Gateway Reporter

Multiple members of the Capitol Breathe Free team were honored with awards at the National Breathe Free Clinical Convention.

Breathe Free CEO Matt Ghanem spoke about Melissa Walker, PA-C, who has won the award for PA-C of the Year, and Dawn Davis, who won the Commitment Award. Breathe Free COO Taylor Borane spoke with Gateway Reporter about Lauren Campbell, who has won the Compassion Award.

Ghanem praised Walker, saying "Melissa has a can-do attitude and is committed to patients living their best lives. She always goes the extra mile and works with patients to get to the root of their problem."  

Dawn Davis awarded commitment Award | Provided

Ghanem also spoke highly of Davis, saying "Commitment is one of the core values of Breathe Free, and no one better represents commitment than Dawn. She works tirelessly for patients and her team and sets the standard for the entire organization."

"Lauren Campbell has shown us all what great looks like for patient visits," Taylor Borane, chief operations officer of Breathe Free, told Gateway Reporter. "Lauren spends extra time with each patient to learn about them and their health. Putting patients first is what we are all about, and Lauren, through action, has demonstrated this for the entire organization."

Matt Ghanem is the CEO of National Breathe Free. He and Dr. Manish Khanna, the organization's chief medical officer, founded the first Breathe Free Sinus & Allergy Center in the summer of 2018, and since then 18 new Breathe Free clinics have opened across the country.

Lauren Campbell is a physician's assistant who serves as the director of clinical development for Breathe Free. She joined the Breathe Free team in 2019.  Campbell completed her undergraduate studies at Radford University, majoring in exercise science and health education with a concentration in sports medicine.  She then went on to earn her Master's degree in physician assistant studies from Shenandoah University.  

Physician's Assistant Melissa Walker is an ENT specialist who finds it rewarding to see her patients' quality of life improve after receiving sinus and allergy treatment.  She worked in Emergency Medicine and Urgent Care for four years before deciding to focus on ENT.  Walker holds Master's degrees in Physician Assistant studies from Shenandoah University and in Counseling and Development from George Mason University.  

Dawn Davis serves as the operations manager at Capitol Breathe Free Sinus & Allergy Centers, overseeing the daily operations and patient experience of 2 locations and more than 40 staff members. Davis has worked with some of the premier ENT practices and physicians in the United States. She started her journey in ENT in St. Louis, then relocated to Dallas, and is now in DC. 

Prior to founding Breathe Free, Ghanem held leadership positions in the hospitality business, as well as the medical device industry, specifically related to ear, nose and throat. Ghanem earned his undergraduate degree in communications and political science from the University of Pittsburgh and then went on to earn his MBA from the George Washington University Graduate School of Business.

Dr. Manish Khanna, Capitol Breathe Free's provider, is a Maryland native who earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Maryland. After graduation, he worked as a post-graduate researcher at the National Institutes of Health for a year, and then went on to earn his medical degree from Albany Medical College. He completed his internship and residency at the Albany Medical Center, and then became a fellow in rhinology and advanced endoscopic sinus surgery at the California Sinus Institute in Palo Alto, where he performed almost 300 sino-nasal procedures.

National Breathe Free Sinus & Allergy Centers are proud to offer high-quality, patient-friendly ear, nose and throat care across the country. The Breathe Free team is guided by compassion, integrity, accountability, commitment and gratitude.

Capitol Breathe free offers a variety of testing and treatment options to provide permanent relief to people who suffer from allergies and chronic sinus problems. The office is located on K Street in Washington, DC. In addition to Khanna, providers include Dr. Stephen Bane and Dr. Stephen Wall.