Octavius Douglas Polk, MD| Critical Care Medicine, Pulmonology | MedStar Health
Clinical areas of focus
- Asthma
- Bronchiectasis
- Bronchoscopy
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
- Interstitial Lung Disease
- Interventional Bronchoscopy
- Lung Cancer Screening
- Lung Mass
- Mycobacterial Infection
- Pulmonary Fibrosis
- Pulmonary Hypertension
- Pulmonary Sarcoid
- Sleep Disorders
- Thoracentesis
- Thoracoscopy
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Adenocarcinoma Of Lung
- Asbestos Lung
- Asthma
- Bronchiectasis
- Chest Wall Tumors
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
- Collapsed Lung
- Egfr Mutation
- Egfr Translocation
- Empyema
- Foreign Body (AIRWAY)
- Hemoptysis
- Hepatic Hydrothorax
- Interstitial Lung Disease
- Kras Mutation
- Large Cell Cancer Of The Lung
- Lung Cancer
- Lung Mass
- Lung Metastasis
- Malignant Effusion
- Mediastinum Cancer
- Mesothelioma
- Mycobacterial Infection
- Non Small Cell Lung Cancer
- Pleural Effusion
- Pulmonary Embolism
- Pulmonary Fibrosis
- Pulmonary Hypertension
- Pulmonary Sarcoid
- Radiation Toxicity
- Respiratory Failure
- Ret Mutation
- Ros1 Fusion
- Sarcoma Of The Lung
- Sleep Disorders
- Small Cell Lung Cancer
- Squamous Cancer Of The Lung
- Tracheal Mass
- Tracheal Stenosis
- Tracheomalacia
- Ventilator Dependent
Procedures I perform
- Advanced Diagnostic Bronchoscopy
- Airway Stenting
- Bilevel Positive Airway Pressure
- Biopsy Of Lung
- Bronchial Dilatation
- Bronchial Thermoplasty
- Bronchoscopy
- Cyberknife
- Electromagnetic Navigation Bronchoscopy
- Endobronchial Brachytherapy
- Endobronchial Tumor Ablation
- Endobronchial Ultrasound
- Endoscopic Biopsy Of Lung
- Endoscopic Biopsy Of Trachea
- Fiberoptic Bronchoscopy
- Interventional Bronchoscopy
- Lung Cancer Genomics
- Lung Cancer Screening
- Mechanical Ventilation
- Percutaneous Tracheostomy
- Pleurodesis
- Pleurx Catheter Insertion
- Proton Beam Therapy
- Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy
- Thoracentesis
- Thoracoscopy
- Tracheal Dilatation
- Tracheal Stent
- Tracheoplasty
- Tracheostomy Management
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Critical Care Medicine
Fellowship Program: Howard University Hospital (1983)
Fellowship Program: Maryland Institute for EMS Services (1982)
Residency Program: Howard University Hospital (1981)
Internship Program: Howard University Hospital (1979)
Medical School: University of Mississippi Medical Center (1978)