Pulmonology

Pulmonology is an area of medicine that focuses on the health of the respiratory system. Pulmonologists treat everything from asthma to tuberculosis. Our pulmonologists can treat many breathing-related conditions, including:

• Asthma
• Cystic fibrosis (an inherited disease in which mucus builds up in the lungs and other organs)
• COPD (also sometimes called emphysema or chronic bronchitis in which breathing problems worsen over time)
• Lung cancer
• Pulmonary fibrosis (in which the lung’s tissues become damaged and scarred)
• Tuberculosis
• Work-related lung diseases (such as those affecting workers exposed to asbestos or coal dust)
• Interstitial lung disease, which focuses on lung diseases marked by persistent inflammation and scarring
• Interventional pulmonology, which employs multidisciplinary care to treat airway disorders, lung cancer, and pleural diseases
• lung transplantation, management before and after surgery
• Neuromuscular disease, which refers to conditions that occur due to respiratory muscle failure
• Obstructive lung disease, which involves airway narrowing or obstruction
• Sleep-disordered breathing