Interventional Pulmonary Program

Interventional Pulmonary Medicine Centre

The IPM Centre at the University of Calgary was initiated by Dr. Alain Tremblay in 2001. We currently have seven physicians within our group: Dr. Alex Chee, Dr. Elaine Dumoulin, Dr. Christopher Hergott, Dr. Sarah Hosseini, Dr. Paul MacEachern, Dr. Alain Tremblay and Dr. Erik Vakil.

Our Interventional Respirologists are key members of the Alberta Thoracic Oncology Program and the Dyspnea Clinic.

The centre's focus is on advanced diagnostic and therapeutic bronchoscopy for benign and malignant disease as well as outpatient management of malignant pleural disease.

In addition to providing clinical services, the centre plays an important role in procedural training for residents and fellows in internal medicine, anaesthesia, ENT, critical care, thoracic surgery, pulmonary medicine and also offers a one year interventional pulmonary training program.

Our research program is expanding with active clinical and pre-clinical protocols spanning diagnostic and therapeutic bronchoscopy as well as pleural disease management.

Alberta Thoracic Oncology Program

The Calgary ATOP program aims to provide specialized multi-disciplinary and timely fast-track evaluation of patients with suspected lung malignancies in Southern Alberta.

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Dyspnea Clinic

The Dyspnea Clinic, based at the Tom Baker Cancer Centre and South Health Campus, is a specialized clinic aiming to offer comprehensive outpatient management of patients suffering from malignant pleural effusions (MPE).

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