Explore your pulmonary and respiratory health options or get a second opinion from an OU Health pulmonologist or thoracic surgeon.
call (405) 271-7001You thrive by using the oxygen your lungs distribute throughout your body. But life becomes a challenge when you face difficulty breathing or your lungs don’t function properly.
Choose the pulmonology and respiratory care experts at OU Health in Oklahoma City and Edmond to help you breathe better. You gain access to top-quality services, advanced technology and innovative treatments discovered in clinical trials conducted by our academic health center scientists.
When you partner with OU Health, you’ll work with a multidisciplinary team of pulmonologists and specialists from across the healthcare spectrum – neurology, radiology, surgery, trauma, cardiology and more – to develop an accurate diagnosis for your pulmonary or respiratory condition and create an individualized treatment plan to address your specific situation.
Explore your pulmonary and respiratory health options or get a second opinion from an OU Health pulmonologist or thoracic surgeon.
call (405) 271-7001Talk with your primary care doctor and OU Health pulmonologists to evaluate your respiratory health any time you receive an abnormal chest X-ray, if you feel like you can’t get enough air or if you cough up blood or mucus. And you’ll want to visit with an OU Health pulmonary or respiratory expert if you experience a lingering cough, decreased ability to exercise, discomfort or pain when breathing in or out, shortness of breath or trouble breathing. Such symptoms may indicate respiratory conditions such as:
At OU Health, you benefit from the safest and most current treatment options designed to help you achieve the best results for your particular situation. Your expert pulmonology care team uses an advanced pulmonary function laboratory to develop a comprehensive evaluation and accurate diagnosis for your condition. Your treatment options may include a wide range of medications, including innovative therapies available nowhere else except through clinical trials conducted at OU Health, as well as:
At OU Health, you receive timely appointments, coupled with a multidisciplinary
approach to care, encompassing specialists from thoracic radiology, lung
pathology, and rheumatology working closely with experts in advanced lung diseases.
No matter where you live in Oklahoma or the region, you’ll benefit
from access to expert pulmonary specialists who deliver comprehensive
treatment and advanced therapies for advanced lung diseases including:
Specialized treatments include:
If you smoke or use other forms of tobacco, you know the challenges of trying to quit. So does OU Health – and that’s why you can rely on our expert pulmonologists and researchers to help you break the cycle.
As part of OU Health Stephenson Cancer Center, the scientists and healthcare specialists at the Oklahoma Tobacco Research Center (OTRC) use grant funds from the Oklahoma Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust (TSET) to develop a variety of services, such as tobacco cessation, a free program to help you quit. OTRC helps reduce Oklahoma’s leading causes of preventable death – tobacco use and obesity – that contribute to elevated rates of cancer and cardiovascular disease across the state.
To support the personalized treatment plan developed by you and your pulmonary care team, you’ll work with OU Health’s respiratory therapists, whether you’re in the hospital or at home. Your therapists handle certain diagnostic tests and the therapeutic treatments identified in your plan.
Respiratory therapy may support your health while hospitalized for a wide range of conditions and situations such as heart attack, stroke, chronic asthma, emphysema, bronchitis, pneumonia or COPD. If you’re of advanced age or if you experienced a traumatic injury or other situation that requires a stay in the hospital’s intensive care unit (ICU), you benefit from OU Health’s respiratory therapy experts whose diligent attention and teamwork assure your safety.
Although, nationally, 23 percent of hospitalized people on a ventilator acquire a particular form of pneumonia, no cases of this condition have happened at Edmond Medical Center during the previous five years. As always, at OU Health, your safety takes top priority.
If your respiratory condition requires surgery, you benefit from access to Oklahoma’s largest thoracic surgical practice, part of OU Health in Oklahoma City. You gain access to the latest thoracic surgical procedures, both ongoing medical innovations and tomorrow’s breakthroughs, not available anywhere else in the region.
Thoracic surgeons at OU Health perform minimally invasive, robotic-assisted and traditional procedures on all organs in the chest including the heart, lungs and esophagus. Depending on your condition, your options may include:
As you work with OU Health specialists to address your pulmonary, respiratory or thoracic health condition, you benefit from the expertise, advanced training and years of experience held by the physicians and specialists who also educate the next generation of doctors, surgeons and therapists.
Depending on your specific situation, your OU Health team members may include pulmonary/critical care physicians, board-certified sleep medicine specialists, certified interventional pulmonology specialists, thoracic and cancer surgeons, oncology experts and trauma specialists, among others.
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