Samer Alkhuja, MD
Pulmonology, Sleep Medicine
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Overview
Area of focus information
- Pulmonary
- Sleep Medicine
Languages spoken
- English
About
Education
Medical School
Damascus University, Doctor of Medicine (MD), 1989
Training
Internship 1993
Cornell University Medical College, New York, NY
Residency 1995
Internal Medicine, Cornell University Medical College, New York, NY
Fellowship 1997
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
Fellowship 1998
Albert Einstein College of Medicine-Yeshiva University, Bronx, NY
Certifications
American Board of Internal Medicine - Pulmonary Disease
American Board of Internal Medicine - Hospice and Palliative Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine - Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine - Sleep Medicine
Publications & Clinical Trials
Conditions Treated
- Abnormal Cat Scan of Chest
- Abnormal Chest X-Ray
- Asthma
- Bronchiolitis Obliterans with Organizing Pneumonia
- Bronchitis
- COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease)
- Cough
- Emphysema
- Excessive Daytime Sleepiness (Hypersomnia)
- Hypercapnic Respiratory Failure (Excess Carbon Dioxide in Blood)
- Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
- Interstitial Lung Disease
- Lung Diseases
- Lung Nodule
- Lymphadenopathy (Lymph Node Disease)
- Abnormal Cat Scan of Chest
- Abnormal Chest X-Ray
- Asthma
- Bronchiolitis Obliterans with Organizing Pneumonia
- Bronchitis
- COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease)
- Cough
- Emphysema
- Excessive Daytime Sleepiness (Hypersomnia)
- Hypercapnic Respiratory Failure (Excess Carbon Dioxide in Blood)
- Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
- Interstitial Lung Disease
- Lung Diseases
- Lung Nodule
- Lymphadenopathy (Lymph Node Disease)
- Mediastinal Mass
- Narcolepsy
- Parasomnia (Sleep Walking, Night Terrors, Nightmares and Confusional Arousals)
- Pleural Effusion
- Pneumonia
- Pneumonitis
- Pulmonary Disease
- Pulmonary Embolism
- Pulmonary Hypertension
- Respiratory Failure
- Restless Leg Syndrome
- Sarcoidosis
- Shortness of Breath
- Sleep Apnea
- Sleep Disorders
- Whooping Cough (Pertussis)
Services Offered
- Arterial Blood Gas Test (ABG)
- Bronchoprovocation Test (Asthma Test)
- Bronchoscopy (Windpipe Diagnosis)
- Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP)
- Fiberoptic Bronchoscopy
- Lung Cancer Screening
- Multiple Sleep Latency Test (MSLT)
- Non Invasive Ventilation
- Pulmonary Function Test (PFT)
- Pulmonary Procedures
- Pulmonology
- Respiratory Management
- Sleep Study
- Smoking Cessation Counseling
- Spirometry
- Arterial Blood Gas Test (ABG)
- Bronchoprovocation Test (Asthma Test)
- Bronchoscopy (Windpipe Diagnosis)
- Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP)
- Fiberoptic Bronchoscopy
- Lung Cancer Screening
- Multiple Sleep Latency Test (MSLT)
- Non Invasive Ventilation
- Pulmonary Function Test (PFT)
- Pulmonary Procedures
- Pulmonology
- Respiratory Management
- Sleep Study
- Smoking Cessation Counseling
- Spirometry
- Thoracentesis
- Tobacco Treatment Program
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