Southeast Georgia Physician Associates-Pulmonary Medicine

Southeast Georgia Physician Associates-Pulmonary Medicine, a strategic affiliate of Southeast Georgia Health System, treats diseases and conditions of the lungs. We offer a complete range of services designed to meet your health care needs, including the diagnosis and treatment of lung and aiway conditions, lung infections, lung tumors and cancer, pulmonary and respiratory diseases, and more.

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Services

Lung and Airway Conditions

Adult Cystic Fibrosis
Asthma
Bronchiectasis
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and Emphysema
Cough
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)
Dyspnea/Shortness of Breath
Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (EGPA)
Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD)
Lung Nodules
Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM)
Occupational/Environmental Lung Diseases
Sarcoidosis

Lung Infections

Bronchiectasis
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)
Lung Infection and Empyema
Pleural Effusion
Pneumonia
Tuberculosis and Non-TB Mycobacterium

Lung Tumors and Cancer

Lung Cancer
Lymphoma
Lung Nodules
Mesothelioma
Pleural Effusion

Diseases

Pulmonary Vascular Disease
End-stage Respiratory Disease

Diagnostics & Therapeutics

Navigation Bronchoscopy
EBUS Radial/Linear
Bronchial Thermoplasty
PFTs and Methacholine Challenge Testing
Fiducial Marker Insertion for CyberKnife therapy
Pleurx Catheters

Healthy Partners Articles

A Better Test for Spotting and Monitoring Lung Problems

Healthy Partners, Winter 2021

Many southeast Georgia residents can breathe easier thanks to new technology at the Southeast Georgia Health System Camden Campus. Known as whole-body plethysmography, the noninvasive, painless test measures how well the lungs are working. It can detect if someones lungs were exposed to and damaged by toxic substances.

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Healthy Partners, Fall 2020

“I am so proud of our physicians and team members and of the excellent care they provide our patients,” says Michael D. Scherneck, president and chief executive officer. “They always go above and beyond the call of duty, but this year in particular, achieving such a distinction while we are so hard-hit by coronavirus is especially humbling.”

New Hope for those with Severe Asthma

Healthy Partners, Winter 2019
Now there's new hope for those with severe asthma. Read our featured article in the Winter 2019 issue of Healthy Partners to learn about bronchial thermoplasty, a procedure that destroys some of the muscle tissue in the airway that contracts during an asthma attack!

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Catching Your Breath

Healthy Partners, Summer 2017
Imagine if your every breath was restricted by pain, a cough or chest pressure. This discomfort is a regular experience for someone with pleural effusion, a buildup of fluid around the chest and lungs.

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Increasing Our Scope

Healthy Partners, Summer 2016
Now offering bronchoscopy procedures in Camden. Read our featured article in the Summer 2016 issue of Healthy Partners!