Pulmonary Medicine

Expert Lung Health Diagnosis & Treatment

Wellstar’s pulmonologists help people with lung conditions manage their health to live, breathe and sleep better. Patients often see a pulmonologist when conventional approaches to managing these illnesses don’t work, or when managing their condition is more complex.

Some common conditions our pulmonologists diagnose and treat include COPD, asthma, pneumonia and other lung infections, pulmonary fibrosis, cough, lung cancer and sleep disorders.

Our pulmonary medicine specialists typically work as part of a team of specialists to care for patients, collaborating with primary care physicians, surgeons and respiratory therapists. Our patients have access to the latest and most innovative technology for diagnostics and treatment, which can range from medicine and therapy to minimally invasive procedures, such as bronchoscopy. We also have a special team of interventional pulmonologists who specialize in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases involving the airway, lung and pleura through advanced minimally invasive endoscopic and percutaneous procedures.

Conditions we treat 

Alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency Asthma Asthmatic bronchitis Bronchiectasis Bronchiolar disease Carcinoid tumors Chronic bronchitis Chronic cough Chronic granulomatous disease Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) Chronic pulmonary thromboembolism (blood clots) Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia Cystic fibrosis Emphysema Fungal lung infection

Granulomatosis with polyangiitis Hepatopulmonary syndrome Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia Hypersensitivity pneumonitis Idiopathic hypersomnia Insomnia Interstitial lung disease  Lung cancer (mesothelioma and pulmonary carcinoid tumors) Lung nodule Lymphangioleiomyomatosis Mediastinal lymph node enlargement Mesothelioma Mycobacterial infection  Nicotine dependence Nontuberculous mycobacterial pulmonary disease  Pleural disease

Pleural effusion (fluid around the lungs) Pneumonia  Pneumothorax Portopulmonary hypertension Pulmonary arteriovenous malformation Pulmonary embolism Pulmonary fibrosis Pulmonary hypertension Pulmonary valve disease Respiratory failure requiring oxygen Sarcoidosis (including ILD granulomatous disease) Sleep disorders and restless leg syndrome Transplant disorder Tuberculosis