The Lung Center offers a wide array of state-of-the art diagnostic and treatment services including:
- CT-Guided Biopsy
- Endobronchial Biopsy
- Navigational Bronchoscopy
- Positron Emission Tomography (PET)
 offer state-of-the-art testing for the diagnosis and assessment of
lung disease, evaluation of exercise tolerance and measurements of blood gases at rest and during exercise to determine oxygen needs.
 is used to evaluate the level of exercise tolerance
in patients with lung and heart diseases. Cardiopulmonary exercise testing is considered an ideal modality for assessing
the cardiovascular system as a whole and its individual components.
The recognition of abnormal response patterns of ventilatory, cardiac and metabolic limitation
to exercise may help in diagnostic evaluation. Traditional 12-lead EKG stress testing is coupled with breath-by-breath measurements
of gas exchange and respiratory response. The integration of these measurements can
clarify etiology.
- Evaluation of dyspnea
- Functional status determination in congestive heart failure
- Preoperative risk assessment
- Response to therapeutic interventions
Interventional pulmonology services include diagnostic and therapeutic interventions, along with consultations for pulmonary and pleural disease. The Pathology Department provides advanced capabilities on-site, including immunological and molecular testing.
- Endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS)
- Diagnostic and therapeutic flexible bronchoscopy
- Rigid bronchoscopy
- Airway stent placement
- CT- and ultrasound-guided transthoracic biopsy (lymph node biopsy)
- Fluoroscopy
- Endobronchial radiation therapy (brachytherapy)
- Radiofrequency ablation
- Electrocautery and argon plasma coagulation (APC)
- Percutaneous tracheostomy
- Large volume pulmonary lavage (whole lung lavage)
- Medical thoracoscopy
- Thoracentesis
- Pleural biopsy
- Tunneled pleural catheter placement
- Photodynamic therapy
- Cryotherapy
- Electromagnetic navigational bronchoscopy (SuperD)
- Endobronchial tumor management
 who choose to remain under the principal care of their community-based pulmonologist.
- Respiratory Therapy
- Pulmonary Rehabilitation
- Social Services
- Pharmacist
- Dietician
- Nurses
- Support Groups
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