Ashar Usmani, MD

Description

Dr. Usmani is board certified in Internal medicine, Pulmonary medicine and Critical Care medicine. He is a member of the American College of Chest Physicians and the American Thoracic Society. Dr. Usmani treats patients with a variety of lung disorders including Asthma, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), and Lung Nodules. His special interests include treating patients with Pulmonary Hypertension (high blood pressure in the lungs). In his spare time, Dr. Usmani enjoys spending time his family, running/biking and playing casual sports.

Keywords chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, pulmonary arterial hypertension, interstitial lung disease, granulomatosis with polyangiitis, atelectasis, epiglottitis, tracheomalacia, hemoptysis, drug induced pulmonary disease, chronic cough, stridor, emphysema, pleural tuberculosis, empyema, smoker cough, snoring, shortness of breath (sob), bronchitis, right heart catheterization, airway scarring, central airway obstruction, airway obstruction, hepatic hydrothorax, bronchus deformity, bronchospasm, chronic lung disease, bronchopulmonary dysplasia, bronchomalacia, chronic bronchitis, asbestos lung, reactive airway disease, aspiration pneumonitis, wheezing, restrictive lung disease, maternal respiratory disease, silicosis, pleural diseases, lung involvement in systemic sclerosis, lung mass, acute bronchiolitis due to other infectious organisms, cryptogenic organizing pneumonia, bronchiectasis, bronchiolitis, ciliary dyskinesia, acute bronchitis, chronic respiratory failure, chronic pulmonary embolus, tracheal mass, tracheal stenosis, beryllium disease, hypoventilation syndrome, hypoxia, croup, tracheobronchitis, pulmonary coccidioidomycosis, contusion of chest wall, pulmonary embolism, spirometry, pulmonary bullae, pulmonary congestion, diaphragmatic disorders, hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia, lung abscess, lung cancer screening, allergic aspergillosis, lung infiltrate, lung disease, allergic pneumonitis, thoracentesis, mechanical ventilation, alpha 1 antitrypsin deficiency, asthmatic bronchitis, bullectomy, tobacco-related diseases, pulmonary nodule, pulmonary sarcoid, pulmonary hypertension, pulmonary hemosiderosis, pulmonary infections, pulmonary function tests (pft), pulmonary fibrosis, pulmonary hemorrhage, pulmonary granuloma, airway disorders, candidiasis of lung, occupational lung injury, pertussis, pneumonia, dyspnea on exertion, pulmonary complications of neurological diseases, pulmonary therapy, allergic wheezing, respiratory failure, home ventilation, ventilator dependent, respiratory distress syndrome, cystic fibrosis, autoimmune pleuritis, abnormal chest ct scan.