Interventional Pulmonology

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Interventional pulmonary is a relatively new subspecialty of Pulmonary Medicine that is dedicated to advanced procedures in pulmonary and critical care. These involve diagnostic, therapeutic and palliative procedures. At present, we have full range of interventional pulmonary services at OSU:

Endobronchial Ultrasound
Argon Plasma Coagulation
Cryotherapy
Electrocautery
Nd-YAG laser
Rigid Bronchoscopy
PleurX catheters
Medical Thoracoscopy under Conscious Sedation
Airway Stents
Ultrasound guided thoracentesis
Balloon Dilation
Autofluorescence Bronchoscopy
Narrow Band Imaging
Foreign Body Removal with Flexible or Rigid Bronchoscope
Thoracic ultrasound

In addition to these advanced procedures we also do the following routine bronchoscopic procedures:

Bronchoalveolar Lavage
Endobronchial Biopsy
Trans Bronchial Needle Biopsy and Aspiration of lung mass or lymph glands
Transbronchial Biopsy of lung mass

In the ICU we do the following Critical Care Procedures:

Percutaneous Tracheostomy
Ultrasound guided thoracentesis, paracentesis, line placement, lumbar puncture, etc.
Ultrasound evaluation of critically ill patients in the ICU

Click here for more information on these specific procedures.

Dr. Shaheen Islam is the director of the Interventional Pulmonology program at The Ohio State University. He did an Interventional Pulmonary Fellowship at the Lahey Clinic in Burlington, MA. He sponsors and teaches courses at OSU on techniques such as percutaneous tracheostomy, and has been invited nationally and internationally to present his work.