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Advanced lung disease (ALD) refers to lung conditions that have worsened to the point where daily activities become challenging. At OU Health, we prioritize your well-being by offering timely appointments, multidisciplinary care, and access to specialists who understand how to effectively manage and treat advanced lung diseases. Our team of experts collaborates with you to create a custom treatment plan tailored to your unique needs.
You benefit from OU Health expert pulmonary specialists in Oklahoma City that provide comprehensive and advanced treatment for lung diseases. As part of the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation (PFF) Care Center Network (CCN), we offer the highest level of care for patients with pulmonary fibrosis. Our team collaborates closely with each patient, ensuring personalized and tailored care, and access to the latest clinical trials.
Our Center of Excellence further enhances patient care with a multidisciplinary team of specialized medical and paramedical professionals. This specialized facility, recognized by the World Association of Sarcoidosis and Other Granulomatous Disorders (WASOG), is committed to sustainability, leadership, and best practices. It offers research opportunities and training for sarcoidosis patients and professionals, ensuring a patient-first approach in all we do. Advanced lung diseases we treat include:
Find out more about your options for advanced lung diseases or possible
next steps for
care with a referral from your provider.
Many people with advanced lung conditions have symptoms that affect organs other than the lungs, making it difficult to identify the advanced lung condition. Symptoms may be different for each person and per advanced lung disease condition. Symptoms may include:
Establishing early care with a specialized team is key to slowing disease progression and ensuring you receive the most effective treatment.
Care within our program starts with a comprehensive evaluation, where we leverage our extensive experience and thorough diagnostic testing to assess your lungs and explore your treatment options. This allows our experts to recommend a course of treatment using advanced treatment options which include:
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Ask your OU Health pulmonology care team if you may qualify to participate in ongoing clinical trials for advanced lung diseases. Our collaboration with the Sarcoidosis Research Unit at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation may give qualifying patients access to innovative testing and world-class research opportunities.
As you work with OU Health specialists to address your advanced pulmonary conditions, you benefit from the expertise, advanced training and years of experience held by the physicians and specialists who also educate the next generation of doctors, surgeons and therapists.
Depending on your specific situation, your OU Health team may include pulmonary/critical care physicians, rheumatologists, interventional pulmonology specialists, thoracic radiologists, cardiologists and a wide range of other healthcare professionals.