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PRACTICE FEATURE New Robert Lenox, M.D., Chief of Pulmonary Critical Care and Sleep Medicine Offers Wealth of Pulmonary, Sleep Medicine Services Upstate Medical University Clinic IN LATE FEBRUARY, THE DIVISION OF PULMONARY CRITICAL CARE AND SLEEP MEDICINE AT SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OPENED THE DOORS TO A NEW PULMONARY CLINIC AT UPSTATE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AT COMMUNITY GENERAL. OFFERING PATIENTS CONVENIENCE AND A WEALTH OF EXPERTISE, THE NEW CLINIC — UNIVERSITY PULMONARY & SLEEP MEDICINE — PROVIDES GENERAL CARE FOR A RANGE OF PULMONARY AND SLEEP MALADIES, AS WELL AS MORE ADVANCED TREATMENT OPTIONS FOR CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE (COPD) AND VARIOUS SLEEP AILMENTS. T HE RECENT HIRING of three new specialists has increased the division's physician makeup to nine, each of whom is board-certified in pulmonary and critical care. The new hires have allowed the clinic the capacity to offer immediate openings for referred patients who need access to the treatment options made possible by the new clinic's physicians, in- house technologies and close relationship with Upstate University Hospital at Community General. The clinic itself offers a full range of services for the treatment of respiratory conditions such as COPD, pulmonary hyperten- sion, obstructive sleep apnea, asthma, interstitial lung disease, pulmonary fibrosis, sarcoidosis, pulmonary infections, lung cancer, lung masses, pleural effusions, asbestosis, occupational diseases, and other pulmonary and sleep disorders. Specialists at the clinic are trained to perform fiberoptic bronchoscopy, endobronchial and transbronchial biopsies, endo- bronchial ultrasound, endobronchial balloon dilation and stent placement, endobronchial cryotherapy, and yttrium-aluminum- garnet laser endobronchial resection. Because Upstate University Hospital at Community General is located next door to the clinic, access to diagnostic procedures such as computed tomography scans is readily available and can usually be conducted the same day as the patient's visit. In the near future, the clinic will have the capability to provide bronchial thermoplasty — a new treatment for asthma. "Thermoplasty heats the bronchial tubes up to 45 degrees Celsius, which is believed to decrease hyperplasia and hypertrophy of the smooth muscle and has been shown to significantly improve the symptoms of people with severe asthma," says Robert Lenox, M.D., Division Chief, Pulmonary Critical Care and Sleep Medicine at SUNY Upstate Medical University. "This will soon be a new service for the Syracuse area." physician who becomes their personal pulmonary physician." — Dragos Manta, M.D., sleep specialist at University Pulmonary & Sleep Medicine attention paid to what the patients need. It is a pulmonary clinic where patients are being treated by a staff that is well versed, specifically in pulmonary treatment and care. The patients here receive specialized, personal care from a "This office offers very personalized care, with very close 12 | Central New York MD NEWS ■ MDNEWS.COM