Intensivists - Palos Heights, IL

"Avoid this Doctor. He deals in pulmonology as secondary practice. Im a 48yr old and prior to having a surgery at the Va i use to run and walk daily. After surgery at the Va i started having breathing issues. Copd was ruled out and so was heart issues by a ct heart n chest in july 2021 2 weeks after my surgery. This clown haider looked at my ct done recently and noticed air is getting trapped in lung, which va confirmed also but isnt copd. I didnt have breathing issues til i had a surgery which required a tube in my thracea for respiration. I asked Haider to to bronchoscopy to see if airway was damaged. Odds of copd right after a surgery is 0% damage to thracea can make you look like you have copd. My oxygen levels are 0ver 98% even when have breathing issues, if was copd youd have low oxygen, plus as mentioned copd doesnt happen over night. I didnt have breathing issues til right after a surgery. If this clown looked at va records hed see ive had 12 chest xrays since july 2021 and ive had breathing issues only since after a surgery, 12 chest xrays and a chest ct in april 2021 prior to july surgery things look normal, after surgery no signs of copd seen or heart issues on cardiac ct done in july after surgery. Yet i have had dyspnea since surgery and air gets trapped once in awhile which isnt copd, its something else going on and thats why bronchoscopy i had asked for because va pulmonologist and cardiologist cant see why im having breathing issues after multiple cts and xrays. They just know my bronchial area is disfuntioning since surgery. In point this haider guy doesnt know his job for if he did hed to a bronchoscopy to rule out other issues but instead he jumps to copd from 1 ct. Its obvious this guy doesnt know what hes doing because if he did hed see everytime ive had breathing issues and had chest xrays of my lungs were functioning normal on every xray n ct when im having breathing dificulties in ER AT HINES HOSPITAL. IF IT WAS COPD ID HAVE HAD AIR TRAPPED ON EVERY XRAY N CARDIAC CHEST CT. I HAVE BREATHING ISSUES SINCE SURGERY AND THEY WOULDVE SEEN COPD AFTER 17 VISITS TO AN ER SINCE JULY 2021. My lung function shows normal even with dyspnea always going on. One ct showed air trapped and this guy thinks copd. Fyi if thracea get damaged from a surgery it can look like copd. The way you know is based on when symptoms started and my breathing problems started right after a surgery. So if this guy knew anything, hed know you dont get copd overnight!! Avoid this dr at all cost. My o2 was 99 heart rate 94 blood pressure 110/60 which is all normal stats for me that ive had for over 15yrs. Its obvious this guy doesnt look at people health records instead he just gets you out of his office and says im a lung dr i know more then you. Well if he did look at my va records hed see my issues started right after a surgery and i had nothing wrong prior. So copd can be ruled out based on all previous tests and fact my breathing was awesome before a surgery. 3 cases in an office were 3 people started having breathing issues right after thier surgery. They all were told copd and took meds, nothing ever helped them. Finally all 3 got bronchoscopy done and it turned out thier thracea had been damaged by a tube in thier throats. Turned out they all had a thracea tear of 2 inches, after bronchoscopy they had all 3 gotten fixed and thier copd issues went away!! This haider is worthless dont see him, he does listen too you, he thinks hes a mr know it all."