Minimally Invasive Diagnostic Center

MIDCThe Minimally Invasive Diagnostic Center (MIDC) provides a variety of diagnostic, therapeutic and palliative pulmonary procedures as well as gastroenterology and otolaryngology services.

Recent advancements in technology have made it possible for pulmonologists, gastroenterologists and others to perform in an outpatient setting a variety of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures that previously required invasive surgery and a stay in the hospital. In late 2007, Ali Musani, MD, FCCP, joined the faculty to bring those advanced technologies to National Jewish Health in the MIDC.

The MIDC provides:

 

Learn about our Interventional Pulmonology Program.

Featured Research

Genome Study Suggests New Strategies for Understanding and Treating Pulmonary Fibrosis

In findings published online in Nature Genetics on April 14, 2013, researchers at National Jewish Health, the University of Colorado and several other institutions found a number of genes associated with host defense, cell-cell adhesion and DNA repair, which provide clues to possible mechanisms underlying this currently untreatable disease. Read more.

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The discoveries made in the laboratories at National Jewish Health have a profound impact on the understanding and treatment of human disease.

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