Mary Ellen Kleinhenz, MD

Dr. Mary Ellen Kleinhenz is a pulmonologist with over five decades of experience treating complex lung conditions. She earned her medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine and completed her residency at the University of Alabama School of Medicine, followed by fellowship training at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in 1981. Dr. Kleinhenz holds certification in internal medicine from the American Board of Internal Medicine and communicates with patients in English.

Dr. Kleinhenz practices at UCSF Helen Diller Medical Center at Parnassus Heights in San Francisco, California, where she specializes in caring for patients with compromised immune systems and complex lung diseases. She provides expert care for interstitial lung disease and manages complications related to organ transplant rejection. Her clinical expertise includes performing pulmonary function testing, bronchodilator reversibility testing, and asthma challenge tests to …help diagnose and monitor respiratory conditions. Patients consistently rate her care highly, giving her an average rating of 5.0 out of 5.