Interventional Pulmonology at Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital and Delnor Hospital
Interventional pulmonology is an advanced subspecialty of pulmonary medicine that focuses on the minimally invasive diagnostic and therapeutic approach to both benign and malignant diseases of the chest.
Northwestern Medicine employs state-of-the-art, minimally invasive techniques for the diagnosis and treatment of these diseases.
Your care will be guided through close collaboration with a multidisciplinary team of physicians as appropriate, including specialists in:
- Medical oncology
- Radiation oncology
- Thoracic surgery
- Otolaryngology
- Chest radiology
To learn more or to schedule an appointment, please call 630.232.0202. TTY 711.
Meet the Team
The Northwestern Medicine Interventional Pulmonology team combines advanced clinical practice with state-of-the-art technology for the diagnosis and treatment of a wide range of lung diseases in the complex airway and pleural space.
Conditions
- Airway Obstruction (Malignant or Benign)
- Airway Stenosis (narrowing of airway)
- Asthma
- Bronchopleural Fistulas
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
- Hemoptysis (spitting up blood)
- Lung Cancer
- Lung Nodules
- Lymphadenopathy
- Mesothelioma
- Pleural Disease, Tumors and Effusions
- Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis (PAP)
- Sarcoidosis
- Spontaneous Pneumothorax
- Tracheobronchomalacia (TBM)
Treatments
- Balloon Bronchoplasty
- Bronchial Thermoplasty
- Bronchoscopy
- Chest Tube Placement
- Chronic Indwelling Pleural Catheters (PleurX)
- Endobronchial Stent Placement
- Endobronchial Ultrasound
- Fiducial Marker Placement
- Laser Endoscopy
- Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG feeding tubes)
- Percutaneous Tracheostomy (Breathing Tube)
- Photodynamic Laser Therapy
- Pleurodesis
- Pleuroscopy
- Thoracentesis
- Thoracic Oncology
- Tracheobronchial Stents
- Tumor Ablation
- Whole Lung Lavage
- Zephyr® Valve
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