Pulmonary Medicine is a subspecialty of medicine that deals with diseases of the lung. Doctors who practice pulmonary medicine (“Lung Doctors”) have completed a 3-year training program in Internal Medicine and then an additional 2 to 3-year training in Pulmonary Medicine. Examples of diseases/conditions treated by a lung specialist include shortness of breath, asthma, COPD/emphysema, chronic cough, wheezing, pneumonia, pulmonary embolism and DVT, among others.
- Abnormal Breathing Tests (Pulmonary Function Tests)
- Abnormal Chest Xrays/CT scans
- Asthma
- COPD/Emphysema
- Evaluation before surgery for patients with lung disease
- Interstitial Lung Disease
- Pneumonia
- Pulmonary Embolus / Deep Vein Thrombosis
- Pulmonary Fibrosis
- Sarcoidosis
- Shortness of Breath
- Smoking Cessation Advice/Counseling