Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) refers to a group of lung conditions that interfere with normal breathing, including emphysema, chronic bronchitis, bronchiectasis and alpha 1 antitrypsin deficiency. These diseases cause a chronic, permanent and typically progressive obstruction of airflow in the lungs.

UCSF chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) experts specialize in the evaluation, diagnosis and treatment of COPD. In addition to caring for patients, we are at the forefront of basic and clinical research with the goal of better understanding the causes of COPD, as well as improving current treatments and developing new therapies.

For more information or to make an appointment, please call:

Pulmonary Medicine at Parnassus at (415) 353-2961

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Reviewed by health care specialists at UCSF Medical Center.
Last updated August 29, 2007