Interventional Pulmonologist :
Procedures like Flexible bronchoscopy, Bronchoalveolar lavage, Biopsy of lung and lymph node, Balloon Bronchoplasty, rigid bronchoscopy, foreign body removal, Pleuroscopy, Thoracentesis, Pleurodesis, EBUS, Bronchoscopic thermoplasty, Airway stent, Indwelling pleural catheter fall into the expertise of an interventional pulmonologist. Although these interventional procedures are safe and effective, they are associated with certain risk factors such as pneumothorax, bleeding, pneumonia and complications with anesthetic agents. Patients may experience fewer complications, less trauma, and quicker recovery times as a result of this minimally invasive procedures adapted by an interventional pulmonologist.