Sunkaru Touray, MD, FACP, FCCP

Dr. Sunkaru Touray is a Board-Certified Pulmonologist and Critical Care Physician with extensive clinical and leadership experience in both the United States and The Gambia. He has worked across multiple hospital systems in Texas, California, Oregon, New Mexico, Idaho, and Montana, and is actively involved in national critical care development through his work with the Society of Critical Care Medicine’s FCCS: Bedside Care Task Force.

Dr. Touray is the Founder of Permian Health Lung Institute and leads The Gambia Clean Air Initiative, which is building a nationwide network of low-cost air sensors to improve public health. His work has been recognized with multiple honors, including the Clean Air Award from the University of Chicago’s Energy Policy Institute and a Presidential Citation from the Society of Critical Care Medicine for advocacy. He has also spoken at numerous international conferences.

EDUCATION & TRAINING

Medical Education 

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology 

MD, Doctor of Medicine

Kumasi, Ghana 

Residency: Internal Medicine 

University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School

Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Fellowship: Pulmonary Diseases & Critical Care Medicine 

University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School

Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Postgraduate Education 

University of Basel 

MSc. (Magna Cum Laude) Epidemiology & Infection Biology

Basel, Switzerland

Harvard Medical School

Global Clinical Scholar Research Training Program

Boston, Massachusetts, USA  

SPECIALTY BOARD CERTIFICATION

2015 American Board of Internal Medicine- Internal Medicine 

2017 American Board of Internal Medicine- Pulmonary Diseases

2018 American Board of Internal Medicine- Critical Care Medicine