Do you see or have you seen a pulmonologist?

[Miranda_GO2]

Join us Tuesday, February 15 at 5:30 pm PT/8:30 pm ET

The topic is "Lung Health and the Role of the Pulmonologist"

Speaker: D. Kyle Hogarth, MD, FCCP, Professor of Medicine, Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Director of Bronchoscopy, Co-Director Lung Nodule/Lung Cancer Screening Program, University of Chicago

Moderator: Danielle Hicks, Chief Patient Officer, GO2 Foundation for Lung Cancer

Join from the comfort and safety of your home via Facebook Live (facebook.com/GO2Foundation/) or YouTube Live (youtube.com/go2foundationfo....

[JanetteR57]

In the UK these are called chest physicians or respiratory physicians. In Europe it is the pulmonologist who often is responsible for oncology treatments. It's interesting how the different terminology can also carry different responsibilities - no wonder patients can be confused... good luck with the event.

[Miranda_GO2 Partner in reply to JanetteR57]

Thanks for sharing that Janette. Thank goodness for organizations like Roy Castle that I can refer people to in the UK because the systems really do have some big differences.

I appreciate you teaching me something about terminology and process in the UK. One difference in terminology I like is how the operating room is referred to as the theatre there.

Despite the differences in terminology, I think it's important to take a step back and see if patients are getting comprehensive care that not only provides treatment but assistance with quality of life . This means having access to pulmonologist (or respiratory physicians) during care (or after) to address overall lung health.

[JanetteR57 in reply to Miranda_GO2]

I so agree - there are differences across Europe too - as I found from my involvement with European Lung Foundation lung cancer patient priorities project some years ago and ongoing work in its patient advisory group...europeanlunginfo.org/lung-c... information is also available in European languages

As you rightly say, the important thing is to raise awareness and reduce current variations in care for lung cancer patients. UK also has respiratory physiotherapists and pulmonary rehabilitation healthcare professionals (although scarce before, many have been diverted to treat long covid patients) and lung clinical nurse specialists so the shared multi-disciplinary approach has never been more needed.

'Living with and beyond' cancer and its treatments involves so much quality of life consideration beyond clinical symptoms especially mental wellbeing ...

[Miranda_GO2 Partner]

Janette, we are so lucky to have you (and others like you) on this community to share your wealth of knowledge. Thanks for all that you continue to do for the lung cancer community on a broader scale 🤗

[Denzie Moderator Volunteer]

Looking forward to this!

[Joyologist]

This was eye opening. I am new to all of this and having not been referred by my GP to an interventional pulmonologist from day one is mind blowing to me. I wonder what people out there seek in their interventional pulmonologist or what they look for in one.