Charles Prochera, M.D.
| Specialty | Pulmonary |
|---|---|
| Phone | (940) 627-1968 |
| Fax | (940) 627-6105 |
| Location | 2014 Ben Merritt Dr. Ste C Decatur, TX 76234 |
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine provides comprehensive services for patients with illnesses that affect the lungs and breathing.
Dr. Prochera offers consultation, diagnostic and therapeutic services for a range of respiratory conditions including lung cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma, pulmonary vascular disease, sleep disorders, acute and chronic respiratory failure, and lung infections.
The Pulmonary and Critical Care clinical services encompass a variety of disease states including ambulatory pulmonary and sleep medicine, inpatient pulmonary and critical care medicine. These include treatment of:
- Acute and chronic respiratory failure
- Adult cystic fibrosis
- Asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases (COPD)
- Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary disease
- General intensive and critical care medicine
- Interventional pulmonary services
- Intensive care support for open heart surgery patients
- Lung cancer
- Multiple organ system failure treatment
- Outpatient Pulmonary Function Testing
- Pulmonary fibrosis
- Pulmonary transplantation
- Pulmonary hypertension and other pulmonary vascular diseases
- Obesity hypoventilation syndrome
- Respiratory muscle disorders
- Sleep disorders
- Ventilator management
Education
Undergraduate School: SUNY: New Paltz, New York
Graduate School: Illinois State University; Normal, Illinois
Medical School:University of Illinois at the Medical Center Chicago, Illinois
Residence: Internal Medicine; University of Michicgan, Ann Arbor, Michigan and Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
Chief Medical Residence: Internal Medicine; University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Fellowship: University of Texas Health Science Center, Southwestern Medical School, Parkland Memorial Hospital; Dallas, TX – Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care
Certifications
American Board of Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine – Subspecialty Pumonary Disease
Current Appointments
Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine; University of Texas Health Science Center, Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, Texas
Pulmonary Function Testing
Our outpatient Pulmonary Function Testing is performed on the most advanced technology available. The new, Medgraphics Cardiorespiratory Diagnostics ™ machine offers the maximum in accuracy and reliability while providing expanded diagnostic capabilities.
