How to Refer a Patient
To refer a patient to this program, please contact our office administrator at 205.934.7557 from 8 am to 5 pm CST, Monday through Friday. To expedite the scheduling and evaluation process, please forward all relevant documents to our office as soon as possible, including recent labs, PFTs, HRCT (physical copies or on disc), lung biopsy slides and reports, if available, and all pertinent medical records from the referring physician.
UAB Interstitial Lung Disease/Pulmonary Fibrosis Program
1900 University Boulevard, THT 422
Birmingham, AL 35294-0006
Phone: 205.934.7557
Fax: 205.934.6229
Care Providers
Maria Del Pilar Acosta Lara, MD
Critical Care Medicine, Pulmonology
Joseph Barney, MD
Critical Care Medicine, Pulmonology
Carla Copeland, MD
Pulmonology
Aaron Carter, MD
Pulmonology
Kevin Dsouza, MD
Pulmonology
Steven Duncan, MD
Pulmonology
Ishan Lalani, MD, MPH
Pulmonology
Tejaswini Kulkarni, MD
Critical Care Medicine, Pulmonology
Tracy Luckhardt, MD
Critical Care Medicine, Pulmonology
Lanier O'Hare, CRNP
Pulmonology
Program Highlights
As a member of the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation Care Center Network, the UAB interstitial lung disease (ILD) program is an integrated practice unit that delivers the most advanced management plans for ILD, including idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and sarcoidosis. We are one of the largest sarcoidosis centers in the southeast, and our lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) clinic is one of only 24 nationally. Our goal is to advance new and improved therapies to help patients with ILD live longer, healthier lives.
Other highlights include:
- One of the nation’s largest ILD centers; >1,500 clinic visits annually
- Multiple NIH-supported, investigator-initiated clinical trials, especially for IPF
- Industry-sponsored trials
Clinical Trials
View all ongoing clinical trials at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Featured Education
Management of Connective Tissue Disease Associated Interstitial Lung Disease (CTD-ILD)ListenCME/CE0.25Minutes11Close
