When you improve your lung function, you improve your quality of life in countless ways.

Provided through the acclaimed Duke Center for Living, the Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program is a dedicated five-week curriculum designed to maximize patients’ lung function through exercise, education, medication, and psychosocial support.

Duke’s Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program is among the country’s most well-respected, and we serve a large number of referral patients with a variety of advanced and chronic lung disorders. We also treat patients undergoing thoracic surgery -- particularly lung transplantation and lung volume reduction surgeries.

To meet the individual needs of our patients, the comprehensive program offers four highly specialized tracks:

• Medical Intensive Program -- For patients diagnosed with pulmonary disease
• Perioperative Pulmonary Program -- For patients who have had or who are preparing to undergo lung or lung transplantation surgery
• Graduate Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program -- For patients who have completed any of the other three programs

Led by faculty from Duke’s Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, the program is also staffed by a cross-disciplinary team of cardiologists, exercise physiologists, specialized nurses, and respiratory, physical, and occupational therapists.

For details about Duke’s Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program, or to schedule an appointment or get a referral, call 919-660-6619 or 919-660-6658 locally or 888-ASK-DUKE (888-275-3853) toll-free.

Physicians

Physicians offering this service include:

• Blake, Dahlia A.
• Chiang, Ambrose A.
• Cicale, Michael J.
• Cox, Christopher E.
• Eu, Jerry
• Fortin, Terry A.
• Fulkerson, William J.
• Govert, Joseph A.
• Hargett, Charles William "Bill" III
• Hayes, David A.
• Hollingsworth, John W.
• Huang, Yuh-Chin Tony
• Kelling, Douglas G.
• Kevill, Katharine A.
• Kraft, Monica
• Kravitz, Richard M.
• Kunstling, Ted R.
• Kussin, Peter S.
• MacIntyre, Neil R.
• Majure, J. Marc
• Marshall, Harvey E.
• McMahon, Timothy J.
• Morrison, Lake D.
• Murphy, Thomas M.
• Noble, Paul W.
• Palmer, Scott M.
• Piantadosi, Claude A.
• Powers, Mark A.

Locations

This service is available at:

• Duke Center for Living
  3475 Erwin Road, Durham, NC 27705