Intervention Pulmonary Program The Interventional Pulmonology team at Montefiore Medical Center provides a range of comprehensive services for patients with benign and malignant pulmonary conditions. Using state-of-the-art techniques, we offer minimally invasive approaches for both diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. This includes flexible bronchoscopy to diagnose lung cancer, evaluate thoracic lymph nodes and to perform lung biopsies, as well as the use of rigid and/or flexible bronchoscopy for endobronchial tumor debulking, balloon dilation, thermal ablation, airway stent insertion and a wide range of other therapeutic modalities. We also offer several diagnostic and therapeutic options for patients with disease of the pleura, the lining of the lung, including thoracentesis, indwelling pleural catheter insertion, pleuroscopy with pleural biopsy, pleurodesis and percutaneous pleural biopsy. Our team is focused on bringing cutting-edge diagnostic and treatment options to our patients and are now offering bronchoscopic lung volume reduction therapy for select patients with emphysema. The Interventional Pulmonology team offers ambulatory procedures for outpatients, who can go to home the same day as their procedure, as well as a robust inpatient procedure service. For patients requiring ongoing management, the Interventional Pulmonology physicians and nurse practitioner see patients at the Medical Arts Pavilion and the Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center, where we work closely with the multidisciplinary Thoracic Oncology team to provide the highest possible quality of care for our patients. Services and Treatments Featured services and treatments include the following: Autofluorescence bronchoscopy Balloon dilation Brachytherapy Bronchoscopic fiducial placement Chest ultrasound Cryotherapy Endobronchial valve placement Endobronchial electrocautery and argon plasma coagulation Electromagnetic navigational bronchoscopy Endobronchial ultrasound (Linear and Radial) for sampling lymph nodes and lung nodules Flexible bronchoscopy Indwelling pleural catheter insertion and management Pleuroscopy Rigid bronchoscopy Robotic Assisted Bronchoscopy Stent placement (silicone and metal) Thoracentesis and chest tube insertion Transthoracic needle aspiration/biopsy Team Ali Sadoughi Division of Pulmonary Medicine asadough@montefiore.org Hyun Kim Division of Pulmonary Medicine hyukim@montefiore.org Chirag Shah Division of Pulmonary Medicine cshah@montefiore.org Daniel da Costa Division of Pulmonary Medicine dadacosta@montefiore.org The Interventional Pulmonology team can be reached at the following locations for appointments and consultations: Medical Arts Pavilion 3400 Bainbridge Avenue 8th Floor Bronx, NY 10467 844-556-6683 Locate on Google Maps Montefiore Einstein Comprehensive Cancer Center 1521 Jarrett Pl Bronx, NY 10461 718-862-8840 Locate on Google Maps Montefiore Hutchinson Campus Hutch Tower II, 12th Floor 1250 Waters Place Bronx NY, 10461 866-633-8255 (Office) 929-263-3959 (Fax) Locate on Google Maps
