Center of the Hudson Valley
Adult Providers
The adult cystic fibrosis team at Vassar Brothers Medical Center works closely with the pediatric team at MidHudson Regional Hospital. As an Affiliate Center, the team is in close contact with Westchester Medical Center which serves as its core CF center. The team is also in contact with other CF centers in New York such as Albany Medical Center and Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center. The team has experience in referring patients for lung transplantation and caring for those who have undergone lung transplantation. The team provides both outpatient and inpatient care in conjunction with our team of social workers, respiratory therapists, dietitians and other adult medical subspecialists.
For appointments and referrals please contact our office at 845-214-1880.
Dr. Collins has been Division Chief of Pulmonary/Critical care/Sleep Medicine at Vassar Brothers Medical Center in Poughkeepsie since 2016. He has been the adult CF affiliate director since its inception in 2016. He is also the program director for the pulmonary/critical care fellowship training program at Nuvance health. He completed his fellowship training at Lahey Clinic Medical Center in Massachusetts in 2007. He has 19 years of experience caring for adults with respiratory disease including cystic fibrosis.
Timothy P. Collins, DO, FCCP
Dr. Suseelan joined the practice in 2013. He is board-certified in internal medicine, pulmonary diseases and critical care medicine. He completed fellowship training in 2010 at Methodist University Hospital in Brooklyn. He is the Vice Chairman of internal medicine and respiratory therapy medical director at Vassar Brothers Medical Center. He has been caring for adults with cystic fibrosis since 2014.
Hary Suseelan, MD, FCCP
Dr. Erdreich joined the practice in 2020. He completed his pulmonary/critical care fellowship training at the University of Vermont in 2020 where he was exposed to both pediatric and adult cystic fibrosis patients. He has 5 years of experience caring for adults with respiratory disease. He is board-certified in pulmonary diseases, critical care medicine and internal medicine. He is currently accepting new patients.
Brett Erdreich, MD, FCCP
Dr. Kaplan joined the practice in 2023. He completed his fellowship training at Westchester Medical Center in New York in 2023 and was exposed to both pediatric and adult cystic fibrosis patients. He is board-certified in internal medicine and pulmonary diseases. He is currently accepting new patients.
Ian Kaplan, DO