Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

The Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine diagnoses and manages all disorders of the lung and pulmonary circulation with its dedicated pulmonary procedure unit and comprehensive pulmonary function laboratory.

The division directs the Medical Intensive Care Unit and provides consultative services for all critical care areas throughout the University of Maryland Medical Center. The division also maintains a progressive care unit for patients with rehabilitation potential.

Patient Conditions

• Chronic bronchitis and emphysema
• Pulmonary circulation disorders
• Patients on ventilators
• Medical ICU patients
• Interstitial lung disease
• Asthma
• Sleep disorders
• Lung cancer

Comprehensive Evaluations

• Fiberoptic bronchoscopies
• CT-guided bronchoscopy
• Percutaneous needle biopsies
• Bronchoprovocation studies
• Exercise physiology studies
• Pulmonary function tests
• Sleep studies

Specialized Treatments

• Management of ventilator patients
• Management of environmental and occupational exposures
• Pulmonary vascular diseases
• Management of interstitial lung disease

Research Activities

• Pulmonary vascular disease trials
• Ventilatory muscle dysfunction studies
• Respiratory disease in immuno-compromised hosts, including AIDS patients
• Asthma
• Treatment of interstitial lung disease
• New treatments for chronic obstructive lung disease
• Sleep disordered breathing

Special Programs

• Dyspnea and Cough Clinic
• Lung transplantation and pulmonary thromboendarterectomy in conjunction with the Department of Surgery
• Sleep Disorders Center

Services to Physicians

• Consultation on complicated cases
• Second opinions
• Evaluation of patient conditions
• Special treatment of procedures
• Short-term and long-term management