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Adaobi Kanu, MD

Accepting New Patients
4102 24th Street, Suite 507
Lubbock, TX 79410
1133.3 miles away
Speaks: English
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Texas Tech Physicians Pediatric Sub-Specialty Clinic

4102 24th Street, Suite 507, Lubbock, TX 79410

About Adaobi Kanu

Dr. Adobi C. Kanu is an associate professor in the Department of Pediatrics,

Pediatric Pulmonolgy at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center with

clinical expertise in asthma, cystic fibrosis, chronic ventilator management and

flexible pediatric bronchoscopy.

A widely published and active researcher, instructor, and lecturer, Dr. Kanu

served as an assistant professor in the Department of Pediatrics at Pediatric

Pulmonolgy SUNY Stony Brook Health and Sciences Center in Stony Brook,

N.Y. before moving to Covenant.

Dr. Kanu completed her residency in Pediatrics from Children’s Hospital of

Buffalo, SUNY at Buffalo in Buffalo, N.Y. She then completed a fellowship

at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston. She

is board-certified by the American Board of Pediatrics: General Pediatrics

and Pediatric Pulmonology, and is a member of the American Academy of

Pediatrics and American Thoracic Society.

Medical School

University of Connecticut in Farmington

Medical School

Johns Hopkins University

Clinical Interests

  • Abnormal Breathing
  • Abnormal Chest Ct Scan
  • Abnormal Chest Xray
  • Abnormal Pulmonary Function Test
  • Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (Ards) Survivor
  • Aerodigestive Care
  • Agricultural Toxin Exposure
  • Air Leak Syndrome
  • Airway Disorders
  • Airway Obstruction
  • Airway Scarring
  • Airway Steroid Injection
  • Allergic Aspergillosis
  • Allergic Pneumonitis
  • Allergic Wheezing
  • Alpha 1 Antitrypsin Deficiency
  • Antisynthetase Syndrome
  • Apnea Of Prematurity
  • Aranesp Injection
  • Arterial Blood Gas (Abg) Panel
  • Asbestos Lung
  • Asphyxia
  • Aspiration Pneumonitis
  • Aspirin Exacerbated Respiratory Disease
  • Asthma
  • Asthma With Frequent Er Visits
  • Asthma With Frequent Hospitalizations
  • Atelectasis
  • Atypical Mycobacteria Infection
  • Auricular Hematoma
  • Autoimmune Pleuritis
  • Balloon Bronchoplasty
  • Benign Airway Tumors
  • Benign Lung Tumors
  • Beryllium Disease
  • Bilevel Positive Airway Pressure
  • Biologic Therapy For Asthma
  • Birt Hogg Dube Syndrome
  • Bone Marrow Transplant To Recipient With Pulmonary Disease
  • Bradypnea
  • Breathing Disorders
  • Breathing Related Sleep Disorders
  • Bronchial Diseases
  • Bronchiectasis
  • Bronchiolitis
  • Bronchiolitis Obliterans Organizing Pneumonia
  • Bronchitis
  • Bronchomalacia
  • Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia
  • Bronchopulmonary Sequestration
  • Bronchospasm
  • Bronchus Deformity
  • Bullectomy
  • Candidiasis Of Lung
  • Carbon Monoxide Diffusing Capacity Measurement
  • Cavitary Lung Lesion
  • Central Airway Diseases
  • Cerebrocostomandibular Syndrome
  • Chest Wall Disorder
  • Chest Wall Injury
  • Chronic Cough
  • Chronic Lung Disease
  • Chronic Lung Diseases Of Infancy
  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
  • Chronic Pulmonary Embolus
  • Chronic Pulmonary Infection
  • Chronic Respiratory Diseases
  • Chronic Respiratory Failure
  • Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
  • Ciliary Dyskinesia
  • Congenital Anomalies Of The Lungs
  • Congenital Anomalies Of The Respiratory Tract
  • Congenital Anomalies Of The Trachea
  • Congenital Central Hypoventilation Syndrome
  • Congenital Cystic Adenomatoid Malformation
  • Congenital Cystic Lung
  • Congenital Pulmonary Airway Malformation
  • Connective Tissue Lung Disease
  • Continuous Positive Airway Pressure
  • Contusion Of Chest Wall
  • Cough
  • Cough Assist Devices
  • Cough Variant Asthma
  • Croup
  • Croupy Cough
  • Ct Of The Chest
  • Cyanosis
  • Cystic Fibrosis
  • Daytime Sleepiness
  • Decreased Lung Capacity
  • Diaphragmatic Disorders
  • Disorder Of Upper Respiratory System
  • Drug Induced Pulmonary Disease
  • Dry Cough
  • Dyspnea
  • Dyspnea On Exertion
  • Electromagnetic Navigation Bronchoscopy
  • Electronic Cigarettes And Vaping Associated Lung Injury
  • Emphysema
  • Empyema
  • Endobronchial Mitomycin Application
  • Endoscopic Lung Volume Reduction
  • Environmental Lung Diseases
  • Eosinophilic Lung Disease
  • Eucapnic Voluntary Hyperventilation (Evh) Test
  • Excessive Dynamic Airway Collapse
  • Exercise Induced Asthma
  • Exercise Intolerance
  • Exposure To Secondhand Smoke
  • Fibrosing Mediastinitis
  • Foreign Body (Airway)
  • Generalized Lymphatic Anomaly
  • Goodpasture's Syndrome
  • Granulomatosis With Polyangiitis
  • Ground Glass Opacity
  • Hemoptysis
  • Hepatic Hydrothorax
  • Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia
  • High Altitude Simulation Test
  • Hiv Related Lung Disease
  • Home Sleep Study
  • Home Ventilation
  • Hypercarbia
  • Hypoventilation Syndrome
  • Hypoxemia
  • Hypoxia
  • Infant Respiratory Distress Syndrome
  • Influenza
  • Interstitial Lung Disease
  • Kaposiform Lymphangiomatosis
  • Kussmauls
  • Laryngotracheitis
  • Legionnaires Disease
  • Lingering Cough
  • Lung Abscess
  • Lung Arteritis
  • Lung Cancer Screening
  • Lung Cyst
  • Lung Disease
  • Lung Infiltrate
  • Lung Injury
  • Lung Involvement In Systemic Sclerosis
  • Lung Mass
  • Lung Problem
  • Lung Transplant Recipient
  • Lupus Pneumonitis
  • Lymphangioleiomyomatosis
  • Malignant Lung Tumors
  • Maternal Respiratory Disease
  • Mechanical Ventilation
  • Minimally Invasive Treatments For Pulmonary Diseases
  • Mycobacteria Abscessus
  • Nasal Septal Hematoma
  • Neuroendocrine Tumor Of The Lung
  • Noisy Breathing
  • Novel Coronavirus Related Breathing Conditions
  • Obesity Related Asthma
  • Occupational Lung Injury
  • Oxygen Concentrator
  • Persistent Cough
  • Pertussis
  • Pleural Diseases
  • Pleural Effusion
  • Pleural Manometry
  • Pleural Thickening
  • Pleural Tuberculosis
  • Pleurisy
  • Pleuritic Pain
  • Pneumoconiosis
  • Pneumonia
  • Pneumonitis
  • Post Infectious Cough
  • Post Lung Transplant Care
  • Pre Lung Transplant Care
  • Pre-Transplant Advanced Lung Disease
  • Psittacosis
  • Pulmonary Alveolar Microlithiasis
  • Pulmonary Amyloid
  • Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
  • Pulmonary Bullae
  • Pulmonary Clearance For Surgery
  • Pulmonary Complications Of Neurological Diseases
  • Pulmonary Congestion
  • Pulmonary Embolism
  • Pulmonary Eosinophilia
  • Pulmonary Fibrosis
  • Pulmonary Function Tests
  • Pulmonary Granuloma
  • Pulmonary Hemorrhage
  • Pulmonary Hemosiderosis
  • Pulmonary Hypertension
  • Pulmonary Infections
  • Pulmonary Manifestations Of Immunosuppression
  • Pulmonary Nodule
  • Pulmonary Stent Placement
  • Pulmonary Therapy
  • Pulmonary Vasculitis
  • Pulmonary Vein Stenosis
  • Pulse Oximetry
  • Radiation Pneumonitis
  • Reactive Airway Disease
  • Recurrent Lung Infections
  • Respiratory Diseases
  • Respiratory Distress Syndrome
  • Respiratory Failure
  • Restless Legs Syndrome
  • Restrictive Lung Disease
  • Rheumatoid Lung
  • Right Heart Catheterization
  • Robotic Bronchoscopy
  • Robotic Lung Surgery
  • Scleroderma Lung Disease
  • Secretion Suction Machine
  • Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
  • Severe Cough
  • Shortness Of Breath (Sob)
  • Silicosis
  • Sleep Apnea
  • Sleep Related Hypoventilation
  • Smoker Cough
  • Snoring
  • Solid Organ Transplant To Recipient With Pulmonary Disease
  • Spirometry
  • Sputum Production
  • Stridor
  • Subglottic Stenosis
  • Sweat Test
  • Tachypnea
  • Telomere Disorders
  • Thoracentesis
  • Thoracic Insufficiency Syndrome
  • Thoracic Ultrasound
  • Tobacco Related Diseases
  • Tracheal Mass
  • Tracheal Stenosis
  • Tracheobronchitis
  • Tracheobronchomalacia
  • Tracheomalacia
  • Tuberculosis (Tb)
  • Ventilator Dependent
  • Vo2 Measurement
  • Wheezing
  • Whole Lung Lavage