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Dr. Laura Likar, MD
Pulmonary Disease
Get to Know Dr. Laura Likar, MD
Accepting Patients
Yes
Languages
English
Gender
Female
Experience
30 Years
Care Philosophy
I believe in honesty when treating patients. Being upfront and honest about respiratory diseases, treatment, outcome and life changes needed to stay healthy are the most important values I carry as a physician.
Education
- Brown University / Alpert Medical School 1997
- University Of New Mexico School Of Medicine 1989
- University Of Vt 1990
- University Of Vt 1992
Dr. Laura Likar, MD's Experience
Pulmonary Disease
Procedures Performed
- Arterial Blood Gas Test (ABG)
- Bronchoscopy
- Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP)
- Pulmonary Function Test
- Respiratory Management
- Smoking Cessation Counseling
- Thoracentesis
Conditions Treated
- Abscess
- Acidosis
- Acute Bronchitis
- Acute Pharyngitis
- Acute Upper Respiratory Infection
- Alkalosis
- Asbestosis
- Asthma
- Autoimmune Diseases
- Bronchiectasis
- Bronchiolitis
- Bronchitis
- Bronchospasm
- Chronic Pulmonary Heart Diseases (incl. Pulmonary Hypertension)
- Collapsed Lung (Pneumothorax)
- COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease)
- Cough
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Emphysema
- Empyema
- Fungal Infections
- Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis
- Influenza (Flu)
- Interstitial Lung Disease
- Low Blood Oxygen Level
- Lung Abscess
- Lung Cancer
- Lung Neoplasms, Not Specified as Malignant
- Lung Nodule
- Metastatic Respiratory System Cancer
- Mycobacterial Lung Infection
- Partial Lung Collapse
- Pleural Effusion
- Pneumoconiosis and Pneumonopathy
- Pneumonia
- Pneumonitis (Due to Solids or Liquids)
- Primary Pulmonary Hypertension
- Pulmonary Disease
- Pulmonary Edema
- Pulmonary Embolism
- Pulmonary Hypertension
- Pulmonary Insufficiency
- Respiratory Failure
- Rheumatoid Lung Disease
- Sarcoidosis
- Shortness of Breath
- Sinusitis
- Sleep Apnea
- Sleep Disorders
- Swine Flu
- Systemic Sclerosis
- Thrombosis
- Tuberculosis
- Vascular Disease
- Wheezing
Awards and Recognitions
- Recognized Doctor
Dr. Laura Likar, MD's Locations
Accepting New Patients
Offices
Dignity Health Medical Foundation
700 Frederick St Ste 203, Santa Cruz, CA 95062
(831) 226-3225
Fax: (831) 425-7579
Affiliated Hospitals
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