General Practitioners

• Primary Care
• Sleep Disorders
  Also known as polysomnography, a home sleep study monitors your sleep stages and cycles in order to determine whether you have obstructive sleep apnea.  It also can be used to adjust your treatment plan if you've already been diagnosed with a sleep disorder.
• Emergency Care
  Prior to specializing in pulmonary medicine, Carolyn spent years in primary and urgent care as well as emergency and ICU medicine.
• Pneumonia

Internists

• Internal Medicine
  Each physician at Waterbury Pulmonary is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine with subspecialty certification in both pulmonary and critical care medicine, and comes to our practice after years of training in pulmonology and critical care. Our experienced board-certified nurse practitioners and physicians assistants consult with the attending physician prior to working with each patient in order to provide informed, consistent care at all times.
• Cancer Care
  General overview of endobronchial ultrasound and its advantage over conventional diagnostic procedure, by the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance.
• Lung Cancer
  Waterbury Pulmonary Associates's is a pulmonary and critical care practice of experienced physicians, dedicated to the maintenance and improvement of its patients' lungs and bodies. Our mission is to provide personalized, innovative and high-quality pulmonary care on an as needed and preventative basis. We specialize in treating asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and lung cancer, sleep apnea, slowness of breath and other lung conditions within a friendly, relaxed environment. We believe in educating our patients as we work with them to improve the health of their lungs, and thus their overall quality of life.

Radiologist

• Ultrasound
  Next, after the bronchoscope has been inserted into your body, your pulmonologist will use a special ultrasound probe to send sound waves through the walls of your airways and into your lungs and chest.  The ultrasound will reveal images that are shown to your pulmonologist on a video screen.  If he or she sees abnormal areas on the ultrasound, your doctor can use
• X-Rays
• Computed Tomography
  If your pulmonologist suspects you have a pleural effusion, you will be scheduled for a chest x-ray, CT scan or ultrasound, which will reveal the effusion if it is present.