Welcome to Integrative Pulmonary Clinic

Same-day appointments are available.

Healing begins when you understand your body is working for you, not against you

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Restoring Safety, Resilience, and Breath.

Integrative Pulmonary Clinic is for people who have pursued traditional medical care but are still searching for a path forward.

Maybe you have tried medications, undergone extensive testing, or been told that your results are reassuring, yet you still don't feel like yourself. Or perhaps you have an established pulmonary condition but want to do more than simply manage symptoms.

Our mission is to transform pulmonary care by combining medical expertise with whole-person health and nervous system regulation, empowering patients to restore confidence in their bodies, build resilience, and actively participate in healing.

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From managing illness to cultivating health

At the heart of IPC is a simple belief:

Your body has an extraordinary capacity to heal, adapt, and grow. Our role is to help you create the conditions that allow that capacity to flourish.

We bring together medical expertise and whole-person care to help you move from fear and uncertainty toward understanding, confidence, resilience, and greater vitality.

Learn to Trust Your Body Again

Our goal isn't simply to reduce symptoms. It is to help you regain confidence in your body and become an active participant in your health.

We focus on six interconnected areas of health:

Body • Mind • Spirit • Social Connection • Sleep • Nutrition

Together, we work to:

  • Understand what your symptoms may be communicating

  • Calm an overprotective nervous system when it is contributing to symptoms

  • Reduce fear and hypervigilance around physical sensations

  • Restore healthier breathing patterns

  • Improve sleep, nutrition, movement, and emotional well-being

  • Build meaningful relationships, purpose, and resilience

  • Develop practical skills you can continue using long after your visit

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Conditions We Treat

Pulmonary & Sleep Conditions

  • Persistent Asthma, including persistent symptoms despite guideline-based treatment

  • COPD, with a focus on improving function, symptoms, and quality of life

  • ALS/neuromuscular respiratory weakness

  • Diaphragm weakness, including respiratory weakness associated with Parsonage-Turner syndrome or due to an unknown cause

  • Obstructive sleep apnea

  • Recurrent bronchitis

  • Gastroesophageal reflux disease GERD-related respiratory disease

  • Nicotine dependence

Persistent & Neuroplastic Symptoms

  • Long COVID, including persistent shortness of breath, fatigue, and autonomic symptoms)

  • Chronic refractory cough

  • Breathing pattern disorder/dysfunctional breathing

  • Inducible Laryngeal Obstruction (ILO)/Vocal Cord Dysfunction (VCD)

  • Persistent shortness of breath despite reassuring evaluation

  • Post-viral symptoms,

  • Insomnia

  • Post-ICU Syndrome, including chronic fatigue, and persistent symptoms after critical illness

  • Post-polio syndrome

  • Anxiety with shortness of breath

Nociplastic & Chronic Pain Conditions

  • Temporomandibular Joint Pain (TMJ)

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Care that helps you understand, heal, and move forward.

When you choose Integrated Pulmonary Clinic, you can expect:

Unhurried time with your physician to fully understand your unique needs and goals

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A physician who is present and listens with compassion

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Tools that help you regain confidence in your body, build resilience, and participate in your healing

Expert pulmonary care combined with integrative and mind-body medicine

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Ongoing support throughout your health journey, with care that evolves as your needs change

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A focus on the whole person, including body, mind, sleep, nutrition, relationships, lifestyle, and purpose

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Dr. Amen Sergew

Amen Sergew, MD
Founder

“I established IPC with the aspiration of helping you optimize your health-span and well-being.”

Try a session for free and see if it’s right for you.

During this call, you will meet Dr. Sergew, learn more about our practice. There is no obligation or commitment.