Craig Patterson, MD

Description

Craig M. Patterson, M.D., completed his fellowship at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center and the Ochsner Clinic Foundation in New Orleans, La. During his post-graduate training, he was selected as the inaugural Russell C. Klein Visiting Fellow for the LSUHSC Global Pulmonary Exchange Program with Ege University in Izmir, Turkey. He previously completed a residency in internal medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and medical school at the Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans. He is a proud graduate of Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas and an Eagle Scout. Before joining Piedmont Physicians, Dr. Patterson was in practice with Georgia Lung Associates. He is board-certified in pulmonary disease, critical care medicine, and internal medicine. His professional interests include pulmonary hypertension, venous thromboembolic disease, and critical care medicine. He is a member of the American College of Chest Physicians and a participant in the ACCP's Pulmonary Vascular Disease One Network. Dr. Patterson enjoys cooking and travel. He is an avid fan of college athletics, marathon runner, husband, and father to twin boys. Dr. Patterson welcomes new patients and accepts most insurance plans.

Keywords interstitial lung disease, granulomatosis with polyangiitis, atelectasis, epiglottitis, tracheomalacia, hemoptysis, drug induced pulmonary disease, chronic cough, stridor, emphysema, pleural tuberculosis, empyema, smoker cough, snoring, bronchitis, right heart catheterization, airway scarring, central airway obstruction, airway obstruction, hepatic hydrothorax, bronchus deformity, bronchospasm, chronic lung disease, bronchopulmonary dysplasia, bronchomalacia, chronic bronchitis, asbestos lung, reactive airway disease, aspiration pneumonitis, wheezing, restrictive lung disease, maternal respiratory disease, silicosis, pleural diseases, lung involvement in systemic sclerosis, acute bronchiolitis due to other infectious organisms, cryptogenic organizing pneumonia, bronchiectasis, bronchiolitis, ciliary dyskinesia, acute bronchitis, chronic respiratory failure, chronic pulmonary embolus, tracheal mass, tracheal stenosis, beryllium disease, hypoventilation syndrome, hypoxia, croup, tracheobronchitis, pulmonary coccidioidomycosis, contusion of chest wall, spirometry, pulmonary bullae, pulmonary congestion, diaphragmatic disorders, hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia, lung abscess, lung cancer screening, allergic aspergillosis, lung infiltrate, lung disease, allergic pneumonitis, thoracentesis, mechanical ventilation, alpha 1 antitrypsin deficiency, asthmatic bronchitis, bullectomy, tobacco-related diseases, pulmonary nodule, pulmonary sarcoid, pulmonary hemosiderosis, pulmonary infections, pulmonary function tests (pft), pulmonary fibrosis, pulmonary hemorrhage, pulmonary granuloma, airway disorders, candidiasis of lung, occupational lung injury, pertussis, dyspnea on exertion, pulmonary complications of neurological diseases, pulmonary therapy, allergic wheezing, home ventilation, ventilator dependent, respiratory distress syndrome, cystic fibrosis, autoimmune pleuritis, abnormal chest ct scan, exposure to secondhand smoke, cough, pulmonary clearance for surgery, foreign body (airway), pleural thickening, pleural effusion, pleurisy, pulmonary amyloid, pleuritic pain.