Dr. Mary E Strek MD
Pulmonologist | Pulmonary Disease
180 Harvester Dr Suite 110 Willowbrook IL, 60527About
Dr. Mary Strek practices Pulmonology in Willowbrook, IL. A pulmonologist is a physician who possesses specialized knowledge and skill in the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary conditions and diseases. Dr. Strek manages patients who need life support and mechanical ventilation, and is specially trained in diseases and conditions of the chest, particularly pneumonia, asthma, tuberculosis, emphysema, and complicated chest infections.
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Consensus guidelines for asthma therapy.
- Difficult asthma.
- Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis.
- Autoimmune-featured interstitial lung disease: a distinct entity.
- Bronchiectasis in a diverse US population: effects of ethnicity on etiology and sputum culture.
- Improving asthma management: time for an action plan.
- Diagnosis and treatment of connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung disease.
- Non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis.
- Pulmonary fibrosis in sarcoidosis. Clinical features and outcomes.
- Diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary aspergillosis syndromes.
- Thyroid Disease Is Prevalent and Predicts Survival in Patients With Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis.
- TOLLIP, MUC5B, and the Response to N-Acetylcysteine among Individuals with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis.
- Benefit of adjunctive tacrolimus in connective tissue disease-interstitial lung disease.
- Response.
- Characterisation of patients with interstitial pneumonia with autoimmune features.
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