Pulmonary Medicine

Pulmonary medicine is a subspecialty of internal medicine that focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of diseases of the respiratory tract.

A pulmonologist has expertise in the evaluation of patients with breathlessness, cough, wheezing, and chest tightness, as well as abnormalities of the chest x-ray, chest CT scan and other chest imaging studies. Disorders frequently diagnosed and managed by a pulmonologist include:

Asthma
Bronchitis
Bronchiectasis
Chronic cough
Chronic obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
Chronic respiratory failure
Collapsed lung (pneumothorax)
Cystic fibrosis
Drug-induced lung disease
Emphysema
Exercise-induced asthma
Interstitial lung disease
Lung cancer
Occupational lung disease

Pleural effusion
Pneumonia
Pulmonary fibrosis
Pulmonary hypertension
Pulmonary nodules
Pulmonary embolism
Sarcoidosis
Sinusitis
Sleep disordered breathing
Tuberculosis
and many more…

Some patients may require diagnostic tests which may be performed in the office or at other locations.

Office services:

Oximetry
Pulmonary Function Tests (PFTs)
Six Minute Walk Test

Off-site services &
procedures:

Fiberoptic Bronchoscopy
Endobronchial Ultrasound
Thoracentesis
Chest tube placement
Exercise physiology
testing
Sleep studies
Right heart catherization
Chest x-ray
Chest CAT(CT) scan
PET scan
VQ scan