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Dr. Joseph Sopko, MD

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Specializes in: Adult Pulmonology and Adult Critical Care

Tufts University School of Medicine (1974)

Professional interests include: lung issues

6707 Powers Boulevard Suite 106
Parma, OH 44129

(440) 886-2509

Dr. Joseph Sopko, MD is a pulmonologist in Parma, OH specializing in adult pulmonology and adult critical care. He graduated from Tufts University School of Medicine in 1974 and has 52 years of experience. Dr. Joseph Sopko, MD is affiliated with University Hospitals.

Office Locations

University Hospitals

6707 Powers Boulevard Suite 106
Parma, OH 44129

(440) 886-2509

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Some issues Dr. Joseph Sopko, MD can help you with:

Lung Issues

Every cell in the body requires oxygen to function and produces carbon dioxide as a waste product. In order to keep the body's tissues constantly supplied with fresh oxygen and to keep waste from building up, the lungs pump air in and out, even while sleeping or unaware. Unfortunately, diseases and disorders affecting the lungs are some of the most common medical problems afflicting people around the world. Some of the most common lung problems include asthma, COPD, pneumonia, and lung cancer.

Asthma is a chronic disease where swollen, inflamed airways make it hard to breathe. It is often brought on by specific triggers. While asthma is a common condition, affecting millions of people, it can also be serious and even fatal in severe cases. Treatment involves avoiding triggers and using inhaled corticosteroid medications.

COPD, or Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, is the name given to two illnesses that both cause difficulty breathing: emphysema and chronic bronchitis. In emphysema, the air sacs of the lungs become damaged, while with bronchitis they become clogged with mucus. COPD is the fourth leading cause of death in the United States. It is almost always caused by breathing irritants into the lungs, such as smoking or heavy pollution.

Pneumonia is a lung infection that can be caused by bacteria, a virus, or fungi. Most healthy people recover from pneumonia in a week or two, but for some people pneumonia can be fatal. There are treatments available for pneumonia, but the best treatment is to prevent getting sick in the first place. People who are at risk should make sure they get a flu shot every year. There is also a vaccine available for the type of bacteria that causes pneumonia.

Lung cancer occurs when abnormal cells inside the lung grow into a tumor, destroying healthy tissue. Because it is so difficult to detect lung cancer in early stages when it has few symptoms, it is the deadliest form of cancer, responsible for the most cancer deaths both in the U.S. and worldwide. Most lung cancer is caused by exposure to tobacco smoke, but between 10-15% of cases are not linked to smoking.

Some problems with the lungs are minor and are not cause for concern. However if symptoms have lasted for a month or more, even if they are minor, it is worth checking with a healthcare professional. A cough, shortness of breath, or excess mucus production that lingers for weeks are all worth getting looked at.

In The News

“Regarding both lakes, Dr. Joseph Sopko of Shaker Heights noted that "there s a lot of silt and not a lot of water."”—"Shaker Lakes get bit of reprieve amid historic preservation review", Cleveland.com , February 2026

“That's the likely reason Cleveland came late to modern use of oxygen treatment, says Dr. Joseph Sopko, a pulmonologist and chairman of the department of medicine at St. Vincent Charity Medical...”—"Hyperbaric oxygen treatment fights infection and rebuilds the damaged tissue of patients", Cleveland.com , March 2011

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2012 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Joseph Sopko, MD treated as a pulmonologist in Parma, OH during 2012 were hospital care, inpatient care and pulmonary testing.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Joseph Sopko, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	158
hospital care	3618
inpatient care	3618
pulmonary testing	103

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2013 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Joseph Sopko, MD treated as a pulmonologist in Parma, OH during 2013 were hospital care, inpatient care and pulmonary testing.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Joseph Sopko, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	152
hospital care	4308
inpatient care	4308
pulmonary testing	90

2013 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Joseph Sopko, MD.

**Gender**
Male	193
Female	268

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	258
Black	182
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	164
From 75 to 84	105
85 and over	64
Less than 65	128

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Joseph Sopko, MD in 2013

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	64
Stroke	15
Ischemic Heart Disease	61
Depression	39
Chronic Kidney Disease	57
Asthma	31
Osteoperosis	10
Atrial Fibrilation	23
Heart Failure	65
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	65
Diabetes	55
Dementia	26
Cancer	15

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2014 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Joseph Sopko, MD treated as a pulmonologist in Parma, OH during 2014 were hospital care, inpatient care and pulmonary testing.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Joseph Sopko, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	134
hospital care	2802
inpatient care	2802
pulmonary testing	13

2014 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Joseph Sopko, MD.

**Gender**
Male	150
Female	192

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	203
Black	119
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	111
From 75 to 84	91
85 and over	49
Less than 65	91

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Joseph Sopko, MD in 2014

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	66
Stroke	15
Ischemic Heart Disease	69
Depression	39
Chronic Kidney Disease	59
Asthma	27
Osteoperosis	10
Atrial Fibrilation	30
Heart Failure	66
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	69
Diabetes	58
Dementia	27
Cancer	19

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2015 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Joseph Sopko, MD treated as a pulmonologist in Parma, OH during 2015 were hospital care and inpatient care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Joseph Sopko, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	124
hospital care	1169
inpatient care	1169

2015 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Joseph Sopko, MD.

**Gender**
Male	198
Female	252

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	316
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	148
From 75 to 84	142
85 and over	80
Less than 65	80

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Joseph Sopko, MD in 2015

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	66
Stroke	15
Ischemic Heart Disease	62
Depression	37
Chronic Kidney Disease	58
Asthma	48
Osteoperosis	8
Atrial Fibrilation	29
Heart Failure	62
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	66
Diabetes	52
Dementia	28
Cancer	15

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2016 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Joseph Sopko, MD treated as a pulmonologist in Parma, OH during 2016 were hospital care, inpatient care and nursing home care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Joseph Sopko, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	88
hospital care	916
inpatient care	916
nursing home care	239

2016 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Joseph Sopko, MD.

**Gender**
Male	89
Female	132

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	131
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	99
From 75 to 84	49
85 and over	25
Less than 65	48

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Joseph Sopko, MD in 2016

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	67
Stroke	18
Ischemic Heart Disease	65
Depression	39
Chronic Kidney Disease	60
Asthma	71
Osteoperosis	9
Atrial Fibrilation	24
Heart Failure	58
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	65
Diabetes	54
Dementia	31
Cancer	14

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2017 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Joseph Sopko, MD treated as a pulmonologist in Parma, OH during 2017 were hospital care, inpatient care and chronic care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Joseph Sopko, MD for Medicare patients.

chronic care	154
doctor visit	76
hospital care	156
inpatient care	156

2017 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Joseph Sopko, MD.

**Gender**
Male	62
Female	77

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	96
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	55
From 75 to 84	31
85 and over	29
Less than 65	24

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Joseph Sopko, MD in 2017

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	65
Stroke	15
Ischemic Heart Disease	58
Depression	37
Chronic Kidney Disease	55
Asthma	37
Osteoperosis	10
Atrial Fibrilation	27
Heart Failure	60
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	75
Diabetes	55
Dementia	24
Cancer	24

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2018 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Joseph Sopko, MD treated as a pulmonologist in Parma, OH during 2018 were chronic care, hospital care and inpatient care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Joseph Sopko, MD for Medicare patients.

chronic care	189
doctor visit	38
hospital care	54
inpatient care	54

2018 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Joseph Sopko, MD.

**Gender**
Male	39
Female	48

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	59
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	28
From 75 to 84	31
85 and over	15
Less than 65	13

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Joseph Sopko, MD in 2018

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	66
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	55
Depression	34
Chronic Kidney Disease	53
Asthma	41
Osteoperosis	15
Atrial Fibrilation	28
Heart Failure	60
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	75
Diabetes	53
Dementia	24
Cancer	18

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2019 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Joseph Sopko, MD treated as a pulmonologist in Parma, OH during 2019 were chronic care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Joseph Sopko, MD for Medicare patients.

chronic care	80

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Joseph Sopko, MD in 2019

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	75
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	54
Depression	0
Chronic Kidney Disease	0
Asthma	50
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	0
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	75
Diabetes	46
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

Average Medicare Procedure Volume From 2012 - 2019

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Joseph Sopko, MD for Medicare patients.

The highest averages for the top procedures that Dr. Joseph Sopko, MD treated as a pulmonologist in Parma, OH were hospital care, inpatient care, nursing home care and chronic care.

chronic care	141
doctor visit	110
hospital care	1860
inpatient care	1860
nursing home care	239
pulmonary testing	68

Average Medicare Patient Data From 2012 - 2019

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Joseph Sopko, MD.

**Gender**
Female	121
Male	91

**Ethnicity**
Black / African American	37
Asian / Pacific Islander	0
Non-Hispanic White	132
Hispanic	0
Native American / Alaskan Native	0
Other	0

**Age**
85 and over	32
75 to 84	56
Less than 65	48
65 to 74	75

Average of Total of Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Joseph Sopko, MD From 2012 - 2019

The highest averages of the most common conditions of Medicare patients that Dr. Joseph Sopko, MD treated were hypertension, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, high cholesterol and ischemic heart disease.

Hypertension	65
High Cholesterol	58
Stroke	9
Ischemic Heart Disease	53
Depression	28
Chronic Kidney Disease	42
Asthma	38
Osteoporosis	7
Heart Failure	46
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	61
Diabetes	46
Atrial Fibrillation	20
Dementia	20
Cancer	13

Education & Training

Dr. Joseph Sopko, MD graduated from Tufts University School of Medicine in 1974. He completed residency at University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics. He is certified by the Internal Medicine - American Board of Internal Medicine and has a state license in Ohio.

Medical School: Tufts University School of Medicine (1974)

Residency: University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics (1977)

Board Certification: Internal Medicine - American Board of Internal Medicine

Licensed In: Ohio

Affiliations & Hospitals

Dr. Joseph Sopko, MD is associated with these hospitals and organizations:

University Hospitals

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General Payments

These charts describe general payments received by Dr. Joseph Sopko, MD. Doctors may receive payments for a number of reasons, including meal compensation, travel compensation, and consulting.

**Payments by Company**
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC.	$37 ANORO $37
FOREST PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.	$14 TUDORZA $14
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP	$13 SYMBICORT $13
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	$12 Spiriva $12

**Types of Payments**
Food and Beverage	$77

Biography

Dr. Joseph Sopko's areas of specialization are adult critical care and adult pulmonology. Areas of expertise for Dr. Sopko include lung issues. He is professionally affiliated with the University Hospitals. Dr. Sopko attended medical school at Tufts University School of Medicine. For his professional training, Dr. Sopko completed a residency program at the University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics.