University at Buffalo (UB)
Pulmonology
You’ll develop and refine your pulmonology knowledge and skills by caring for patients with a range of respiratory disorders.
Upon completion of this elective, you’ll demonstrate an ability to evaluate, diagnose and treat:
- obstructive lung disease
- asthma
- pulmonary neoplasm
- pulmonary infection
- diffuse interstitial lung disease
- pulmonary vascular disease
- occupational and environmental lung disease
- ARDS
- pulmonary manifestations of systemic disease
- neuromuscular respiratory drive disorders
- disorders of the pleura and mediastinum
- sleep disorders
- hypoventilation syndromes
Other topics we’ll cover in this elective include:
- perioperative pulmonary assessment and management
- ventilator management
- indications for fiber-optic bronchoscopy and lung biopsy
- radiology interpretation
- pulmonary function testing
- procedures
- managing common respiratory illness
- ordering, administering and interpreting PFT
- indications of bronchoscopy/ventilator management/CT
- methacholine challenge tests
