Breathe Well, Sleep Well, Live Better.
Welcome to Pulmonary and Sleep Specialists of Northeast Georgia, your trusted health partner for comprehensive pulmonary and sleep-related needs. Our goal is to provide world-class treatment, using cutting-edge technology, for all pulmonary and sleep conditions such as severe COPD, emphysema, complex asthma, pulmonary fibrosis, pulmonary hypertension, post COVID-19 breathing problems, and sleep apnea.
Our expert pulmonary group is dedicated to bringing advanced diagnostic methods to the community, such as advanced bronchoscopy with endobronchial ultrasound for early-stage lung cancer detection and staging. Our sleep group also offers in-depth diagnosis and treatment of sleep disorders, providing and managing CPAP equipment, and are accredited by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine for both in-lab and home sleep studies.
At our practice, you are in caring and compassionate hands. Our providers and staff are committed to ensuring your clinic experience is nothing short of exceptional. We provide an array of onsite services like X-Ray, pulmonary function testing, allergy testing, labs, chest ultrasound, sleep studies, and CPAP equipment provision with supplies.
We proudly serve as a teaching facility, mentoring the next generation of all kinds of medical providers. Our team, backed by years of medical research experience, studies the newest medications in the pulmonary field. We are thrilled to bring local clinical research opportunities to our patients, potentially providing access to the latest treatments and contributing to future cures.
We are conveniently located to serve you through in-person appointments at our two full-time locations. Our main state-of-the-art facility is situated in Hamilton Mill-Dacula, serving Gwinnett and Hall counties, while our second office caters to patients from Barrow, Jackson, and Walton counties in Winder.
We also prioritize your comfort and safety with our Televisit option, when applicable. This is accessed through logging onto our secure patient portal, which also provides convenient and secure access to certain aspects of your medical information and enables you to communicate directly with us, or through a link sent via email or text. To log onto the portal, please click on the health portal link to log in with your patient specific username and password obtained through the practice.
If you’re an existing patient, you can log onto the patient portal to request an appointment. New and existing patients may also simply fill out the contact form on the right to request an appointment. We look forward to serving you and providing exceptional care for your pulmonary needs and sleep health solutions.
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Asthma
A chronic disease of the airways or bronchial tubes in the lungs. If left untreated or improperly treated, asthma may cause a long-term decline in lung function.
Chronic Bronchitis
Chronic Bronchitis, a common type of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Patients with chronic bronchitis have limited airflow because of narrowed airways swollen and filled with mucus.
COPD
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, COPD. Abnormalities in the lungs make it difficult to exhale normally. Quality of life for a person suffering from COPD may decrease as the disease progresses.
Emphysema
Emphysema is a common type Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Tiny air sacs (alveoli) are damaged leaving the patient unable to exhale all of the air which gets trapped in the air sacs.
Pulmonary Hypertension
Pulmonary arterial hypertension is a disease that causes the arteries in the lungs to have increased pressure which causes shortness of breath and low oxygen in the blood.
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a rare progressive disease of the lungs that prior to 2015, no effective therapy was available.
Pleural Effusion
Pleural effusion, or fluid accumulating between the lungs and the chest wall, is a very common complication of a lot of diseases including infection, malignancy, liver cirrhosis, kidney failure and most commonly heart failure.
Sarcoidosis
Sarcoidosis is a multi-system disease that most commonly involves the lungs. Respiratory symptoms can be nonspecific such as shortness of breath or cough.
Lung Cancer
Lung cancer is a disease caused by the rapid growth & division of cells that make up the lungs. Referred to as bronchogenic cancer, it may be described by the type of tissue that is diseased.
Navigational Bronchoscopy
Navigational bronchoscopy is a new cutting edge technology that uses existing CT images to create a 3D road map for specialists to navigate and approach lung lesions that need to be biopsied without a single cut to the patient.
Endoscopic Bronchial Ultrasound
The Endoscopic Bronchial Ultrasound (EBUS) is a new minimally invasive, highly effective technique used to diagnose and stage lung cancer, infections, and other diseases causing enlarged lymph nodes in the chest.
Sleep Apnea CPAP Therapy
CPAP devices use air pressure to push your tongue forward and open your throat. This allows air to pass through your throat reducing snoring and apnea disturbances.
Insomnia
Insomnia is a symptom which can accompany several sleep, medical and psychiatric disorders, characterized by persistent difficulty falling asleep and/or difficulty staying asleep.
Sleep Apnea
Sleep Apnea is a sleep disorder characterized by pauses in breathing during sleep. Each episode, called an apnea, lasts long enough that one or more breaths are missed
Restless Leg Syndrome
Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is a condition that is characterized by an irresistible urge to move stop uncomfortable or odd sensations. It most commonly affects the legs
Narcolepsy
Narcolepsy is a chronic sleep disorder, or dyssomnia, characterized by excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS). Patients experience extreme fatigue & with a tendency to asleep at inappropriate times.