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Care for your lungs, airways, and breathing

Shortness of breath, a chronic cough, recurrent bronchitis, sleep-related breathing issues, or a lung nodule spotted on imaging - each brings patients in with the same underlying question: what is this, and what should I do about it? Our pulmonologists diagnose and manage lung and airway conditions across the spectrum, from asthma and COPD to interstitial lung disease, pulmonary hypertension, and post-COVID symptoms. On-site pulmonary function testing, bronchoscopy, and coordinated imaging - paired with close working relationships across cardiology, allergy, sleep medicine, and primary care - mean answers come sooner, and your plan is built around your whole health picture.

Services

Pulmonary Diagnostics

  • Complete pulmonary function testing (spirometry, lung volumes, DLCO)
  • Bronchodilator response testing
  • Six-minute walk tests with pulse oximetry
  • Arterial blood gases
  • Methacholine challenge testing (as offered)
  • Cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET, where available)
  • Fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) for asthma

Procedures

  • Flexible bronchoscopy with biopsy
  • Bronchoalveolar lavage
  • Endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS) coordination for lymph node and mass sampling
  • Thoracentesis coordination
  • Sleep study interfacing with Sleep Medicine

Chronic Disease Management

  • Asthma action plans and biologic therapy for severe asthma
  • COPD management including inhaler optimization and exacerbation planning
  • Pulmonary rehabilitation referral
  • Oxygen therapy evaluation and management
  • Interstitial lung disease (ILD) monitoring and antifibrotic therapy coordination
  • Pulmonary hypertension evaluation and co-management
  • Bronchiectasis management
  • Cystic fibrosis / non-CF bronchiectasis coordination

Specialized Care

  • Lung nodule evaluation and surveillance
  • Lung cancer screening with low-dose CT
  • Post-COVID (long COVID) pulmonary follow-up
  • Sarcoidosis care
  • Occupational lung disease evaluation
  • Smoking cessation support
  • Pre-operative pulmonary evaluation

Coordinated Care

  • Allergy, ENT, cardiology, sleep medicine, thoracic surgery, oncology, and primary care coordination
  • Inhaler technique education
  • Outpatient lab testing for alpha-1 antitrypsin, IgE, eosinophil counts, and post-biologic monitoring
  • Vaccination review (pneumococcal, RSV, influenza, COVID)

Conditions Treated

  • Acute bronchitis
  • Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency
  • Allergic rhinitis with asthma overlap
  • Asthma (including severe and eosinophilic)
  • Bronchiectasis
  • Bronchitis (chronic)
  • Chronic cough
  • Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
  • Cystic fibrosis (coordinated)
  • Eosinophilic lung disease
  • Exercise-induced bronchoconstriction
  • Hypersensitivity pneumonitis
  • Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF)
  • Interstitial lung disease
  • Lung nodules and masses
  • Lung cancer (evaluation and screening)
  • Non-tuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) lung disease
  • Obesity hypoventilation syndrome
  • Occupational lung disease
  • Pleural effusion
  • Pneumonia (recurrent)
  • Post-COVID (long COVID) pulmonary symptoms
  • Pulmonary embolism follow-up
  • Pulmonary hypertension
  • Pulmonary sarcoidosis
  • Pulmonary vasculitis (coordinated)
  • Respiratory failure (outpatient follow-up)
  • Sarcoidosis (pulmonary)
  • Shortness of breath (dyspnea)
  • Sleep-disordered breathing (coordinated with Sleep Medicine)
  • Smoking-related lung disease
  • Tuberculosis (coordinated with public health)
  • Wheezing

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