Our pulmonolgists at UMass Memorial Medical Center offer the latest
diagnostic, therapeutic and rehabilitative services, including:
- Bronchoscopy - Evaluates and manages respiratory abnormalities, including
abnormal chest x-rays, lung cancer, coughing up blood and respiratory infections
- Cough clinic
- Esophageal pH and impedance monitoring - Diagnoses gastroesophageal reflux
disease, assesses its severity and correlates it with respiratory symptoms
- Exercise testing with pulmonary monitoring - Assesses oxygen usage and
carbon dioxide production
- Home ventilation therapy
- Positive airway pressure (CPAP and BiPAP) - Treats obstructive sleep apnea
and provides ventilatory support to patients with respiratory muscle weakness
- Pulmonary function testing - Determines how well patients' lungs are
functioning and how well their current medical treatment is working
- Sputum induction testing - Diagnoses lung infections and lung cancer
- Thoracic surgery clinic
- Transtracheal oxygen therapy - Delivers oxygen directly to the lungs through
a small, flexible tube inserted into the windpipe
- Video-assisted thorascopic surgery