The 20 Best Empyema Doctors Near Me in Duluth, MN

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The 20 Best Empyema Doctors near Duluth, MN

Last Updated: 02/22/2026

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MediFind found 35 doctor with experience in Empyema near Duluth, MN. Of these, 35 are Experienced.

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35 providers found
    Experienced in Empyema
    Intensive Care Medicine
    Experienced in Empyema
    Intensive Care Medicine

    St. Luke's Hospital Of Duluth

    920 E 1st St Ste 201, 
    Duluth, MN 
     (1.2 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Joseph Martinelli is an Intensive Care Medicine provider in Duluth, Minnesota. Dr. Martinelli is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Empyema. His top areas of expertise are Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Lung Metastases, Atypical Pneumonia, Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia, and Advanced Bronchoscopy.

    Experienced in Empyema
    Pulmonary Medicine
    Experienced in Empyema
    Pulmonary Medicine

    St. Luke's Hospital Of Duluth

    920 E 1st St Ste 201, 
    Duluth, MN 
     (1.2 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Trina Hollatz is a Pulmonary Medicine provider in Duluth, Minnesota. Dr. Hollatz is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Empyema. Her top areas of expertise are Mounier-Kuhn Syndrome, Undifferentiated Connective Tissue Disease (UCTD), Lung Metastases, and Obstructive Sleep Apnea.

    Experienced in Empyema
    Experienced in Empyema

    The Duluth Clinic Ltd

    400 E 3rd St, 
    Duluth, MN 
     (0.7 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients
    Offers Telehealth

    Nathan Hoffmann is a Urologist in Duluth, Minnesota. Dr. Hoffmann is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Empyema. His top areas of expertise are Chromophobe Renal Cell Carcinoma, Clear Cell Sarcoma, WT1-Related Wilms Tumor Syndromes, Ureteroscopy, and Nephrectomy. Dr. Hoffmann is currently accepting new patients.

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    Experienced in Empyema
    Experienced in Empyema
    400 E 3rd St, 
    Duluth, MN 
     (0.7 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients

    Martin Grune is a Urologist in Duluth, Minnesota. Dr. Grune is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Empyema. His top areas of expertise are Prostate Cancer, Familial Prostate Cancer, Obstructive Uropathy, Ureteroscopy, and Reconstructive Urology Surgery. Dr. Grune is currently accepting new patients.

    Experienced in Empyema
    Experienced in Empyema
    400 E 3rd St, 
    Duluth, MN 
     (0.7 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients

    Milton Ropes is a Urologist in Duluth, Minnesota. Dr. Ropes is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Empyema. His top areas of expertise are Bladder Outlet Obstruction, Neurogenic Bladder, Enlarged Prostate (BPH), Ochoa Syndrome, and Ureteroscopy. Dr. Ropes is currently accepting new patients.

    Experienced in Empyema
    Otolaryngology
    Experienced in Empyema
    Otolaryngology

    Essentia Health-Duluth Clinic 3rd Street (Building F)

    400 E 3rd St, 
    Duluth, MN 
     (0.7 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients

    Rolando Rosas is an Otolaryngologist in Duluth, Minnesota. Dr. Rosas is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Empyema. His top areas of expertise are Infant Hearing Loss, Mouth Ulcers, Mouth Sores, Thyroidectomy, and Laryngectomy. Dr. Rosas is currently accepting new patients.

    Experienced in Empyema
    Experienced in Empyema

    The Duluth Clinic Ltd

    400 E 3rd St, 
    Duluth, MN 
     (0.7 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients
    Offers Telehealth

    Jeffrey Engelsgjerd is a Urologist in Duluth, Minnesota. Dr. Engelsgjerd is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Empyema. His top areas of expertise are Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC), Chromophobe Renal Cell Carcinoma, WT1-Related Wilms Tumor Syndromes, Familial Prostate Cancer, and Ureteroscopy. Dr. Engelsgjerd is currently accepting new patients.

    Experienced in Empyema
    Otolaryngology
    Experienced in Empyema
    Otolaryngology

    Office

    400 E 3rd St, 
    Duluth, MN 
     (0.7 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Mark Rhodes is an Otolaryngologist in Duluth, Minnesota. Dr. Rhodes is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Empyema. His top areas of expertise are Throat Cancer, Laryngeal Cancer, Laryngitis, Laryngectomy, and Gastrostomy.

    Experienced in Empyema
    Otolaryngology
    Experienced in Empyema
    Otolaryngology

    Duluth Clinic

    400 E 3rd St, 
    Duluth, MN 
     (0.7 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    Kenneth Rogotzke is an Otolaryngologist in Duluth, Minnesota. Dr. Rogotzke is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Empyema. His top areas of expertise are Familial Deafness, Infant Hearing Loss, Vertigo, and Sialadenitis.

    Experienced in Empyema
    Pulmonary Medicine | Intensive Care Medicine
    Experienced in Empyema
    Pulmonary Medicine | Intensive Care Medicine
    400 E 3rd St, 
    Duluth, MN 
     (0.7 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients

    Paul Zimmerman is a Pulmonary Medicine specialist and an Intensive Care Medicine provider in Duluth, Minnesota. Dr. Zimmerman is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Empyema. His top areas of expertise are Emphysema, Bullae, Lung Metastases, and Acute Interstitial Pneumonia. Dr. Zimmerman is currently accepting new patients.

    Experienced in Empyema
    Experienced in Empyema

    The Duluth Clinic Ltd

    400 E 3rd St, 
    Duluth, MN 
     (0.7 miles away)
    Experience:
    10+ years
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Jerrod Heermans is a Urologist in Duluth, Minnesota. Dr. Heermans 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 Enlarged Prostate (BPH), Familial Prostate Cancer, Prostate Cancer, and UPJ Obstruction.

    Experienced in Empyema
    Family Medicine
    Experienced in Empyema
    Family Medicine

    Essentia Health-Duluth Clinic 1ST Street (Building A)

    420 E 1st St, 
    Duluth, MN 
     (0.8 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Kurt Farchmin is a primary care provider, practicing in Family Medicine in Duluth, Minnesota. Dr. Farchmin is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Empyema. His top areas of expertise are Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria (PNH), Familial Hypertension, Glucocorticoid-Remediable Aldosteronism, and Hypertension.

    Experienced in Empyema
    Internal Medicine
    Experienced in Empyema
    Internal Medicine

    Essentia Health-Duluth Clinic 1st Street (Building A)

    420 E 1st St, 
    Duluth, MN 
     (0.8 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Offers Telehealth

    George Holliday is a primary care provider, practicing in Internal Medicine in Duluth, Minnesota. Dr. Holliday is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Empyema. His top areas of expertise are Type 2 Diabetes (T2D), Glucocorticoid-Remediable Aldosteronism, Hypertension, and Familial Hypertension.

    Experienced in Empyema
    Otolaryngology
    Experienced in Empyema
    Otolaryngology

    Northland Ear Nose & Throat Associates P.A.

    920 E 1st St Ste 301, 
    Duluth, MN 
     (1.2 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Todd Freeman is an Otolaryngologist in Duluth, Minnesota. Dr. Freeman is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Empyema. His top areas of expertise are Infant Hearing Loss, DFNB1, Laryngeal Cancer, Parathyroidectomy, and Laryngectomy.

    Experienced in Empyema
    Experienced in Empyema

    St. Luke's Hospital Of Duluth

    1015 E 1st St, 
    Duluth, MN 
     (1.2 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients
    Offers Telehealth

    Nicholas Johnson is a Urologist in Duluth, Minnesota. Dr. Johnson is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Empyema. His top areas of expertise are Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer, Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer, Familial Prostate Cancer, Ureteroscopy, and Reconstructive Urology Surgery. Dr. Johnson is currently accepting new patients.

    Experienced in Empyema
    Otolaryngology
    Experienced in Empyema
    Otolaryngology

    Northland Ear Nose & Throat Associates P.A.

    920 E 1st St Ste 301, 
    Duluth, MN 
     (1.2 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    David Choquette is an Otolaryngologist in Duluth, Minnesota. Dr. Choquette is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Empyema. His top areas of expertise are Infant Hearing Loss, DFNB1, Cheilitis Glandularis, and Chronic Rhinosinusitis with Nasal Polyps (CRSwNP).

    Experienced in Empyema
    General Surgery
    Experienced in Empyema
    General Surgery

    Northland Ear Nose & Throat Associates P.A.

    920 E 1st St Ste 301, 
    Duluth, MN 
     (1.2 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Andrew Davis is a General Surgeon in Duluth, Minnesota. Dr. Davis is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Empyema. His top areas of expertise are Infant Hearing Loss, Tinnitus, DFNB1, and Perichondritis.

    Experienced in Empyema
    Experienced in Empyema

    St. Luke's Hospital Of Duluth

    1001 E Superior St, Suite 201, 
    Duluth, MN 
     (1.3 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English
    Accepting New Patients
    Offers Telehealth

    Rebekah Beach is a Urologist in Duluth, Minnesota. Dr. Beach is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Empyema. Her top areas of expertise are Urinary Tract Infection in Children, Urinary Incontinence, Prostate Cancer, Ureteroscopy, and Nephrectomy. Dr. Beach is currently accepting new patients.

    Experienced in Empyema
    Experienced in Empyema
    1001 E Superior St, Ste. L201, 
    Duluth, MN 
     (1.3 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Matthew Emme is a Urologist in Duluth, Minnesota. Dr. Emme is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Empyema. His top areas of expertise are Prostate Cancer, Familial Prostate Cancer, Non-Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer, Muscle Invasive Bladder Cancer, and Ureteroscopy.

    Experienced in Empyema
    Family Medicine
    Experienced in Empyema
    Family Medicine

    Essentia Health-West Duluth Clinic

    4212 Grand Ave, 
    Duluth, MN 
     (3.3 miles away)
    Languages Spoken:
    English

    Brian Ruggle is a primary care provider, practicing in Family Medicine in Duluth, Minnesota. Dr. Ruggle is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Empyema. His top areas of expertise are Type 2 Diabetes (T2D), Vertigo, Chronic Cough, and Glucocorticoid-Remediable Aldosteronism.

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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 Duluth, MN?

    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 Duluth, MN?

    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 Duluth, MN?

    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 Duluth, MN?

    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 Duluth, MN?

    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 Duluth, MN?

    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 Duluth, MN?

    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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