Pulmonary

The Division of Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine, under the leadership of Dr. Gilda Diaz-Fuentes, is providing highly specialized care for patients with serious and often life-threatening problems. ICU staff closely monitor, evaluate, and treat patients in a 26-bed medical intensive care unit. Patients benefit from 24-hour specialty care, extensive physician consultation, and critical care nursing, as well as respiratory, nutritional, and physical therapy.

Dr. Diaz-Fuentes and her team also provide multidisciplinary care to patients with all forms of lung diseases, including asthma, pneumonia, chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases, and lung cancer. The Center for Sleep Medicine offers advanced diagnostic and treatment plans for patients with sleep apnea and sleep-related disorders. Additionally, the division also uses state-of-the- art bronchoscopic equipment, including endobronchial ultrasound for examination and sampling of the lung.

This allows for the early recognition and treatment of lung conditions, such as cancer, Sarcoidosis, and infectious diseases, among other problems.