Our Specialists

Richard S. Powell, M.D.

• Board Certified by American Boards of Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
• Treated over 4,000 Tampa area patients with sleep disorders
• Extensive experience in private practice and coordinating patient care
• Medical School -- University of Vermont
• Post-doctorate fellowship training -- University of South Florida College of Medicine
• Three years residence in Internal Medicine plus two years of Fellowship training in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine.
• Born in Vermont, an avid golfer and enjoys traveling with his wife

Robin J. Trupp, RN, PhD, ACNP-BC, FAHA

• Many years of experience in caring for critically ill adults
• Focus on adult cardiology
• Served in various management and leadership positions
• Heart Failure Program Director at The Ohio State University while also functioning as an ARNP and Research Coordinator
• Ph.D. - The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
• Doctoral research -- obstructive sleep apnea in patients with cardiovascular disease
• Extensively published in the arena of heart failure, sleep disorders and chronic disease management
• National and international speaker on heart failure, disease management, women & heart disease, cardiac resynchronization therapy and sleeping disorder related topics.
• Born in Ohio, family and fitness are free-time priorities.