Interventional Pulmonology

Team Groups

Critical Care
General Pulmonology
Interventional Pulmonology
Nurse Practitioner
Physician Assistant
Pulmonary Integrative Medicine
Research & Clinical Trials
Sleep Medicine

We provide minimally invasive techniques to diagnose and treat patients with lung cancer and other cancers that may involve the chest. In addition, we offer a complete range of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures for pleural diseases and benign conditions that affect the central airways. We work closely with referring primary care physicians, pulmonologists, oncologists, radiation oncologists and thoracic surgeons to coordinate the multi-disciplinary care of our patients.

Team Groups

Samir S. Makani, MD, FCCP

Director, Interventional Pulmonology and Bronchoscopy

Dr. Makani's specialties include Interventional Pulmonology, Complex Central Airways Disease, Lung Cancer, Thoracic Oncology, and Pleural Diseases. Named a “Top Doc" in San Diego Magazine’s “Physicians of Exceptional Excellence" annual survey.