Our pulmonary medicine inpatient Nurse Manager, Taylor Rouch, oversees a large staff of specialty nurses providing high-quality care focused on advanced lung disease. These nurses and respiratory therapists continue to serve a heroic role on the frontline of care for Knoxville’s patients with COVID-19.
Our Services Our Pulmonary and Critical Care services include cutting edge-care for all lungdiseases, including special focus on: • COPD • Pulmonary Fibrosis • Asthma • Adult Cystic Fibrosis • Lung Cancer • {ulmonary Hypertension Our Specialties
COPD Program: Katie Gardner, DO, leads our COPD program, incorporating the latest medical treatments and pulmonary rehabilitation to optimize lung function. Advanced procedures such as bronchoscopic lung volume reduction are offered when appropriate. Interstitial Lung Disease: Jared Kravitz, MD, leads the Interstitial Lung Disease program, a multidisciplinary focus on the causes and treatment of diseases which cause scars diminishing lung capacity. A twice monthly case-conference gathers specialists from Pulmonary, Rheumatology, Radiology and Pathology. The team discusses and creates treatment plans for patients. Pulmonary Vascular Disease: Our Pulmonary Vascular Disease section is growing greatly. Francisco Soto, MD, leads the research program, with a special emphasis on Pulmonary Hypertension. We provide complex and comprehensive treatments for these debilitating disorders. Specialty Thoracic Oncology: Our pulmonologists work closely with our thoracic surgeons and Cancer Institute to provide a multidisciplinary approach to lung cancer. Specialty Thoracic Oncology clinics are staffed three times per week, and bronchoscopic biopsies, including those with the latest ION Robotic Bronchoscope, are done daily. Interventional Pulmonologists: Our three interventional pulmonologists deal with a spectrum of lung and pleural diseases caused by anatomic defects. They specialize in difficult procedures such as rigid bronchoscopy, bronchoscopic electrosurgery, stent placement, tracheostomy placement and management of pleural disease. Some of our research efforts have included the use of bronchial valves to improve emphysema. Critical Care: All of our pulmonologists are dual-trained as Critical Care specialists. They manage the sickest ICU patients, partnering with Emergency and Trauma to run the hospital’s life support systems.
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