The Southern Alberta Chronic Ventilation Program physicians work to support excellence and development of neuromuscular respiratory care and home ventilation for neuromuscular, spinal cord injury and chest wall-restricted patients. They work closely with respiratory therapists, and are involved in the breadth of neuromuscular respiratory care, from screening and early detection to management of advanced and ventilator-dependent patients. SACVP physicians have expertise in respiratory physiology and muscle testing, sleep-disorders, non-invasive and invasive ventilation, diaphragm pacing and airway clearance techniques.
Referrals
Please direct referrals via: Connect Care (use the Ambulatory Referral Order for Asthma or COPD) or Fax completed referral form along with relevant documentation to Calgary Pulmonary Central Access and Triage 403-592-4201.
Respiratory Medicine Specialists
Dr. Andrea Loewen
MD FRCPC
Dr. Andrea Loewen is a sleep and prolonged mechanical ventilation specialist with expertise in respiratory management of neuromuscular conditions, ALS, spinal cord injury, restrictive chest wall and airways diseases. Her practice is based out of the Peter Lougheed Centre, Calgary, the home of the Southern Alberta Chronic Ventilation Program and Neuromuscular Respiratory clinic. Dr. Loewen also works at the Foothills Medical Centre Sleep Centre in sleep medicine with particular interest in polysomnography, ventilation titration and remote monitoring of ventilators. Dr. Loewen is a sleep educator, and clinical researcher.
https://doi-org.ezproxy.lib.ucalgary.ca/10.3109/21678421.2014.942866
https://doi.org/10.1080/24745332.2018.1465368
Dr. Kevin Solverson
MD FRCPC