The 20 Best Empyema Doctors Near Me in Palm Desert, CA

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The 20 Best Empyema Doctors near Palm Desert, CA

Last Updated: 02/22/2026

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MediFind found 128 doctor with experience in Empyema near Palm Desert, CA. Of these, 114 are Experienced, 11 are Advanced and 3 are Distinguished.

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128 providers found
    Distinguished in Empyema
    Distinguished in Empyema

    Desert Ear Nose And Throat Medical Group, Inc.

    71687 Highway 111, 
    Rancho Mirage, CA 
     (2.7 miles away)
    Experience:
    24+ years
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Christopher Walz is an Otolaryngologist in Rancho Mirage, California. Dr. Walz has been practicing medicine for over 24 years and is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Empyema. His top areas of expertise are Chronic Rhinosinusitis with Nasal Polyps (CRSwNP), Sinusitis, Otitis, and Vertigo.

    Distinguished in Empyema
    Otolaryngology
    Distinguished in Empyema
    Otolaryngology

    Desert Ear Nose And Throat Medical Group, Inc.

    71687 Highway 111, 
    Rancho Mirage, CA 
     (2.7 miles away)
    Experience:
    37+ years
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Mark Wilson is an Otolaryngologist in Rancho Mirage, California. Dr. Wilson has been practicing medicine for over 37 years and is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Empyema. His top areas of expertise are Empyema, Labyrinthitis, Sinusitis, and Jones Syndrome.

    Advanced in Empyema
    Intensive Care Medicine
    Advanced in Empyema
    Intensive Care Medicine

    Eisenhower Health

    39000 Bob Hope Dr, 
    Rancho Mirage, CA 
     (3.3 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Mohammad Mojarad is an Intensive Care Medicine provider in Rancho Mirage, California. Dr. Mojarad is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Empyema. His top areas of expertise are Emphysema, Lung Metastases, Bullae, and Pulmonary Fibrosis.

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    Advanced in Empyema
    Advanced in Empyema

    Hope Square Surgical Center

    39700 Bob Hope Dr Ste 301, 
    Rancho Mirage, CA 
     (4.5 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Kevin Shandera is a Urologist in Rancho Mirage, California. Dr. Shandera is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Empyema. His top areas of expertise are Urinary Incontinence, Urinary Tract Infection in Children, Urinary Tract Infection (UTI), Enlarged Prostate (BPH), and Ureteroscopy.

    Experienced in Empyema
    Intensive Care Medicine
    Experienced in Empyema
    Intensive Care Medicine

    Eisenhower Health

    39000 Bob Hope Dr, 
    Rancho Mirage, CA 
     (3.3 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Vijay Vanam is an Intensive Care Medicine provider in Rancho Mirage, California. Dr. Vanam is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Empyema. His top areas of expertise are Pulmonary Artery Agenesis, Lung Metastases, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Pleurisy, and Gastrostomy.

    Experienced in Empyema
    Intensive Care Medicine
    Experienced in Empyema
    Intensive Care Medicine

    Eisenhower Health

    39000 Bob Hope Dr, 
    Rancho Mirage, CA 
     (3.3 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Joan Dabu is an Intensive Care Medicine provider in Rancho Mirage, California. Dr. Dabu is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Empyema. Her top areas of expertise are Lung Metastases, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Chronic Cough, Gastrostomy, and Advanced Bronchoscopy.

    Experienced in Empyema
    Intensive Care Medicine
    Experienced in Empyema
    Intensive Care Medicine

    United Medical Group Inc.

    41750 Rancho Las Palmas Dr Ste M3, 
    Rancho Mirage, CA 
     (4.5 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Shahriyar Tavakoli is an Intensive Care Medicine provider in Rancho Mirage, California. Dr. Tavakoli is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Empyema. His top areas of expertise are Lung Nodules, Lung Metastases, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Gastrostomy, and Advanced Bronchoscopy.

    Advanced in Empyema
    Family Medicine
    Advanced in Empyema
    Family Medicine

    Office

    72780 Country Club Dr Ste B203, 
    Rancho Mirage, CA 
     (2.7 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Shirley Uy is a primary care provider, practicing in Family Medicine in Rancho Mirage, California. Dr. Uy is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Empyema. Her top areas of expertise are Tracheitis, Shingles, Lymphangitis, and Cellulitis.

    Advanced in Empyema
    Otolaryngology
    Advanced in Empyema
    Otolaryngology

    Desert Ear Nose And Throat Medical Group, Inc.

    71687 Highway 111, 
    Rancho Mirage, CA 
     (2.7 miles away)
    Experience:
    35+ years
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Quinten Vanderwerf is an Otolaryngologist in Rancho Mirage, California. Dr. Vanderwerf has been practicing medicine for over 35 years and is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Empyema. His top areas of expertise are Labyrinthitis, Trachoma, Aseptic and Alopecic Nodules of Scalp (AANS), and Laryngitis.

    Advanced in Empyema
    Advanced in Empyema

    Eisenhower Medical Center

    39950 Vista Del Sol, 
    Rancho Mirage, CA 
     (2.8 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Michael Sanford is a Urologist in Rancho Mirage, California. Dr. Sanford is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Empyema. His top areas of expertise are Urothelial Cancer, Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer, Bladder Cancer, Ureteroscopy, and Prostatectomy.

    Advanced in Empyema
    Otolaryngology
    Advanced in Empyema
    Otolaryngology

    Desert Cities Allergy

    39000 Bob Hope Dr, 
    Rancho Mirage, CA 
     (3.3 miles away)
    Experience:
    45+ years
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Majid Torabi is an Otolaryngologist in Rancho Mirage, California. Dr. Torabi has been practicing medicine for over 45 years and is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Empyema. His top areas of expertise are Infant Hearing Loss, Jones Syndrome, DFNB1, and Chronic Rhinosinusitis with Nasal Polyps (CRSwNP).

    Advanced in Empyema
    Advanced in Empyema

    Eisenhower Medical Center

    39000 Bob Hope Dr, 
    Rancho Mirage, CA 
     (3.3 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    John Faulkner is a Urologist in Rancho Mirage, California. Dr. Faulkner is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Empyema. His top areas of expertise are Urothelial Cancer, Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer, Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer, Ureteroscopy, and Prostatectomy.

    Advanced in Empyema
    Pulmonary Medicine | Intensive Care Medicine
    Advanced in Empyema
    Pulmonary Medicine | Intensive Care Medicine

    Eisenhower Pulmonary Specialty Clinic

    39000 Bob Hope Dr, 
    Rancho Mirage, CA 
     (3.3 miles away)
    Experience:
    51+ years
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Massood Molavi is a Pulmonary Medicine specialist and an Intensive Care Medicine provider in Rancho Mirage, California. Dr. Molavi has been practicing medicine for over 51 years and is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Empyema. His top areas of expertise are Lung Metastases, Emphysema, Bullae, and Pulmonary Fibrosis.

    Advanced in Empyema
    Family Medicine
    Advanced in Empyema
    Family Medicine

    Eisenhower Medical Center

    45280 Seeley Dr, 
    La Quinta, CA 
     (4.6 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Paul Levitan is a primary care provider, practicing in Family Medicine in La Quinta, California. Dr. Levitan is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Empyema. His top areas of expertise are Tracheitis, Urinary Tract Infection in Children, Lymphangitis, and Migraine.

    Advanced in Empyema
    Family Medicine
    Advanced in Empyema
    Family Medicine

    Nina K. Maw Maw, M.D., Inc.

    35900 Bob Hope Dr, 
    Rancho Mirage, CA 
     (5.0 miles away)
    Experience:
    30+ years
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Nina Maw is a primary care provider, practicing in Family Medicine in Rancho Mirage, California. Dr. Maw has been practicing medicine for over 30 years and is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Empyema. Her top areas of expertise are Insomnia, High Cholesterol, Obesity in Children, Bone Marrow Aspiration, and Endoscopy.

    Experienced in Empyema
    Internal Medicine
    Experienced in Empyema
    Internal Medicine

    Kazi, Manzoor, MD

    73345 Highway 111, 
    Palm Desert, CA 
     (0.6 miles away)
    Experience:
    30+ years
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Manzoor Kazi is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Palm Desert, California. Dr. Kazi has been practicing medicine for over 30 years and is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Empyema. His top areas of expertise are Acquired Hemophilia, Hemophilia B, Vitamin D Deficiency, and Obesity in Children.

    Experienced in Empyema
    Internal Medicine
    Experienced in Empyema
    Internal Medicine

    Ronald Bush, M.D.

    44300 Monterey Ave, 
    Palm Desert, CA 
     (1.0 miles away)
    Experience:
    40+ years
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Ronald Bush is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Palm Desert, California. Dr. Bush has been practicing medicine for over 40 years and is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Empyema. His top areas of expertise are High Cholesterol, Type 2 Diabetes (T2D), Pneumomediastinum, Osteomyelitis in Children, and Endoscopy.

    Experienced in Empyema
    Internal Medicine
    Experienced in Empyema
    Internal Medicine

    Desert Medical Group Inc

    72605 Highway 111, 
    Palm Desert, CA 
     (1.4 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Jitka Civrna is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Palm Desert, California. Dr. Civrna is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Empyema. Her top areas of expertise are Shingles, Parinaud Oculoglandular Syndrome, Tietz Syndrome, and Costochondritis.

    Experienced in Empyema
    Experienced in Empyema

    Urologic Institute Of The High Desert Inc

    72650 Fred Waring Dr, 
    Palm Desert, CA 
     (1.4 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Bobby Alexander is a Urologist in Palm Desert, California. Dr. Alexander is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Empyema. His top areas of expertise are Urinary Tract Infection in Children, Enlarged Prostate (BPH), Urinary Tract Infection (UTI), Ureteroscopy, and Nephrectomy.

    Experienced in Empyema
    Experienced in Empyema

    Hmg Urology PC

    72650 Fred Waring Dr, 
    Palm Desert, CA 
     (1.4 miles away)
    Experience:
    10+ years
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Samuel Lee is a Urologist in Palm Desert, California. Dr. Lee has been practicing medicine for over 10 years and is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Empyema. His top areas of expertise are Urinary Tract Infection in Children, Hydronephrosis, Obstructive Uropathy, Prostatectomy, and Ureteroscopy.

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    Last Updated: 02/22/2026

    What is the definition of Empyema?

    Empyema is a collection of pus in the space between the lung and the inner surface of the chest wall (pleural space).

    When should I see an Empyema doctor near Palm Desert, CA?

    There are various reasons why you may want to see a specialist, such as: 

    • Your primary care provider recommends it. 
    • Your condition requires expert knowledge and specialized care. 
    • Your symptoms persist or worsen despite treatment. 
    • You need specialized testing or procedures. 
    • You want a second opinion.  

    What should I consider when choosing an Empyema doctor near Palm Desert, CA?

    It’s important to see a provider with expertise in your specific condition. Each provider profile in MediFind’s doctor database includes information on which conditions they treat, years of experience, research contributions, languages spoken, insurance plans accepted, and more.  

    How does MediFind rank Empyema doctors near Palm Desert, CA?

    MediFind’s rankings are based on a variety of data sources, such as the number of articles a doctor has published in medical journals, participation in clinical trials and industry conferences, as well as the number of patients that provider sees for a given condition. Note that MediFind’s provider database is not based on user reviews, and providers do not pay to be included in the database. 

    What types of insurance are accepted by Empyema doctors near Palm Desert, CA?

    Most profiles in MediFind’s doctor database include a list of insurance plans accepted by that provider. However, it’s a good idea to contact the provider’s office to make sure they still accept your insurance, then doublecheck by contacting your insurance plan to confirm they’re in network. 

    How can I book an appointment online with an Empyema doctor near Palm Desert, CA?

    MediFind offers direct scheduling for certain providers using the “Request Appointment” button on that provider’s profile. If the schedule option is not available for a provider, tap the red “Show Phone Number” button on their profile to get their contact information. If you prefer to find providers who offer online scheduling, select “Schedules online” under the “Availability” category of the filter feature on the left side of the Empyema doctor search results page. 

    Why is it important to get a second opinion from a different Empyema doctor?

    Second opinions are an opportunity to confirm a diagnosis and its root cause, learn about alternative treatment options, or simply gain peace of mind. Many people, especially those with serious diagnoses, get second opinions so they can understand all their options and make informed decisions, so don’t hesitate to get one if you have any doubts or need more information or clarification regarding your care. Note that some insurance plans require second opinions, while others don’t cover second opinions, so be sure to confirm with your insurance provider first.   

    How can I prepare for my appointment with an Empyema doctor near Palm Desert, CA?

    Prepare for your appointment by gathering the following items: 

    • Copies of medical records (dating back at least one year) 
    • Your medical history, including illnesses, medical conditions, surgeries, and other doctors you see 
    • Family history of disease 
    • List of current prescription drugs, over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal remedies or supplements including names and doses 
    • Allergies to medications, food, latex, insects, etc.  
    • List of questions and concerns 
    • Your insurance card 

    You might also contact the provider’s office to see if they offer transportation or childcare services or if you’re allowed to bring a loved one for support or to take notes during your visit. 

    What questions should I ask my Empyema doctor?

    Here are some sample questions: 

    • Can you explain in simple terms what this condition is and how it’s treated? 
    • What symptoms or side effects should I watch for? 
    • What tests will be involved, and when can I expect results? 
    • Are there other specialists I need to see? 
    • What’s the best way to reach you if I have follow-up questions? 

    How can I learn about the latest clinical trials and research advances my Empyema doctor may know about?

    MediFind’s Clinical Trials tool asks you a series of questions to help you narrow down your search by health condition, age, gender, location, how far you’re willing to travel, and more. Each question you answer filters down the number of trials until you find the ones that are most relevant to you. 

    MediFind’s Latest Advances tool features summaries of recent articles published in medical journals. We use cutting-edge technology to scour medical publication databases for the latest research advancements on any given condition, then we simplify this information in a way that’s useful and easy to understand. 

    Can I filter my search to show male or female Empyema doctors near Palm Desert, CA?

    Look for the filter feature on the left side of the Empyema doctor search results page. Select “Female” or “Male” under the “Gender” category to search for female or male providers exclusively. If the “Any” option is selected, it will pull results for both male and female providers. 

    Can I filter my search to find an Empyema doctor that offers video calls?

    Look for the filter feature on the left-side of the Empyema doctor search results page. Select “Offers telehealth visits” under the Availability category to search for providers who offer virtual appointments (video calls). 

    Reviewed on: 11/11/24  

    By: MediFind Medical Staff 

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