Lung Care

Breathing Difficulty or Disorders

The Frye Regional Lung Center offers various therapeutic treatments for individuals who may experience various short-term and long-term breathing difficulty or disorders including:

• Bronchial lavage - Washes out the lung to remove items such as tissue or infection and may help improve breathing
• Bronchial stents - Stents may improve airflow in the lungs.
• Bronchial thermoplasty - Procedure designed to help individuals who suffer from severe asthma through a series of ablation treatments that reshapes tissue in the airways.
   - The Frye Lung Center also offers Y stenting, a procedure that may open multiple airways with a single stent.
• COPD / Emphysema Treatment - Zephyr Valve Procedure - The first FDA-approved, minimally-invasive device available in the U.S. for treating patients with severe emphysema. Learn More.
• Therapeutic bronchoscopy - Procedure that opens obstructed airways for easier breathing.
• Thoracentesis - Drains fluid off the lungs that may cause shortness of breath.

About The Team

The Frye Regional Lung Center consists of specialists and providers, respiratory therapists, nurses, imaging specialists and others who treat individuals experiencing issues with lung function, disease or disorders.

Lung Specialists

Pulmonology specialists - Interventional pulmonologists, pulmonologists, and sleep medicine specialists help lung patients from everyday issues with breathing to more intensive breathing disorders and cancer and other diseases. Sleep medicine is also offered as a specialty.

Lung surgeons - Cardiothoracic surgery for lung patients including minimally invasive VATS lobectomy and pneumonectomy. A board-certified cardiothoracic surgeon is able to perform invasive and complex lung surgeries for cancer and tumor removal.

Frye Regional Lung Center Team

The Frye Regional Lung Center team includes:

• Cardiothoracic surgeons
• Critical care
• Imaging specialists
• Intensivists
• Interventional pulmonologists
• Oncologists
• Rehabilitation nurses
• Therapists

The team at Frye Regional is equipped to work with patients who require inpatient care or an outpatient procedure.

Outpatient Rehabilitation

During recovery, Frye Regional offers inpatient and outpatient pulmonology therapy as well as pulmonary rehabilitation. Frye Regional Imaging Center offers a wide array of imaging services to diagnose lung problems.

Frye Regional Imaging Center

Cancer Center

Frye Regional offers a Cancer Center to support lung cancer patients, from diagnostic tests to confirm a cancer diagnosis to surgical removal and chemotherapy and radiation therapy. Lung Cancer is one of Frye Regional’s top cancer diagnoses, and we work closely with referring physicians to find ways to diagnose cancer earlier, and offer the latest treatments for lung cancer patients. Learn more about Lung Cancer Screening.

Frye Regional Cancer Center

Sleep Center

Frye Regional’s Sleep Center, accredited by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, offers sleep testing to detect and treat sleep disorders including sleep apnea, restless leg syndrome, insomnia or narcolepsy.

The Sleep Center includes:

• Frye Regional Neurodiagnostics Laboratory
• Home sleep studies
• Sleep studies for the shift worker

Frye Regional Sleep Center

FryeCare Lung Center is a department of Frye Regional Medical Center. When you see a physician or receive services in a provider-based clinic, you are technically being treated in an outpatient department of the hospital rather than the physician’s office. Please refer to “Understanding your Healthcare Costs” to learn how your bill may be affected when seen by a provider in a provider-based clinic.  

Understanding Your Healthcare Costs
Provider-Based Clinics - You may see a charge on your bill for the equipment, supplies, and services provided in one of our provider-based clinics.

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