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