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Healthy Lungs Support Your Whole Health

A deep breath can be restorative. It calms the body, clears the mind and steadies the spirit. Lung conditions can make it difficult to breathe deeply — and live the active life you love, too.

At AdventHealth Ocala, our experienced lung specialists and pulmonologists want to help you breathe easier. We offer personalized care for:

  • Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), including chronic bronchitis and emphysema
  • Lung cancer
  • Lung disease
  • Pneumonia

Learn more about our services and how we'll partner with you to breathe better every day.

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Services for Your Complete Lung Health

  • Lung Disease Prevention

    Our expert team is here for you with preventive lung care, from immunizations to a holistic wellness program that helps support healthy choices and lifestyles.

  • Education and Support Groups

    Finding new ways to support patients and families affected by lung cancer and COPD is of the utmost importance to us.

  • Smoking Cessation Programs

    Our personalized and effective cessation programs were designed to help you address personal challenges, manage withdrawal symptoms and ultimately succeed in quitting smoking.

  • Diagnostic Services

    We’ll uncover the source of your breathing issues through diagnostic services like pleural procedures, pulmonary services, computed tomography (CT), interventional radiology (IR), guided biopsies or robotic bronchoscopy.

  • Lung Cancer Screening

    With low-dose computed tomography (LDCT), we can detect lung cancer in high-risk patients before symptoms even begin.

  • Lung Nodule Surveillance

    Lung nodule surveillance can help us detect lung cancer early. Our care team is trained to identify and track lung nodules identified during your stay with us.

  • Lung Health Treatments

    When you need lung treatment, we’re here with innovative technologies and therapies, including access to clinical trials.

  • Pulmonary Rehab

    Managing, controlling and alleviating the symptoms and stresses of lung disease and chronic pulmonary conditions is possible with help from our caring team.

  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Care

    With COPD, inflammation of the lungs means less air can flow in and out, making it difficult to breathe. If you're feeling COPD symptoms like difficulty breathing, coughing and shortness of breath, we'll work to find the right COPD treatment for you.

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Caring Pulmonologists, Ready to Help You Heal

When breathing problems feel overwhelming, we know that understanding exactly what’s going on with your lungs can put you more at ease. That’s why we provide innovative and accurate diagnostic testing. And, once we confirm your diagnosis, you’ll have all the support you need to care for yourself and heal — from tobacco cessation programs to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) support groups.

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Advanced Diagnostics for Precision Care

  • What Are Bronchoscopies?

    Flexible Bronchoscopy and Rigid Bronchoscopy
    If an object or piece of food is stuck in the airway, or when a larger tissue sample is needed, our experts can perform:
    Flexible bronchoscopy, which can be done without general anesthesia
    Rigid bronchoscopy, which is done when bleeding is detected in the airway

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  • What Does a Computed Tomography (CT) Scan Show in Lungs?

    As part of our Lung Nodule Surveillance Program, we use chest CT scans to evaluate your lungs. These highly detailed images help us identify pulmonary nodules and detect cancer in its earliest stages.

  • What Are Interventional Radiology Lung Biopsies?

    To help detect lung cancer in its earliest stages, we may need to obtain tissue samples. Interventional radiology biopsies provide a minimally invasive way for your care team to get a sample, using imaging technology to enhance precision and allow for a quicker recovery.

  • What Are Pleural Procedures?

    Pleural biopsies can detect infection, cancer and other lung conditions. At AdventHealth Ocala, we specialize in thoracentesis procedures, minimally invasive surgical biopsies and open surgical biopsies.

Nationally Recognized, Patient-Centered Care

Without question, early detection and treatment of lung cancer saves lives. That’s why we’re committed to helping you move swiftly from diagnosis through treatment with patient-centered, multidisciplinary care. We’ve been so successful with this care approach that the GO2 Foundation for Lung Cancer has named AdventHealth Ocala’s Lung Health Program a Care Continuum Center of Excellence (CCCOE).

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  • Certificate graphic of GO2 Foundation for Lung Cancer: Care Continuum
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Partnering to Advance Lung Health

Collaboration advances the field of medicine. To ensure we provide you the highest levels of care, we partner with programs that support patient health and well-being, including:

  • Radiology Associates of Ocala’s LDCT program
  • The American Lung Association’s Better Breather program
  • The National Area Health Education Centers’ tobacco cessation program
  • Multidisciplinary Weekly Tumor Board Meetings
    • Collaboration with community providers to discuss care plans
  • Multidisciplinary Weekly Nodule Board Meetings
    • Discussion and collaboration of incidental lung nodules to determine lung cancer risk

Patient Navigators Guide Your Care Experience

Our patient navigator program provides personalized, one-on-one attention while you seek treatment to improve your lung health. Your navigator will be with you at every step, helping schedule appointments and follow-ups, get prescriptions, understand your doctor’s instructions and more.

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