Our Approach to Pulmonary Medicine
Our world-renowned pulmonary and sleep medicine specialists at Montefiore Einstein Advanced Care use advanced diagnostics and the latest state-of-the-art technology to diagnose and treat the full spectrum of lung, respiratory and sleep conditions. Our specialists provide care for common concerns like shortness of breath, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and obstructive sleep apnea to complex conditions that require advanced interventional procedures.
Why Choose Montefiore Einstein?
Montefiore Einstein is ranked in the top 1% of all U.S. hospitals for pulmonology and lung surgery according to U.S. News & World Report.
Integrated Specialty Expertise for Long-Term Lung Health
Our world-renowned team offers access to subspecialty expertise across the spectrum of pulmonary medicine, including pulmonary hypertension, sleep medicine, asthma, COPD, bronchiectasis, thoracic oncology and lung transplant. Our specialists offer multidisciplinary care through close collaboration with our colleagues across cardiology, otorhinolaryngology (ear, nose and throat—ENT), thoracic surgery, oncology, radiation oncology, infectious disease and allergy and immunology.
We’ll coordinate any additional care or specialized services you may need, bringing together experts from across our health system to ensure your care is fully integrated and comprehensive. If surgery is recommended as part of your care plan, we’ll also coordinate scheduling with our world-renowned surgeons at one of the many locations within our health system.
Pulmonary Services We Offer
Montefiore Einstein Advanced Care’s leading pulmonary specialists provide a comprehensive suite of preventative, diagnostic and therapeutic services for chronic and acute breathing conditions, including asthma, bronchitis and COPD, as well as lung function and sleep disorders that include interstitial lung disease and obstructive sleep apnea.
We’ll coordinate any additional care or specialized services you may need, bringing together experts from across our health system to ensure your care is fully integrated and comprehensive.
The Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine Division’s Asthma Center is a specialized, co-directed program that brings together pulmonary medicine and allergy and immunology specialists. The Center provides access to all advanced diagnostics and therapies needed to manage even the most complex asthma cases through personalized treatment plans, optimization of inhaler use and coordinated follow-up care.
We’ll coordinate any additional care or specialized services you may need, bringing together experts from across our health system to ensure your care is fully integrated and comprehensive.
The Bronchiectasis Center is a specialized program, jointly led and staffed by pulmonary and infectious disease experts, that provides advanced, coordinated care for people with bronchiectasis and nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) lung infections. The Center combines deep subspecialty expertise in complex airway and mycobacterial disease with infectious disease perspectives to deliver comprehensive evaluation, individualized treatment plans and ongoing management for these challenging chronic conditions.
We’ll coordinate any additional care or specialized services you may need, bringing together experts from across our health system to ensure your care is fully integrated and comprehensive.
Drawing on advanced diagnostic tools and the latest evidence-based therapies, the Cough Center focuses on improving comfort, daily functioning and overall quality of life for individuals whose cough has not improved with standard care. Our world-renowned cough experts offer in-depth evaluations to uncover the underlying causes of persistent cough and design personalized treatment plans tailored to each person’s symptoms and medical history.
We’ll coordinate any additional care or specialized services you may need, bringing together experts from across our health system to ensure your care is fully integrated and comprehensive.
As one of the largest and most advanced interventional pulmonary programs in the nation and an international destination for robotic bronchoscopy, our world-renowned team offers comprehensive expertise in lung nodule evaluation, advanced bronchoscopy, lung biopsies, lung cancer management and pleural disease treatment, working closely with Thoracic Surgery, Oncology and Radiation Oncology to deliver truly multidisciplinary care.
If surgery is recommended as part of your care plan, we’ll also coordinate scheduling with our world-renowned surgeons at one of the many locations within our health system.
The Pulmonary Function Laboratory at Montefiore Einstein Advanced Care plays a central role in identifying the cause of symptoms like shortness of breath by offering a full range of advanced diagnostics that help your care team evaluate breathing concerns, monitor chronic lung conditions and track how well therapies are working over time.
Montefiore Einstein provides specialized, evidence-based care for people living with pulmonary hypertension, a serious condition that affects blood flow between the heart and lungs. Our Program offers access to innovative therapies, tailoring treatment plans to each person’s diagnosis, symptoms and goals. Our pulmonary experts work in close partnership with cardiology colleagues in a multidisciplinary setting, ensuring that complex heart–lung interactions are carefully evaluated and managed. By combining advanced treatments with coordinated, team-based care, the Pulmonary Hypertension Center focuses on improving symptoms, protecting heart and lung function and enhancing quality of life.
We’ll coordinate any additional care or specialized services you may need, bringing together experts from across our health system to ensure your care is fully integrated and comprehensive.
Our board certified sleep medicine specialists collaborate closely with our ENT colleagues to provide comprehensive diagnostic evaluations and personalized treatment plans that address a wide range of sleep disorders, including sleep apnea, to improve breathing, heart health and overall well-being.
We’ll coordinate any additional care or specialized services you may need, bringing together experts from across our health system to ensure your care is fully integrated and comprehensive.
Pulmonary Conditions We Treat
Our pulmonology program treats the full range of lung and sleep conditions, including, but not limited to:
- Asthma
- Bronchiectasis
- COPD (chronic bronchitis and emphysema)
- Cough
- Interstitial lung disease
- Lung cancer and lung nodules (referral to Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center)
- Nontuberculous mycobacterial disease
- Occupational lung diseases, including those related to major environmental and workplace exposures
- Pleural disease
- Pneumonia
- Pulmonary fibrosis
- Pulmonary hypertension
- Respiratory complications of COVID-19 pneumonia
- Shortness of breath
- Sleep apnea
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Aesthetics, Allergy, Asthma & Sinus Care, Behavioral Health, Cardiology, Comprehensive Weight Management, CT Scan, Dermatology, Ear, Nose & Throat (Otorhinolaryngology), Endocrinology, Gastroenterology, General Surgery Consultations, Geriatrics, Immunology, Kidney Care, Kidney Pre- and Post-Transplant Care, Liver Disease, Liver Pre- and Post-Transplant Care, Mammography, MRI, Neurology, Neurosurgery Consultations, Nuclear Medicine, Orthopedics, Pancreas Pre- and Post-Transplant Care, Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Primary Care, Pulmonology, Rheumatology, Ultrasound, X-ray