To make an appointment, call 314-454-8917.
Toll free: 877-888-LUNG
Pediatric appointments, call 314-454-2694.
WashU Medicine pulmonary and critical care medicine specialists are internationally known for clinical excellence in the diagnosis and treatment of lung and thoracic disease. Our lung specialists are leaders at the forefront of patient care for all disorders and infections of the chest and respiratory system. Our lung doctors are also well-known world leaders in pulmonary biological research.
WashU Medicine pulmonary and critical care doctors treat patients with the following conditions:
- Asthma
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
- Cystic fibrosis
- Emphysema
- Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF)
- Interstitial lung disease (ILD)
- Lung cancer
- Lung development and developmental abnormalities
- Lung transplantation
- Lung volume reduction surgery
- Pulmonary arteriovenous malformations
- Pulmonary hypertension
- Pulmonary rehabilitation
- Pulmonary vascular disease
- Sleep disorder
- Surfactant abnormalities
WashU Medicine lung specialists provide pulmonary and critical care to patients at several area locations:
- Barnes-Jewish Hospital
- St. Louis Children’s Hospital
- St. Louis Veterans Affairs Medical Center
- Center for Advanced Medicine
- Washington University Sleep Medicine Center
For more information, visit the Department of Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine website.
Katherine Rivera-Spoljaric, MD
Lung Health (Pulmonology)
Pediatric Lung Health (Pulmonology)
Locations:
St. Louis Children’s Hospital
St. Louis Children’s Specialty Care Center – West County
St. Louis Children’s Specialty Care Center – South County
Ronald C. Rubenstein, MD, PhD
Lung Health (Pulmonology)
Pediatric Lung Health (Pulmonology)
Locations:
St. Louis Children’s Hospital
Tonya D. Russell, MD
Lung Health (Pulmonology)
Sleep Medicine
Locations:
Center for Advanced Medicine
Center 40 Building
Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital – Medical Office Building 3
Gabriel Schroeder, MD
Critical Care
Lung Health (Pulmonology)
Locations:
Center for Advanced Medicine
Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital – Medical Office Building 2
Richard F. Van Besien, MD
Lung Health (Pulmonology)
Locations:
Center for Advanced Medicine – South County
Center for Advanced Medicine