Diseases of the Lungs

Nikhil Madan, MD, Pulmonary & Critical Care Specialist at the Advanced Lung Disease and Transplant Program at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, talks about advanced lung care from asthma to COPD to sarcoidosis and other autoimmune-related lung diseases. Symptoms can emerge at any time and he encourages anyone to seek treatment early on.

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Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, an RWJBarnabas Health facility, is a 665-bed quaternary care referral medical center that provides comprehensive health care for advanced lung and heart disease. Newark Beth Israel is a Top Teaching Hospital and home to one of the nation's top 15 heart transplant centers, RWJBarnabas Health's Heart Failure Treatment and Transplant Program, for heart-lung transplants, and left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) implants; New Jersey's only Advanced Lung Disease and Lung Transplant Program for asthma, COPD, cystic fibrosis, interstitial lung disease, pulmonary hypertension, and advanced lung care (ECMO and bronchial thermoplasty) and a Structural Heart Disease and Valve Center for complex cardiac procedures, aortic diseases, aortic repair, including minimally invasive transcatheter aortic valve replacements (TAVRs), percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), Mitral Clip valve repair and Watchman implants for afib. #letsbehealthytogether #NewarkBethIsraelHeartTransplant #NewarkBethIsraelLungTransplant