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Lung Cancer Screening | Q&A
Background
Dr. Yarmus is a specialist in Interventional Pulmonary and serves as the clinical chief for the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care and the director of Interventional Pulmonology at Johns Hopkins University. He is an expert in the minimally invasive diagnosis of lung cancer. His areas of clinical expertise include interventional pulmonology, minimal invasive diagnostics and leads the Interventional Pulmonary research program at Johns Hopkins. He also has extensive experience in the minimally invasive management of malignant airway obstruction, complex airway management and difficulty airways. In addition, he specializes in the diagnosis and management of pleural diseases and symptom relief with minimally invasive procedures such as indwelling pleural catheters and pleurodesis. He is a fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians and the American Thoracic Society.