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 is board certified in critical care and pulmonary disease, and 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 abnormal chest ct scan, acute bronchiolitis due to other infectious organisms, acute bronchitis, airway disorders, airway obstruction, airway scarring, allergic aspergillosis, allergic pneumonitis, allergic wheezing, alpha 1 antitrypsin deficiency, ambulatory services, asbestos lung, aspiration pneumonitis, asthma, asthmatic bronchitis, atelectasis, atypical mycobacteria infection, autoimmune pleuritis, beryllium disease, bilevel positive airway pressure, blood test, bronchiectasis, bronchiolitis, bronchitis, bronchomalacia, bronchopulmonary dysplasia, bronchospasm, bronchus deformity, bullectomy, candidiasis of lung, central airway obstruction, chronic bronchitis, chronic cough, chronic lung disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, chronic pulmonary embolus, chronic respiratory failure, ciliary dyskinesia, continuous positive airway pressure, contusion of chest wall, cough, croup, cryptogenic organizing pneumonia, cystic fibrosis, diaphragmatic disorders, drug induced pulmonary disease, dyspnea on exertion, emphysema, empyema, epiglottitis, exercise intolerance, exposure to secondhand smoke, foreign body (airway), granulomatosis with polyangiitis, hepatic hydrothorax, hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia, home ventilation, hypercarbia, hypoventilation syndrome, hypoxia, influenza, interstitial lung disease, kussmauls, laryngotracheitis, lung abscess, lung cancer screening, lung disease, lung infiltrate, lung involvement in systemic sclerosis, lung mass, lymphangioleiomyomatosis, maternal respiratory disease, mechanical ventilation, occupational lung injury, pleural diseases, pleural effusion, pleural thickening, pleural tuberculosis, pleurisy, pleuritic pain, pneumoconiosis, pneumonia, pneumonitis, pulmonary amyloid, pulmonary arterial hypertension, pulmonary bullae, pulmonary clearance for surgery, pulmonary coccidioidomycosis, pulmonary complications of neurological diseases, pulmonary congestion, pulmonary embolism, pulmonary fibrosis, pulmonary function tests (pft), pulmonary granuloma, pulmonary hemorrhage, pulmonary hemosiderosis, pulmonary hypertension, pulmonary infections, pulmonary nodule, pulmonary sarcoid.