MedStar Health's pulmonary researchers conduct a variety of basic and clinical research designed to better understand and treat diseases of the respiratory system and associated respiratory disease. This work includes, but is not limited to, investigations aimed at understanding the causes and treatment of
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
- Lung cancer
- Pulmonary hypertension
- Pulmonary tuberculosis
- Pneumonia/pneumonitis
- Narrowing of the pulmonary artery
- Pulmonary embolus