Patients

Patients are at the heart of all we do

Every decision we make is driven by the potential to bring life-changing outcomes to the patients we serve.

Patient stories

We’re committed to building relationships with and learning from the patients we serve. As you read their stories, you’ll see that what drives us is a relentless focus on placing patients at the center of our work.

Dana

You are not alone

Dana has been an artist her whole life, having lived and worked in San Francisco, Chicago, and New York. About 10 years ago, after returning to her hometown in Montana, she went in for an annual check-up with her primary care physician. As she lay down on the table, she coughed, which caught her doctor’s attention. When he asked her about it, she realized that she often coughed as she lay down for bed at night.

John

A new look  to living

In March 2020, John, a former banker and economics professor, had an annual check-up with his primary care doctor in Sarasota, Fla. At the request of his wife, who had noticed that he had been coughing for several months, he asked for a chest x-ray. The doctor saw something on the x-ray and sent him to get a CT scan, which showed that he had bronchiectasis.

Lusana

Living in the present

Lusana, a former jazz singer living in California, had faced respiratory challenges her whole life, including bouts with bronchitis and pneumonia. But she first realized something was seriously wrong with her lung health when she was packing up to move out of her home in 2018 and could barely get up the stairs. Sapped of energy and in the throes of a fever, she lay down on the floor and called a friend who was a doctor, who promptly called 911. The doctor who examined Lusana at the hospital said her lungs “sounded like a forest fire.”