Diseases of the lungs

A variety of conditions can affect the health of your lungs and will play a role in the treatment options that are available to you. Your health care team will work cooperatively to develop a care plan with these issues in mind. To learn more about these specific conditions, please click here for detailed information on a variety of lung conditions.

• Asthma
• Asthma associated with GERD
• Bronchitis
• Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
• Collapsed lung (atelectasis)
• Cystic fibrosis
• Emphysema
• Hypersensitivity pneumonitis
• Lung cancer 
• Occupational lung diseases
• Pleurisy
• Pneumonia
• Pneumothorax
• Pulmonary embolism
• Pulmonary hypertension
• Sarcoidosis
• Tuberculosis
• Non-surgical Treatment of lung cancer
      o Brachytherapy
      o Radio Frequency Ablation
      o Stereotactic Radiation (Radio-surgery)

Treatments

• Lung transplantation
• Lung volume reduction surgery for emphysema
• Minimally invasive surgery for lung cancer - (VATS)