Procedures / Diagnostics

Pulmonary and Critical Care physicians are skilled in many procedures and minimally invasive operations. Our physicians expertly perform the following diagnostic and therapeutic procedures:

  • Bronchoscopy (insertion of a thin camera into the airways)

  • Endobronchial Ultrasound Bronchoscopy (a state of the art technique for otherwise difficult to biopsy lung tumors)

  • Radial Bronchoscopy

  • Lung biopsy

  • Mediastinal Biopsy

  • Thoracentesis (drainage of fluid from around the lung)

  • Pleurodesis

  • Chest Tube placement

  • PleurX catheter placement, management and removal

  • Endotracheal Intubation

  • Percutaneous Tracheostomy

  • Central venous access

  • Temporary dialysis access

  • Arterial catheterization

  • Pulmonary Function Testing