Bronchoscopic Interventions for Advanced COPD with Dr. Diana Yu

Today's Episode Dr. Raj talks with Dr. Diana Yu about why she went into interventional pulmonology, what COPD is, and advanced measures that can be taken such as total lung volume reduction surgery, lung transplants, as well as noninvasive procedures.   Today's Guest Dr. Diana Yu is an interventional pulmonologist and clinical assistant professor of medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California. She is also the director of interventional pulmonary research. She completed her interventional pulmonary fellowship training at Johns Hopkins University of Medicine, her pulmonary and critical care fellowship at UCLA, and her internal medicine at UCI. She has served as faculty at Stanford University of Medicine prior to coming to USC. Her areas of clinical expertise include minimally invasive, diagnostic, and therapeutic bronchoscopy and pleural procedures, complex pleural diseases, and lung transplant airway complications. Her research areas include investigational cellular in animal models to elucidate the mechanism of post-transplant bronchial stenosis and idiopathic tracheal stenosis as well as endobronchial ultrasound-bronchoscopy-guided cardiac plexus neurolysis for the treatment of refractory tachyarrhythmias.  About Dr. Raj Dr Raj is a quadruple board certified physician and associate professor at the University of Southern California. He was a co-host on the TNT series Chasing the Cure with Ann Curry, a regular on the TV Show The Doctors for the past 7 seasons and has a weekly medical segment on ABC news Los Angeles. Want more Dr. Raj? Check out the Beyond the Pearls lecture series! The Ultimate High Yield Bundle: The complete review of high-yield clinical medicine topics necessary for graduate medical education board exams including NBME, USMLE Steps 1/2/3, ITE and ABIM Boards. You can also listen to the Beyond the Pearls podcast. An InsideTheBoards Podcast. Check out our other shows: Crush Step 1 Step 2 Secrets Physiology by Physeo Step 1 Success Stories The InsideTheBoards Study Smarter Podcast The InsideTheBoards Podcast The Health Beat   Produced by Ars Longa Media To learn more about us and this podcast, visit arslonga.media. You can leave feedback or suggestions at arslonga.media/contact or by emailing info@arslonga.media. Produced by: Christopher Breitigan. Executive Producer: Patrick C. Beeman, MD The information presented in this podcast is intended for educational purposes only and should not be construed as professional or medical advice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices