Conditions of the respiratory system can impact your quality of life just as much as your health. At Valley’s Pulmonary Center of Excellence, our pulmonary program offers state-of-the-art diagnostic services, treatments, and support programs that can help you breathe – and live – better.
We’re proud to offer a truly comprehensive and multidisciplinary approach to pulmonary care. Patients benefit from the personalized attention and support from our team, which takes the time to address their individual needs. And our team partners with other specialists across Valley Health System, such as sleep medicine and lung cancer specialists, to make sure patients receive the full spectrum of care for their condition.
Our team also partners with the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation to enhance care for those affected by pulmonary fibrosis (PF) and other interstitial lung diseases (ILD). Through our comprehensive ILD program, we are building a community of support for patients, caregivers, and families. Our monthly multidisciplinary case meetings bring together pulmonologists, rheumatologists, radiologists, and other specialists to ensure the highest level of care and collaboration. We also offer a Pulmonary Fibrosis Support Group dedicated to helping individuals and their loved ones navigate the challenges of living with PF. We continue to work with the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation to ensure high-quality care is provided to our patients.
Conditions Treated
Valley is proud to treat the following pulmonary conditions:
- Asthma – a chronic lung diseased characterized by inflammation and narrowing of the airways, which leads to difficulty breathing, wheezing, coughing, and chest tightness
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) – a lung disease causing restricted airflow and breathing complications
- Lung cancer – a cancer in the lungs
- Interstitial lung disease – a group of disorders that cause inflammation and scarring of the tissues between air sacs in the lungs
- Reactive airway disease – a condition characterized by exaggerated response of the airways to different triggers, leading to inflammation and airway obstruction
- Sleep apnea and other sleep disorders – sleep apnea is a sleep disorder where breathing stops and starts during sleep
- Pulmonary hypertension – a condition where high blood pressure in the arteries of the lungs in abnormally high
- Chronic cough – a persistent cough that lasts more than eight weeks in adults and four weeks in children
- Chronic emphysema – a progressive lung condition where the air sacs are damaged, causing difficulty breathing and shortness of breath
- Pulmonary embolism – a clot in a blood vessel of the lung
- Bronchiectasis – a chronic lung condition where there is permanent widening and thickening of the airways in the lungs
- Infectious disorders of the lung (pneumonia, tuberculosis, fungal infections)
- Sarcoidosis – a chronic inflammatory disease causing the formation of small clumps of cells in various parts of the body
- Pulmonary nodules – small, round growths in the lungs
- Pleural diseases and asbestos-related disorders – pleural diseases are conditions that affect the thin membrane that lines the chest cavity and covers the lungs
Service Offerings
Valley’s Pulmonary Center of Excellence also offers a pulmonary function testing lab to conduct noninvasive tests to measure lung function; pulmonary rehabilitation, which is a 12-week program for patients with asthma, COPD, and other respiratory conditions; and a specialized smoking cessation program to help free you from smoking.
Biologic injections are available as a treatment option for severe asthma and COPD. Biologic injections are monoclonal antibodies – lab-produced proteins that mimic the body’s natural antibodies – that target immune pathways responsible for inflammation in asthma. Biologic injections for asthma may be for those who, despite regular asthma medications or inhalers, are still not breathing comfortably. These injections have been approved to help treat COPD. The injection helps to reduce exacerbations and can help improve lung function.
For more information about pulmonary medicine at Valley, please visit ValleyHealth.com/PulmonaryMedicine.
