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Chest medicine

Hammersmith Hospital is a national reference centre for pulmonary arteriovenous malformations and, with cardiology, for pulmonary hypertension.

The respiratory medicine department based at Hammersmith Hospital provides the following specialist services:

• Difficult asthma clinic
• Complex airways disease
• Tuberculosis
• Interstitial lung disease (ILD) including sarcoidosis
• Pulmonary vasculitis
• Respiratory complications of immunosuppression
• HHTIC London (pulmonary arteriovenous malformations and hereditary haemorrhagic telangectasia - HHT)
• Close links with the National Pulmonary Hypertension Unit (Dr Howard) and cardiothoracic surgery
• Pulmonary embolism clinic 

Diagnostic and support services include:

• Respiratory specialist nurses
• Lung function testing
• Bronchoscopy and TBNA
• Cardiopulmonary exercise testing
• Skin tests for airborne allergens
• Fitness to fly assessment
• Screening for complications of HHT
• In association with interventional radiology we provide an internationally recognized service in bronchial embolisation for patients with massive haemoptysis

Consultants

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Nurse specialists
Celestine Otieno, respiratory nurse specialist
Tel: 020 3313 3066 

Location

• The respiratory department offices are located on the 3rd floor of Hammersmith House
• The lung function unit is situated on the ground floor, A block
• Outpatient clinics are held in the main outpatients department on the ground floor, A block