Specialty care for lung diseases and sleep disorders
The care team at Ascension Medical Group Seton Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine listens to understand your health concerns. If you need a biopsy, your doctor may use robotic navigational bronchoscopy and/or an EBUS (endobronchial ultrasound) to get more accurate results. Advanced diagnostic testing helps doctors, nurses and therapists to identify your breathing problems. Then, your pulmonary care team works together to create a plan that’s right for you. We can be reached via Fax at 512-324-3341.
Ascension Medical Group Seton Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine offers a range of respiratory and sleep medicine services, including:
- Bronchial thermoplasty
- Bronchoscopy
- Electromagnetic navigation bronchoscopy
- Neuromuscular disorders
- Pulmonary hypertension
- General Pulmonary Medicine
- COPD and Advanced COPD requiring biologics and Bronchoscopic Lung Volume Reduction (BLVR)
- Asthma and Advanced asthma requiring biologics
- Chronic Cough and refractory Cough
- Interstitial lung Disease, Fibrotic Lung diseases, Sarcoidosis, Vascular Pulmonary Disease and cystic Lung conditions
- End Stage Lung disease requiring oxygen and noninvasive ventilatory therapy
- Lung Cancer and Cancer treatment related Pulmonary Complications
- Occupational and Environmental lung diseases
- Tuberculosis and nontuberculous mycobacterial infections
- Allergy related Lung conditions
- Pleural Disease and Pleural Effusion
- Sleep medicine
Bronchoscopy
Doctors at Ascension Seton use bronchoscopy to help see inside your lungs. A bronchoscope is inserted through the nose or mouth, helping to assess lung disorders, infections and lung masses. If you need a biopsy, your doctor may also use an EBUS (endobronchial ultrasound) to get more accurate results.
Stanley L. Hoy II, MD and Caleb Taylor, MD have specialty training in lung cancer biopsy and advanced bronchoscopy and uses minimally invasive bronchoscopic techniques to treat lung conditions. Some procedures include:
- Airway stents
- Airway tumor debunking, cautery, and cryoablation
- Balloon dilation
- Bronchoscopic fiducial placement
- Bronchoscopic lung volume reduction using endobronchial valves for advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
- Endobronchial ultrasound (Ebus)
- Endobronchial valves for persistent air leaks and bronchopleural (BP) fistulas
- Flexible bronchoscopy
- Indwelling pleural catheter placement and management
- Management of complex airway stenosis
- Medical thoracoscopy/pleuroscopy
- Percutaneous tracheostomy
- Photodynamic therapy
- Pleurodesis
- Rigid bronchoscopy
- Robotic bronchoscopy and biopsy with a lung nodule program and dedicated nurse navigator
- Thoracentesis
Pulmonary hypertension
Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a condition where high blood pressure affects the blood vessels in your lungs. PAH can lead to heart failure and other debilitating medical conditions. Your doctor and pulmonary care team can help you to manage this condition safely and effectively.
Sleep medicine
Sleep specialists treat many types of sleep disorders from snoring to insomnia. Loud snoring can be a sign of a dangerous condition called obstructive sleep apnea. During your sleep cycle, you may suddenly stop breathing for short periods of time. Our doctors monitor your condition and deliver personalized care for your specific sleeping and breathing needs. For sleep medicine studies, we also offer sleep lab testing and home-based sleep tests.
Connected to pulmonary rehabilitation care at Ascension Seton
At Ascension Seton, we provide pulmonary rehabilitation services. Our care team helps connect you with cardiopulmonary rehabilitation services for recovery after a heart-lung surgery or as part of your respiratory care plan.