UC Davis Health
Department of Internal Medicine

Interventional Pulmonology Program | Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine | Department of Internal Medicine

Specialties

Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine

Interventional Pulmonology Program

Interventional pulmonology (IP) focuses on the use of minimally invasive techniques to diagnose and treat airway disorders, thoracic malignancies and pleural diseases. 

UC Davis Health’s Interventional Pulmonology Program, within the nationally ranked Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, has established distinction and dedication in state-of-the-art care using minimally invasive diagnostic and therapeutic techniques to treat the full spectrum of lung diseases.

The IP multidisciplinary care team consists of physicians, registered nurses and respiratory care practitioners, with highly specialized training in interventional pulmonology. Our IP program is integrated with the nationally recognized and prestigious UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Our team coordinates the efforts of multiple specialists to provide a comprehensive and patient-centered approach to delivering efficient clinical care. Our services are offered at UC Davis Health through several specialized programs:

  • Complex Airway Program
  • Pleural Disease Program
  • Multidisciplinary Thoracic Oncology Program
  • COPD and Asthma Program
  • Pulmonary Nodule and Lung Cancer Screening Program
  • Pulmonary Research and Clinical Trials

We are actively involved in clinical trials evaluating new therapies and tools for improving patient care and the treatment of lung diseases. Discover Current Clinical Trials

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Lung Cancer Breakthroughs

Technology Helping Spot and Track Lung Cancer Earlier

UC Davis Health is first in the region to deploy two new technologies that bring hope to people with lung cancer. Both provide advanced imaging. One helps catch lung cancer earlier and the other tracks the progress of lung cancer treatment. They decided to pair the Cios Spin, made by Siemens Healthineers, with a breakthrough robotic-assisted bronchoscopy system called the Ion, made by Intuitive. Robotic-assisted bronchoscopy allows doctors to precisely examine air passages with a controller that operates a small camera at the end of a flexible tube. The Cios Spin aids this advanced tool by using cone beam computed tomography to create real-time 3D images. The images automatically update the best path to lung nodules or lesions. 

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Our Areas of Expertise

Our Complex Airway Program provides comprehensive evaluation and treatment for a range of malignant and benign airway disorders. 

Conditions that our specialists diagnose and treat:

  • Tracheal and bronchial stenosis
  • Benign and malignant central airway obstruction 
  • Tracheobronchomalacia (TBM)
  • Bronchopleural fistula (BPF)
  • Tracheo-esophageal fistula (TEF)
  • Tracheal and bronchial tumors
  • Removal of foreign body

Our specialized services include:

  • Flexible and rigid bronchoscopy
  • Ablative therapies including argon plasma coagulation, lasers, cryotherapy, photodynamic therapy, and electrocautery
  • Brachytherapy
  • Cryobiopsy
  • Airway stent placement (silicone, hybrid and metallic)
  • Endobronchial valve placement
  • Balloon bronchoplasty
  • Percutaneous tracheostomy

Our Pleural Disease Program provides comprehensive, multidisciplinary care for patients with both malignant and benign disorders affecting the lining of the lungs. 

Conditions that our specialists diagnose and treat:

  • Benign and malignant pleural effusion
  • Parapneumonic effusion and empyema 
  • Chylothorax
  • Bronchopleural fistula (BPF)
  • Pneumothorax 
  • Trapped lung 

Our specialized services include:

  • Thoracic Ultrasound 
  • Pleural manometry
  • Thoracentesis
  • Chest tube placement
  • Indwelling/tunneled pleural catheters 
  • Pleural biopsy
  • Medical pleuroscopy
  • Pleurodesis

Our IP team are integral members of the UC Davis Comprehensive COPD Clinic and UC Davis Asthma Network (UCAN) Clinic. We provide the most current and available evidence based bronchoscopic treatment for patients with advanced obstructive lung disease. 

Our specialized services include:

  • Bronchial thermoplasty for severe, persistent asthma
  • Bronchoscopic lung volume reduction for severe pulmonary emphysema

We provide both advanced and therapeutic bronchoscopy for the evaluation and management of patients with lung cancer using the latest technology in bronchoscopy. 

Conditions that our specialists diagnose and treat:

  • Diagnosis and staging for lung cancer
  • Evaluation of mediastinal and hilar lymphadenopathy
  • Malignant central airway obstruction
  • Tracheal and bronchial stenosis
  • Peripheral lung lesions
  • Hemoptysis

Our specialized services include:

  • Convex and radial endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS)
  • Electromagnetic navigational bronchoscopy (ENB)
  • Ablative therapies including argon plasma coagulation, lasers, cryotherapy, and electrocautery
  • Brachytherapy
  • Photodynamic therapy
  • Airway stent placement (silicone, hybrid and metallic)

UC Davis Health offers a multidisciplinary program for comprehensive lung cancer screening to detect lung cancer early in individuals at the highest risk to develop a best-practice, patient-centered plan. Our IP team are active members in the largest and most comprehensive cancer program in Northern California.

UC Davis Comprehensive Lung Cancer Screening Program 

Our Team

Our board certified interventional pulmonology specialists have expertise in minimally invasive diagnostic and therapeutic techniques for airway disorders, thoracic malignancies and pleural diseases.

Chinh Phan, D.O.
Associate Clinical Professor, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Director of Interventional Pulmonology

Ken Yoneda, M.D.
Clinical Professor, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

Nicholas Stollenwerk, M.D.
Clinical Professor, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Associate Program Director, Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship Program
Medical Director, Pulmonary Services Laboratory

Hanine Naim Inaty, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Lung Transplantation

Jeremy Kim, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

Luis Armando Godoy, M.D.
Assistant Professor of General Thoracic Surgery
Affiliate Faculty in the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine 

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