll Plenge is a board-certified pulmonologist and critical care physician dedicated to providing comprehensive, evidence-based respiratory care to patients throughout the Rio Grande Valley. He currently practices at Pulmonary and Sleep Center of the Valley and serves as an intensivist with South Texas Health System. Dr. Woll completed his Internal Medicine residency and his fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, one of the nation’s leading academic medical centers. He is board certified in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Medicine, and Critical Care Medicine. His clinical interests encompass a broad range of pulmonary conditions, including COPD, asthma, interstitial lung disease, pulmonary hypertension, lung nodules, pleural disease, and respiratory failure. His extensive background in critical care medicine also provides him with a unique perspective in caring for patients with complex and advanced pulmonary disease.
In addition to his clinical practice, Dr. Woll has a strong academic and research background. His work has included research in pulmonary hypertension, lung transplantation, chronic lung disease, and bronchoscopic therapies. He has presented research at international meetings of the American Thoracic Society and has authored multiple peer-reviewed publications, including studies involving lung transplantation and intrabronchial valves.
Before joining the Pulmonary and Sleep Center of the Valley, Dr. Woll provided critical care through Tele-ICU programs serving major healthcare systems across the United States and practiced pulmonary medicine in Lima, Peru. His diverse clinical experience has allowed him to care for patients across a wide spectrum of pulmonary and critical illnesses.
Dr. Woll believes in combining current medical evidence with an individualized approach to patient care. He takes the time to understand each patient’s symptoms, medical history, and goals to develop a personalized treatment plan and help patients achieve better respiratory health and quality of life.
Employing state-of-the-art technology and updated diagnostic and treatment algorithms, our highly trained staff is dedicated
to provide accurate diagnoses and optimally-effective treatments for the full range of pulmonary and sleep disorders.
Their decades of combined expertise and commitment to personalized treatment ensure that each
of our clients receives the care they need to maximize their pulmonary and sleep health.
Dr. Abreu is the Center’s Founder and Director. A native of the Dominican Republic, Dr. Abreu obtained his medical degree in 1992 from Pontificia Universidad Catolica Madre y Maestra, located in Santiago, the Dominican Republic.
Dr. Kaplan received his medical degree from Argentina’s National University of Tucuman School of Medicine, from which he graduated cum laude in 1993. Post-doctoral training in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, and Sleep Medicine followed at…
Dr. Rodriguez received his medical degree from the Universidad Iberoamericana (UNIBE), from which he graduated Magna Cum Laude in 2011. He went on to complete his Internal Medicine Residency in the John Stroger Hospital of Cook County, Chicago. Later on he completed his…
Doctor Gomez joined our clinical staff in 2009. He completed his medical education at Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia in Lima, Peru, his post-doctoral training being taken in Internal Medicine at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, Michigan. He received his Pulmonary and Critical Care training at the…
Born in Haiti, Dr. Pean obtained his pre-med education in Haiti from 1965-1972. From 1973-1980, he received his medical school training at Universidad Veracruzana, Facultad de Medicina, Unidad de Ciencias de la Salud Poza Rica, in Veracruz, Mexico.
Dr. Brown received his undergraduate medical education from Peru’s Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia. Eight months of his last two years of undergraduate education were spent in clinical and research sub-internships at Johns Hopkins…
Dr. Rey-Mendoza received his medical degree from the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru. As a medical student, he was awarded as the most outstanding intern during his Internal Medicine wards rotation at the Cayetano Heredia General Hospital in 2012.
Margie Rodriguez attended the University of Texas Pan-American in Edinburg, TX, where she received her Master’s in Science in Nursing in May of 2008. She received her Family Nurse Practitioner from the American Nurses Credentialing Center shortly thereafter.
Ancilla González earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Texas-Pan American in 2003. She worked in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Valley Baptist Medical Center – Harlingen for two years and in the ICU at Doctors Hospital at Renaissance (DHR) for eight years.
Center Dental Sleep Medicine Clinical Associate Joseph M. Adame, DDS, is the Valley’s only dentist who has gained certification from the American Academy of Dental Sleep Medicine’s American Board of Dental Sleep Medicine. Dr. Adame is onsite two days/week, providing an assessment of the suitability of the patient for oral appliance therapy…
