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Environmental & Occupational Health

Environmental & Occupational Health at National Jewish HealthExposure to beryllium, coal dust, asbestos, latex or any work-related substances can cause serious breathing issues.

If this has happened to you, you can trust your care to the occupational medicine experts at National Jewish Health in Denver, Colorado, the leading respiratory hospital in the nation.


Our multidisciplinary team provides comprehensive diagnosis and treatment to patients with a broad range of work-related lung diseases. We also work with employers, unions, industry, government and others to provide occupational health and safety programs to reduce and prevent work-related lung diseases such as asthma, COPD and bronchiolitis.

Our doctors are researchers too, so you have access to the latest clinical trials and most effective treatments.

 

Environmental & Occupational Health at National Jewish Health

At National Jewish Health, you’ll find:

Learn more about our Deployment-Related Lung Disease Center.


Our Specialists

  • Rafeul Alam

    Rafeul Alam, MD, PhD

  • Anthony N. Gerber

    Anthony N. Gerber, MD, PhD

  • E Brigitte Gottschall

    E Brigitte Gottschall, MD

  • Jeremy T. Hua

    Jeremy T. Hua, MD, MPH

  • Richard Kraus

    Richard Kraus, PA-C

  • Silpa D. Krefft

    Silpa D. Krefft, MD, MPH

  • Shu-Yi Liao

    Shu-Yi Liao, MD, MPH, ScD

  • Lisa A. Maier

    Lisa A. Maier, MD, MSPH, FCCP

  • Annyce S. Mayer

    Annyce S. Mayer, MD, MSPH

  • Karin A. Pacheco

    Karin A. Pacheco, MD, MSPH

  • Clara Restrepo

    Clara Restrepo, MD

  • Cecile S. Rose

    Cecile S. Rose, MD, MPH

  • Kalie M. VonFeldt

    Kalie M. VonFeldt, PA-C, MS

Patient Stories


Diane Wein

Finding Care for Sarcoidosis in My Own Backyard

When patients are diagnosed with rare or unusual health conditions, understanding what to do next or where to find care can be daunting. For Diane Wein, a globe-trotting married mother of one, it took a team of doctors at National Jewish Health to get her back on her feet.


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