Occupational and Environmental Lung Diseases

Under the direction of Carrie A. Redlich, M.D. a nationally recognized referral practice evaluates patients with potential occupational or environmental lung diseases through a collaborative effort involving faculty from the Yale Pulmonary Section and the Yale Occupational and Environmental Medicine Program. Patients with asthma, interstitial lung disease and other pulmonary disorders are evaluated to determine whether environmental and / or occupational exposures may be causing or exacerbating the patients' lung diseases. Workplace and home environmental assessments are performed with the assistance of Judy Sparer, CIH. Pathology input is provided by Robert Homer, MD, PhD (Pathology). Specific inhalation challenge testing is performed for diagnostic and research purposes, the only such facility in the United States.