The First Clinic has extensive experience in treating pulmonary and sleep disorders. The clinics have been designed in a way that ensures the comfort of patients and enhances the effectiveness of their treatment. Diagnosis and treatment take place in our state-of-the-art facilities, allowing us to provide sophisticated lung function tests, chest imaging, bronchoscopies, lung biopsies and other diagnostic procedures. As part of our polyclinic medical practice, our doctors coordinate care across specialties — such as pulmonology and rheumatology — to streamline and optimize care for each patient's unique needs.
Our Pulmonologists evaluate and manage:
- Asthma
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
- Bronchiectasis
- Respiratory failure
- Pneumonia
- Pleural diseases
- Pulmonary nodules
- Interstitial lung diseases (ILD)
- Pulmonary hypertension
- Lung cancer initial evaluation
- Thromboembolic disease (blood clots in the legs and/or lungs).
- Occupational lung diseases
- Sarcoidosis
- Sleep disorders, such as sleep apnea, insomnia, narcolepsy, restless leg syndrome (In collaboration with the IMC)
Procedures include:
- Chest imaging
- Lung cancer screening
- Pulmonary function tests
- Thoracentesis (In collaboration with the IMC)
- Flexible bronchoscopy, bronchoalveolar lavage, endobronchial and transbronchial biopsies (In collaboration with the IMC)
- Interventional bronchoscopic procedures, including endobronchial ultrasound and transbronchial needle aspiration (In collaboration with the IMC)
