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At St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center, we believe you should breathe easy. The Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care and Sleep Medicine provides a full array of treatments and care for our patients. Whether it’s shortness of breath, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), bronchitis, emphysema or interstitial lung disease - we are dedicated to improving your quality of life.

                                    
CONTACT US:
617-789-2AIR (2247)
pulmonary@steward.org   

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 “The care at St. Elizabeth’s was life altering for me.”

                        --Patricia Diguisto, 64 year old of Braintree, after undergoing bronchial thermoplasty.

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Armin Ernst, MD, considered to be in the top 1 percent of pulmonologists across the country by US News and World Report, leads our team of pulmonary and critical care specialists, expert nurses and respiratory therapists who are dedicated to improving your quality of life through accurate and timely diagnoses and the development and execution of a personalized plan of care. From pulmonary function tests to the most advanced minimally invasive interventional procedures, our world-class clinicians provide our patients with access to the complete continuum of care with state-of-the-art technology right in your community.

Services and Clinics

Advanced Obstructive Lung Disease
Critical Care/Respiratory Intensive Care
General Pulmonary Medicine
Interstitial Lung Disease
Interventional Pulmonology
Occupational Lung Disease
Pleural Services Clinic
Pulmonary Hypertension
Respiratory Therapy and Pulmonary Function Testing
Pulmonary Rehabilitation Services 

Illnesses and Diseases
Our experts can diagnose and treat ailments of lungs and breathing related illnesses, from mild shortness of breath to the most complex diseases of the airways. To learn more, please call us at 617-789-2AIR (2247) 

 Illnesses and Diseases  Our Treatments and Procedures
Airway Stenosis
Amyloidosis 
Asthma – mild to severe 
Bronchitis 
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) 
Emphysema 
Empyema 
Fibrosis or Idiopathic Interstitial Lung Disease 
Heart Failure 
Hemothorax 
Idiopathic Pulmonary 
Papillomatosis 
Pleural Effusion 
Pneumothorax 
Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis 
Relapsing Polychondritis 
Thoracentesis 
Tracheobronchomalacia 
Wegener’s Granulomatosis  
Airway Stent Placements
Bronchial Thermoplasty 
Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation 
Chest X-ray 
Cryotherapy 
Dietary Counseling 
Endobronchial Brachytherapy
Endobronchial Laser Therapies including Argon Plasma Coagulation (APC)
Endobronchial Ultrasound (EBUS) 
Endoscopic Lung Volume Reduction 
Exercise Tests 
Flexible Bronchoscopy 
High Resolution CT 
Home Oxygen 
Medical Management 
Photodynamic Therapy 
Pleuroscopy or Medical Thoracoscopy 
Pleural Catheters (pigtails and chest tubes) and Tunneled Pleural Catheters 
Pleural Manometry 
Pulmonary Function Testing
Smoking Cessation  
Thoracentesis 
Tracheostomy and Percutaneous Tracheostomy 
Transtracheal Oxygen Catheter 
Tunneled Pleural Catheter  
Video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery  


 


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