Brion Lock, MD

Description

Brion J. Lock, M.D., graduated with a bachelor of arts degree from Kalamazoo College in Kalamazoo, Mich. He earned his medical degree from Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit, Mich. He completed his residency in internal medicine at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Dr. Lock was chosen to serve as chief resident for one year after completion of his internal medicine residency in 2002. He stayed at UAB to complete his pulmonary and critical care fellowship and served as chief fellow during his final year of training. Dr. Lock is described as hard working and passionate about the practice of medicine. His colleagues consider him to be very energetic and industrious with regard to patient care. Prior to joining Piedmont Physicians, Dr. Lock was in practice with Georgia Lung Associates for 7 years. Dr. Lock has been practicing medicine for 14 years. He holds board certifications in critical care, pulmonary disease, and internal medicine. Dr. Lock specializes in cough and airways diseases including asthma, COPD, and bronchiectasis. In his spare time, Dr. Lock enjoys sports, cooking, and traveling with his family. Dr. Lock welcomes new patients and accepts most insurance plans.

Keywords continuous positive airway pressure, bilevel positive airway pressure, ambulatory services, blood test, wheezing, ventilator dependent, tuberculosis, tracheomalacia, tracheobronchitis, tracheal stenosis, tracheal mass, tobacco-related diseases, thoracentesis, stridor, sputum production, spirometry, snoring, silicosis, shortness of breath (sob), severe acute respiratory syndrome, right heart catheterization, restrictive lung disease, respiratory failure, respiratory distress syndrome, recurrent lung infections, reactive airway disease, radiation pneumonitis, pulmonary therapy, pulmonary stent placement, pulmonary sarcoid, pulmonary nodule, pulmonary infections, pulmonary hypertension, pulmonary hemosiderosis, pulmonary hemorrhage, pulmonary granuloma, pulmonary function tests (pft), pulmonary fibrosis, pulmonary embolism, pulmonary congestion, pulmonary complications of neurological diseases, pulmonary coccidioidomycosis, pulmonary clearance for surgery, pulmonary bullae, pulmonary arterial hypertension, pulmonary amyloid, pneumonitis, pneumonia, pneumoconiosis, pleuritic pain, pleurisy, pleural tuberculosis, pleural thickening, pleural effusion, pleural diseases, occupational lung injury, mechanical ventilation, maternal respiratory disease, lymphangioleiomyomatosis, lung mass, lung involvement in systemic sclerosis, lung infiltrate, lung disease, lung cancer screening, lung abscess, laryngotracheitis, kussmauls, interstitial lung disease, influenza, hypoxia, hypoventilation syndrome, hypercarbia, home ventilation, hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia, hepatic hydrothorax, granulomatosis with polyangiitis, foreign body (airway), exposure to secondhand smoke, exercise intolerance, epiglottitis, empyema, emphysema, dyspnea on exertion, drug induced pulmonary disease, diaphragmatic disorders, cystic fibrosis, cryptogenic organizing pneumonia, croup, cough, contusion of chest wall, ciliary dyskinesia, chronic respiratory failure, chronic pulmonary embolus, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, chronic lung disease, chronic cough, chronic bronchitis, central airway obstruction, candidiasis of lung, bullectomy.