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Eisenhower Health Segment – May 4, 2019

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Hour 3 Seg 2 – Eisenhower Health Segment

EISENHOWER HEALTH w/ Lee Rice (Media Coordinator and Communications Specialist) and Dr. Justin Thomas (Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease, Critical Care Medicine, and Interventional Pulmonary Medicine. He’s the Dir. of the Bronchoscopy Laboratory, EH. re: 39000 Bob Hope Drive, Rancho Mirage, CA. 92270. (760) 340-3911.
– EH is the first hospital in S.C. to offer new lung valve treatment for COPD/emphysema.
– DISCUSSION of the disease of emphysema and COPD. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. PRIMARILY DUE TO SMOKING!!!!! No cure.
– If patients are still smoking they are not eligible for the procedure until they have stopped smoking for @ least 4 months.
– NEW ZEPHYR valves are 4 tiny valves placed in the airways to block off the damage areas of the lungs. One-time short procedure.
– COPD is the 3rd leading cause of disease related death in the U.S.
www.eisenhowerhealth.org
(760) 834-3564)

Dr. Thomas

Rest in Peace

R.I.P. Bob Beckwith 09.21.1933 – 02.2024

R.I.P. Carl Weathers 1.14.48 – 2.1.24

R.I.P. Chita Rivera 1.23.33-1.30.24

R.I.P. Joyce Randolph 10.21.1924 – 1.13.2024

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