The Center for Thoracic & Esophageal Disease, part of St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center’s Heart & Lung Institute, specializes in a multidisciplinary approach to evaluating, diagnosing and treating individuals with known or suspected diseases of the lung, chest or esophagus. The program’s structure provides access to resources in a single visit, at a single location. These services often represent the largest and most advanced programs of their kind in the Southwest.
Our team approach to care includes:
- Multidisciplinary clinics with medical/surgical consultations and supportive-care consultations
- Multidisciplinary case conferences to coordinate care
- State-of-the-art diagnostic technology
- Clinical care coordination by dedicated nurse specialists
- Rapid appointment or hospital-to-hospital transfers for critically ill patients
- Close contact with referring physicians
- Second opinion pathology reviews
- Collaboration with Barrow Neurological Institute® for neurological metastatic disease
Programs include:
- Multidisciplinary Thoracic Oncology Program
- Esophageal Disease Center
- Center for Thoracic Transplantation
- Advanced Lung Disease Center
- Cystic Fibrosis Program for adults and adolescents
- Genetic Lung Disease Program
- Lung Nodule Clinic
- Tracheal Disease Program
- Interventional Pulmonology
- Pulmonary Rehabilitation
Contact Us
For more information about our physicians and services, please contact us at 1-877-602-4111.
