Boston Medical Center – Brighton
Pulmonary Medicine
Boston Medical Center – Brighton Pulmonary Medicine, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine Team addresses multiple debilitating conditions, including shortness of breath, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), bronchitis, emphysema, and interstitial lung disease. We also treat disorders that affect the quality and duration of sleep, including sleep apnea, insomnia, narcolepsy, and more.
Our Team
Peter LaCamera, MD
Chief of Service, Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine
Lisa Bajpayee, MD
Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine
Katherine Hendra, MD
Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine
Melanie Pogach, MD
Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine
Chan Yeu Pu, MD
Pulmonary Medicine
Omar Shweish, MD
Pulmonary and Critical Care
Programs
Our programs provide patients with expert, comprehensive subspecialty care.
Patient Information
We treat a variety of lung conditions, as well as sleep disorders:
- Advanced obstructive lung disease
- Interstitial lung disease
- Occupational lung disease
- Pulmonary hypertension
- Thoracic cancers
- Pleural diseases
- Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF)
- Pulmonary fibrosis
- Sleep apnea
- Loud snoring
- Constant tiredness
- Insomnia
- Parasomnias – a variety of abnormal behaviors that occur during sleep, such as sleepwalking and sleep-related eating
- Shift work and circadian rhythm problems
- Restless leg syndrome
- REM behavior disorder
- Narcolepsy
- Restless leg syndrome
- Sleep fragmentation
- Sleep cycle disturbances
- Obstructive sleep apnea
We offer many treatments and services for lung conditions and sleep disorders, including:
- Critical care
- Respiratory Intensive care
- General pulmonary medicine
- Interventional pulmonology
- Respiratory therapy
- Pulmonary function testing
- Sleep medicine, including sleep studies and CPAP