UCLA Health 15th Street Plaza Family Medicine & Internal Medicine

Dr. Tao He is an interventional pulmonologist specialized in performing the following minimally invasive diagnostic and therapeutic procedures: Endobronchial Ultrasound (EBUS) Autofluorescence and Narrow-Band Imaging Thermal techniques including Laser, Argon Plasma Coagulation (APC) and Electrocautery Cryotherapy Photodynamic Therapy Electromagnetic Navigational Bronchoscopy Endobronchial Brachytherapy Airway Dilation Airway Stents Percutaneous Tracheostomy T-Tube Bronchial Thermoplasty Endobronchial Valve Placement for bronchopleural fistulas and for lung volume reduction in selected patients with severe COPD Ultrasound Guided Thoracentesis Tunneled Pleural Catheters Medical Thoracoscopy/Pleural biopsy/Pleurodesis

Established Interventional Pulmonology at UCLA Westwood campus in 1999, and in Santa Monica campus in 2001. Currently practice is limited in Interventional Pulmonology and Critical Care.