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Christopher K. Hwe, MD

Accepting New Patients
1010 West La Veta Avenue, Suite 750
Orange, CA 92868
1962.0 miles away
Medical Groups & Affiliations
Providence Affiliated Physicians, St. Joseph
Speaks: English
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Comprehensive Pulmonary and Primary Care of Orange County

1010 West La Veta Avenue, Suite 750, Orange, CA 92868

Insurances Accepted

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About Christopher K. Hwe

Dr. Hwe is a native of Orange, California. After completing medical school at the Medical College of Wisconsin, he returned to California to complete his residency and chief residency in Internal Medicine at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. His passion for helping the underserved led him to remain there to complete his fellowship in Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine. Dr. Hwe is excited to return to his hometown to serve the community in which he was born and raised. He values the patient-physician relationship and empowers patients to have an active role in making decisions about their healthcare. Dr. Hwe is an avid fitness enthusiast as well as an amateur drone videographer and guitarist. He loves basketball, traveling, and spending time with his wife, young son, and dog.

Medical School

Medical College of Wisconsin
2016

Residency

Harbor UCLA Medical Center
Internal Medicine
2020

Fellowship

Harbor UCLA Medical Center
Pulmonary Disease
2023

Board Certifications
  • American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine
  • American Board of Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease
  • American Board of Internal Medicine, Critical Care Medicine
Comprehensive Pulmonary and Primary Care of Orange County
1010 West La Veta Avenue, Suite 750
Orange, CA 92868

Medical Groups & Affiliations
Providence Affiliated Physicians, St. Joseph

Conditions and Procedures

  • 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
  • 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
  • Biopsy Of Lung
  • 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
  • Bronchoscopy
  • Bronchospasm
  • Bronchus Deformity
  • Bullectomy
  • Candidiasis Of Lung
  • Carbon Monoxide Diffusing Capacity Measurement
  • Cardiopulmonary Disease
  • Central Airway Diseases
  • Cerebrocostomandibular Syndrome
  • Chest Wall Disorder
  • Chest Wall Injury
  • Chronic Cough
  • Chronic Lung Disease
  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
  • Chronic Pulmonary Embolus
  • Chronic Pulmonary Infection
  • Chronic Respiratory Diseases
  • Chronic Respiratory Failure
  • Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
  • Ciliary Dyskinesia
  • 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
  • Cystic Fibrosis
  • Daytime Sleepiness
  • Decreased Lung Capacity
  • Desquamative Interstitial Pneumonia
  • Diaphragmatic Disorders
  • Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage
  • Disorder Of Upper Respiratory System
  • Dive Physical Exams
  • 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
  • Hilar Adenopathy
  • Hilar Mass
  • Hiv Related Lung Disease
  • Home Sleep Study
  • Home Ventilation
  • Hypercarbia
  • Hypoventilation Syndrome
  • Hypoxemia
  • Hypoxia
  • Influenza
  • Interstitial Lung Disease
  • Interstitial Pneumonia
  • Kussmauls
  • Laryngotracheitis
  • Laser Resection Of Airway Tumors
  • Latent Tuberculosis
  • Legionnaires Disease
  • Lingering Cough
  • Low Oxygen Level
  • Lung Abscess
  • Lung Arteritis
  • Lung Cancer Screening
  • Lung Cyst
  • Lung Disease
  • Lung Infiltrate
  • Lung Injury
  • Lung Involvement In Systemic Sclerosis
  • Lung Lesions
  • Lung Mass
  • Lung Problem
  • Lung Transplant Recipient
  • Lupus Pneumonitis
  • Lymphangioleiomyomatosis
  • Lymphoid Interstitial Pneumonia
  • Malignant Lung Tumors
  • Maternal Respiratory Disease
  • Mechanical Ventilation
  • Minimally Invasive Treatments For Pulmonary Diseases
  • Mycobacteria Abscessus
  • Nasal Septal Hematoma
  • Neuroendocrine Tumor Of The Lung
  • Novel Coronavirus Related Breathing Conditions
  • Obesity Related Asthma
  • Occupational Lung Injury
  • Occupational Respiratory Disease
  • Oxygen Concentrator
  • Parapneumonic Effusion
  • Persistent Cough
  • Pertussis
  • Pleural Diseases
  • Pleural Effusion
  • Pleural Fibrosis
  • Pleural Manometry
  • Pleural Thickening
  • Pleural Tuberculosis
  • Pleurisy
  • Pleuritic Pain
  • Pneumoconiosis
  • Pneumonia
  • Pneumonitis
  • Pneumosiderosis
  • Post Infectious Cough
  • Post Lung Transplant Care
  • Pre Lung Transplant Care
  • Pre-Transplant Advanced Lung Disease
  • Psittacosis
  • Pulmonary Alveolar Microlithiasis
  • Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis
  • 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 Insufficiency
  • Pulmonary Manifestations Of Immunosuppression
  • Pulmonary Nodule
  • Pulmonary Stent Placement
  • Pulmonary Therapy
  • Pulmonary Thromboembolic Disease
  • Pulmonary Vasculitis
  • Pulmonary Vein Stenosis
  • Pulse Oximetry
  • Radiation Pneumonitis
  • Reactive Airway Disease
  • Recurrent Lung Infections
  • Respiratory Diseases
  • Respiratory Distress Syndrome
  • Respiratory Failure
  • Restrictive Lung Disease
  • Rheumatoid Lung
  • Right Heart Catheterization
  • Robotic Bronchoscopy
  • Robotic Lung Surgery
  • Sarcoidosis
  • Scleroderma Lung Disease
  • Secretion Suction Machine
  • Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
  • Severe Cough
  • Shortness Of Breath (Sob)
  • Silicosis
  • Sleep Apnea
  • Sleep Disorders
  • Smoker Cough
  • Snoring
  • Solid Organ Transplant To Recipient With Pulmonary Disease
  • Spirometry
  • Sputum Production
  • Status Asthmaticus
  • Stridor
  • 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