Dr. Carlos W. Sanchez D.D.S.

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Get to know Pulmonary Disease & Critical Care Specialist Dr. Carlos W. Sanchez, who serves patients in Atlantis, Florida.

Carlos W. Sanchez, MD, FCCP, works for the Medical Specialist of the Palm Beaches in Atlantis, Florida. He specializes in pulmonology, sleep medicine, and critical care medicine.

For over 10 years, he has served the palm beaches as an expert in treating lung diseases and sleep disorders.  Dr. Sanchez also has 3 publications on respiratory distress and smoking in the American Journal of Respiratory Care Medicine. 

He graduated with honors in 1989. Having more than 30 years of diverse experiences, especially in pulmonary disease, Dr. Carlos W. Sanchez affiliates with many hospitals including Jfk Medical Center, Wellington Regional Medical Center LLC, Good Samaritan Medical Center and Palms West Hospital, cooperates with many other doctors and specialists without joining any medical groups.

Dr. Sanchez specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of conditions related to the lungs and respiratory tract. These specialists are similar to critical care specialists in that their patients often require mechanical ventilation to assist their breathing.

Dr. Sanchez also diagnoses and treats patients with conditions such as asthma, cystic fibrosis, asbestosis, pulmonary fibrosis, lung cancer, COPD, and emphysema. Exposure and inhalation of certain toxic substances may also warrant the services of a pulmonologist.

Some of the tools and tests pulmonologists and Dr. Sanchez use to diagnose a patient are a stethoscope in order to listen for abnormal breathing sounds, chest X-rays, CT scans, blood tests, bronchoscopy, and polysomnography.

Wellington Regional Medical Center is located in Wellington, Florida and Dr. Sanchez is a respected pulmonologist who works there. It is a 233-bed, acute care hospital, owned by a subsidiary of Universal Health Services, Inc., a highly respected healthcare management organization.

Wellington Regional is proud to have provided high quality healthcare services to the residents of Palm Beach County since 1986. As a community hospital, accredited by The Joint Commission, Wellington Regional prides itself on its continued commitment to remain on the forefront of advanced technologies and expand programs and services to meet the needs of the growing community it serves.

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