Dr. Majid Shafiq

Dr. Majid Shafiq is an interventional pulmonologist who performs minimally invasive diagnostic procedures such as flexible bronchoscopy with endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS), robotic bronchoscopy, electromagnetic navigational bronchoscopy and transthoracic biopsy of lung nodules, medical thoracoscopy (also known as pleuroscopy), and pleural biopsy. He also performs minimally invasive therapeutic procedures such as indwelling pleural catheter placement for recurrent pleural effusion, bronchoscopic lung volume reduction using endobronchial valves for severe COPD (emphysema), bronchial thermoplasty for severe asthma, whole lung lavage for pulmonary alveolar proteinosis, rigid bronchoscopy and tumor debulking for benign and cancerous airway tumors, and airway stenting for tracheomalacia, tracheobronchomalacia (TBM), airway stenosis, and airway compression.Dr. Shafiq created a Wikipedia page on interventional pulmonology in 2017 in order to facilitate public education about this relatively novel branch of medicine. He has developed a number of clinical and educational innovations and authored over 50 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters.

Dr. Shafiq is highly rated in 5 conditions, according to our data. His clinical expertise encompasses Pleural Effusion, Emphysema, Lung Nodules, Tracheobronchomalacia, and Endoscopy.

Dr. Shafiq is board certified in Pulmonary Disease, Critical Care Medicine, and Pulmonary Medicine. He is actively involved in clinical research, co-authoring 47 peer reviewed articles.