Interventional Pulmonologist

Bozeman Health Deaconess Hospital•Bozeman, MT

9d•Onsite

About The Position

This is an employed position that includes interventional pulmonary procedures, lung nodule program management, and some general pulmonology with the only hospital based multi-specialty group in the region. The practice is currently based in a large multi-specialty office with at least 2 exam rooms per provider and a full array of support staff. EPIC EMR is in place with proactive IT support. Outpatient office hours are 8:00am – 5:00PM and after hours and weekend coverage are provided by the inpatient pulmonology and critical care ream. No Call! Clinic population – COPD, interstitial lung disease, Pulmonary hypertension, lung nodules and lung cancer. We also co-manage connective tissue disease with either pulmonary hypertension or interstitial lung disease. It is a very diverse pulmonary population. Active interventional pulmonary program including navigation bronchoscopy, endobronchial ultrasound, tumor debridement, airway stenting, and bronchoscopic lung volume reduction. Applicant will be taking over for the current interventional pulmonologist who is retiring . Sleep medicine department handles all of the sleep medicine referrals. If there is an interest in sleep medicine, some of the time could be spent in Sleep Medicine. Pulmonary hypertension meds other than continuous infusions are handled by our physicians. Right heat catheterization is done by our interventional cardiologists with vasodilator assessment if requested. Up to 16 patients on clinic days with up to 4 new patients and the rest are follow ups. They are booked as 30min or 60min slots. The current wait times for new patients is about 3 months. We receive about 25 new referrals per week. Outpatient routine bronchoscopy is supported by endoscopy staff using conscious sedation. Interventional pulmonology procedures are done in the OR with anesthesia support. We also have a full-time general surgeon that does surgical lung biopsy and a CT surgeon from AZ that comes up for more difficult cases. Minimally invasive lung surgery (VATS/Robotic) are being sent to Billings or Kalispell. We have a comprehensive lung nodule program managed by our interventional pulmonologist. This program follows all incidental lung nodules found on lung cancer screening scans both advising on appropriate management and making sure follow-up scans are completed. Full Pulmonary Function Testing is done in office. We do not do cardiopulmonary stress testing.