Bhaja Shrestha, MD

A Specialist in Pulmonology & Critical Care

As a pulmonologist and critical care specialist, Dr. Bhaja Shrestha helps his patients with their respiratory issues and sleep disorders. Some of the conditions he treats include:

• Asthma
• Bronchiectasis
• Chronic cough
• COPD (which includes both chronic bronchitis and emphysema)
• Cystic fibrosis
• Interstitial lung disease
• Lung cancer
• Lung nodules
• Pneumonia, pleural effusion, pulmonary embolism
• Pulmonary hypertension
• Sleep apnea

To help his patients receive the best care possible, Dr. Shrestha performs minimally invasive lung biopsies using the Ion robotic system. This system uses shape-sensing technology to view hard-to-reach nodules in the peripheral lungs.

Dr. Shrestha also performs regular bronchoscopy and endobronchial ultrasound for biopsy of lymph nodes in the chest (EBUS bronchoscopy).

Speaks: English