Arvind Ponnambalam, MD

Description

Arvind Ponnambalam, M.D., earned his undergraduate degree from Middlebury College and his medical degree from St. George's University School of Medicine. He went on to do his internal medicine residency and pulmonary and critical care medicine fellowship at SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York. Dr. Ponnambalam is board certified in pulmonary medicine, critical care medicine and internal medicine. He is also a member of the American College of Chest Physicians, the American Thoracic Society and the American College of Physicians. His areas of focus include lung cancer, COPD, asthma, and interstitial lung diseases. In his spare time, Dr. Ponnambalam loves spending time with his family, discovering new restaurants, hiking, running, swimming, and cooking.

Keywords abnormal chest ct scan, acute bronchiolitis due to other infectious organisms, acute bronchitis, airway disorders, airway obstruction, airway scarring, allergic aspergillosis, allergic pneumonitis, allergic wheezing, alpha 1 antitrypsin deficiency, asbestos lung, aspiration pneumonitis, asthma, asthmatic bronchitis, atelectasis, atypical mycobacteria infection, autoimmune pleuritis, beryllium disease, bronchiectasis, bronchiolitis, bronchitis, bronchomalacia, bronchopulmonary dysplasia, bronchospasm, bronchus deformity, bullectomy, candidiasis of lung, central airway obstruction, chronic bronchitis, chronic cough, chronic lung disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, chronic pulmonary embolus, chronic respiratory failure, ciliary dyskinesia, contusion of chest wall, cough, croup, cryptogenic organizing pneumonia, cystic fibrosis, diaphragmatic disorders, drug induced pulmonary disease, dyspnea on exertion, emphysema, empyema, epiglottitis, exercise intolerance, exposure to secondhand smoke, foreign body (airway), granulomatosis with polyangiitis, hemoptysis, hepatic hydrothorax, hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia, home ventilation, hypercarbia, hypoventilation syndrome, hypoxia, influenza, interstitial lung disease, kussmauls, laryngotracheitis, lung abscess, lung cancer screening, lung disease, lung infiltrate, lung involvement in systemic sclerosis, lung mass, lymphangioleiomyomatosis, maternal respiratory disease, mechanical ventilation, occupational lung injury, pertussis, pleural diseases, pleural effusion, pleural thickening, pleural tuberculosis, pleurisy, pleuritic pain, pneumoconiosis, pneumonia, pneumonitis, post infectious cough, pulmonary amyloid, pulmonary arterial hypertension, pulmonary bullae, pulmonary clearance for surgery, pulmonary coccidioidomycosis, pulmonary complications of neurological diseases, pulmonary congestion, pulmonary embolism, pulmonary fibrosis, pulmonary function tests (pft), pulmonary granuloma, pulmonary hemorrhage, pulmonary hemosiderosis, pulmonary hypertension, pulmonary infections, pulmonary nodule, pulmonary sarcoid, pulmonary stent placement.