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Specialty:: Medicine, Pulmonary Disease
Department Affiliation:: Medicine
Hospital Affiliation:: Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center
State License:: A147568
Languages:: Mandarin, English

Phone:: 310-449-0939
Health Plans:: Accepted Plans

About Me

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

Links

uclahealth.org/micu
uclahealth.org/thousand-oaks

Primary Office: Santa Monica Pulmonary, Sleep and Critical Care
1223 16th St.
Suite 3400
Santa Monica, CA 90404
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Phone: 310-449-0939
Secondary Office: Pulmonary and Critical Care - Westwood
200 UCLA Medical Plaza
Suite 365-B
Los Angeles, CA 90095
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Phone: 310-825-8061
: Thousand Oaks Primary & Specialty Care
100 Moody Court
Suites 110 & 200
Thousand Oaks, CA 91360
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Phone: (805) 418-3500
Fax: (805) 418-3505
: Encino Primary & Specialty Care
15503 Ventura Blvd.
Suite 340
Encino, CA 91436
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Phone: (818) 461-8148
Fax: (818) 461-8105

Medical Board Certifications: Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine, 2014
Certification 2: Critical Care Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine, 2017
Certification 3: Pulmonary Disease, American Board of Internal Medicine, 2016
Fellowship: Interventional Pulmonology, UCLA School of Medicine, 2017-2018
Fellowship 2: Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine, 2014-2017
Residency: Internal Medicine, MedStar Harbor Health, 2012-2014
Internship: Internal Medicine, MedStar Harbor Health, 2011-2012
Degree: Zhongshan (Sun Yat-sen) University, MD, 2003
State University of New York at Albany, PhD

Interests

Airway Tumors
Benign Central Airway Obstruction
Bronchopleural Fistula
Bronchoscopic Treatment for Asthma
Bronchoscopic Treatment for COPD
Lung Cancer
Lung Cancer: Introduction
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Malignant Central Airway Obstruction
Mediastinal Lymphadenopathy
Minimally Invasive Biopsies and Treatments
Pleural Effusion
Pulmonary Nodule/Mass
Thoracentesis
Thoracentesis
Thoracentesis is a procedure to remove fluid or air from around the lungs.
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Tracheobronchomalacia

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