Lung Disease Care
Our lung care experts offer innovative lung health treatments to help you breathe easier and enjoy a better quality of life.
Lung Disease Care
Our lung care experts offer innovative lung health treatments to help you breathe easier and enjoy a better quality of life.
Telehealth appointments are available.
Easier Breathing Through Expert Lung Care
At the USC Center for Advanced Lung Disease, we provide care for all advanced lung conditions, from severe asthma to lung cancer. Our team brings together every resource to give you the best care possible. We partner with your referring doctor to fully evaluate your condition and diagnose you. We also offer low-cost lung cancer screening to help aid in your diagnosis.
Our personalized, multidisciplinary approach and coordinated care plans involve many medical specialists, including infectious disease physicians, thoracic surgeons, endocrinologists, cardiologists, rheumatologists, gastroenterologists, pathologists, radiologists, otolaryngologists, physical therapists and transplant surgeons, depending on your needs. We create a treatment plan just for you and support you and your family at every stage of your care.
Conditions We Treat
- Asthma (severe)
- Atypical infections
- Bronchiectasis
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
- Cystic fibrosis
- Interstitial lung disease
- Long COVID-19
- Primary nodules
- Rare lung diseases
- Sarcoidosis
- Sleep-disordered breathing
Treatments We Offer
- Bronchial thermoplasty, an innovative outpatient treatment that provides long-lasting control of severe, uncontrolled asthma
- Interventional pulmonology
- Lung transplant
- Medications and drug treatments
- Nutrition support
- Pulmonary rehabilitation
- Thoracic surgery
- Treatment for pulmonary hypertension related to interstitial lung disease
Frequently Asked Questions
Do I need a referral to see a pulmonologist at the USC Center for Advanced Lung Disease?
Do I need my medical records to see a pulmonologist?
Yes, it’s very helpful to have your records, so we can streamline the treatment process. However, repeat/additional testing is available, as needed.
How can a nurse navigator help me?
Our nurse navigators help identify the most appropriate pulmonologist for your care, obtain your medical records when needed, facilitate scheduling all of your appointments, coordinate your medication refills and coordinate referrals to specialty providers.
Working Together to Speed Your Recovery Time
Our doctors take part in research studies and clinical trials, so you get the highest quality of care and the safest treatments available.
We offer many noninvasive procedures to speed your recovery time.
We are known for our expertise in treating the most severe cases of advanced lung disease.
We provide blood draws and pulmonary tests in our clinic, so you don’t have to travel to another location to get labs done.
We are an accredited care center by the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation for our high quality of care for this disorder.
Our nurse navigator can help coordinate your care and facilitate your treatments, making it easier for you to navigate complex medical procedures.
Our Team
Scott Atay, MD
Medical Specialties
Thoracic Surgery, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Lung Cancer, Transplant Surgery, Airway Intervention…
Craig Baker, MD
Medical Specialties
Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cardiac Surgery, Cardiac Transplant Surgery, Heart Valve Repair
Mark Barr, MD
Medical Specialties
Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cardiac Surgery, Transplant Surgery, Cardiac Transplant Surgery
Jonathan Cash, MD
Medical Specialties
Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cardiac Surgery, Atrial Fibrillation
John Cleveland, MD
Medical Specialties
Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cardiac Surgery, Congenital Cardiac Surgery
Fernando Fleischman, MD
Medical Specialties
Cardiothoracic Surgery, Endovascular Surgery, Cardiac Surgery, Aortic Disease, Cardiac Transplant…
Sukgu Han, MD
Medical Specialties
Vascular Surgery, Endovascular Therapy, Aortic Disease
Takashi Harano, MD
Medical Specialties
Thoracic Surgery, Lung Cancer, Transplant Surgery, Lung Transplant Surgery, Foregut…
Cynthia Herrington, MD
Medical Specialties
Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cardiac Surgery
Ming Lu Huang, MD
Medical Specialties
Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cardiac Surgery
Anthony Kim, MD
Medical Specialties
Thoracic Surgery, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Lung Cancer, Transplant Surgery, Airway Intervention…
William Lee, MD
Medical Specialties
Vascular Surgery, Endovascular Therapy
Raymond Lee, MD
Medical Specialties
Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cardiac Surgery, Cardiac Transplant Surgery, Chronic Pulmonary Hypertension
Gregory Magee, MD
Medical Specialties
Vascular Surgery, Endovascular Therapy, Aortic Disease
Miguel Manzur, MD
Medical Specialties
Vascular Surgery, Endovascular Therapy
Elizabeth Miranda, MD
Medical Specialties
Vascular Surgery
Christian Ochoa, MD
Medical Specialties
Vascular Surgery, Endovascular Therapy
Sanjeet Patel, MD
Medical Specialties
Cardiac Transplant Surgery, Cardiac Surgery, Aortic Disease, Heart Valve Repair,…
Matthew Powers, MD
Medical Specialties
Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cardiac Surgery, Atrial Fibrillation
Jonathan Praeger, MD
Medical Specialties
Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cardiac Surgery, Atrial Fibrillation, Cardiac Transplant Surgery, Heart…
Alyssa Pyun, MD
Medical Specialties
Vascular Surgery
Graeme Rosenberg, MD
Medical Specialties
Thoracic Surgery, Airway Intervention and Reconstruction, Lung Cancer, Lung Transplant…
Chia-ding Shih, DPM
Medical Specialties
Podiatry, Podiatric Surgery and Limb Salvage, Vascular Surgery
Vaughn Starnes, MD
Medical Specialties
Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cardiac Surgery, Cardiac Transplant Surgery, Heart Valve Repair
Tze-woei Tan, MD
Medical Specialties
Vascular Surgery, Aortic Disease, Endovascular Therapy, Podiatric Surgery and Limb…
Brooks Udelsman, MD
Medical Specialties
Thoracic Surgery, Foregut Surgery
Fred Weaver, MD
Medical Specialties
Vascular Surgery, Endovascular Therapy
Winfield Wells, MD
Medical Specialties
Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cardiac Surgery
Luke Wiggins, MD
Medical Specialties
Congenital Cardiac Surgery, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cardiac Surgery
Sean Wightman, MD
Medical Specialties
Thoracic Surgery, Lung Cancer, Airway Intervention and Reconstruction
Kenneth Ziegler, MD
Medical Specialties
Vascular Surgery, Endovascular Therapy, Aortic Disease
Elizabeth Chang, PA-C
Medical Specialties
Thoracic Surgery
Ariella Cohen, PA-C
Medical Specialties
Thoracic Surgery
Sarah Kim, PA-C
Medical Specialties
Thoracic Surgery
Nadia Leach, PA-C
Medical Specialties
Thoracic Surgery
Keeley Reitnouer, PA-C
Medical Specialties
Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cardiac Surgery
Corinne Rosenberg, PA-C
Medical Specialties
Physician Assistant, Cardiac Surgery, Vascular Surgery
Inner Strength
Patient Story
Dr. Nieva helped me face the diagnosis with more strength and less fear.
Inner Strength
Patient Story
Dr. Nieva helped me face the diagnosis with more strength and less fear.
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