Spartanburg, South Carolina

Principal Investigator
Farhan Siddiqui, MD attended medical school at Baqai Medical University and completed his residency in Internal Medicine at University of Connecticut Health Center in Farmington, CT. He continued his training in Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine at Tufts Medical Center in Boston, MA. Dr. Siddiqui is board certified in Critical Care Medicine, Pulmonary Disease, and Internal Medicine and has a medical license in both North Carolina and South Carolina. His interests include mechanical ventilation, critical care, lung cancer, and managing patients with chronic respiratory illnesses. He specializes in endobronchial ultrasound guided lung biopsy which he applies to Pulmonary and Internal Medicine studies at Velocity Clinical Research in Spartanburg. Dr. Siddiqui also practices at Upstate Lung and Critical Care Specialists in Spartanburg, Gaffney, Greenville, Union, South Carolina.

Sub Investigator
Stacie Young, MSN, RN, AGACNP-BC received her Master’s in Advanced Practice Nursing at the University of South Carolina and joined our research team in June 2021. Prior to joining Velocity she worked in Pulmonary and Cardiac ICU for 10 years taking care of patients at the bedside. The medical field is forever changing and staying up to date on research was an integral part of providing the best care for her patients at the bedside. As a sub investigator, she gets to participate in conducting clinical research firsthand and being a part of a process to create better outcomes and care for patients.