Who Should Come See Us?

Take the Asthma Control Test (ACT) to help assess your child’s current level of control. If your child is 4 years of age or older an ACT score of 19 or less indicates that the asthma may not be controlled as well as it could be.

Strongly consider seeing one of our board certified pediatric pulmonologists to improve your child’s asthma.

• Our doctors see all new patient visits, routine follow-up visits and ill visits. We do not use nurse practitioners to see patients. After hours phone calls are taken by our doctors, not any “after hours” service.
• We listen to what you tell us about how asthma impacts your child’s and family’s lifestyle.
• In addition to a thorough examination by our doctors, we perform pulmonary function testing on all age patients (cooperation required). This gives us important information about how the lungs are working even in the absence of symptoms or physical findings. This helps to better determine if the current treatment plan is correct or if it needs modifications.
• When medically indicated, we assess your child for other illnesses which can cause your child’s asthma to be difficult to control. These include but are not limited to nasal allergy or infection (by examining nasal secretions under a microscope), gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), discoordinated swallowing, and immune system disorders.
• Your child’s treatment plan is tailored to eliminate or reduce the impact of asthma on your child’s health and lifestyle and to optimize and preserve lung function.
• We answer all of your questions to the best of our knowledge.
• We communicate with your child’s primary care physician at each office visit about your child’s asthma status.
• We participate in clinical research studies involving asthma treatments.
• We do our best to be efficient, but we will not sacrifice excellence or safety to rush you in and out.

• Has your child ever been hospitalized for asthma, pneumonia, bronchitis, RSV or other respiratory problems?
• Has your child had pneumonia, bronchitis, bronchiolitis or RSV more than once?
• Has your child had a cough for more than 2 weeks?
• Does coughing, wheezing or shortness of breath interfere or limit your child during activity, at nighttime, during weather changes, on days with elevated ozone or pollens?
• Has your child ever needed oral steroids (prednisone, prednisolone, Orapred, etc) for breathing/respiratory problems?
• Was your child born prematurely and have any on-going cough, wheeze, chest congestion, shortness of breath or exercise limitation?
• Does your child have recurrent chest and/or nose congestion?
• Does your child cough, choke or wheeze when eating or drinking?
• Does your child have any general muscle weakness or muscular dystrophy?
• Does your child snore loudly at nighttime or have trouble staying awake during the daytime?
• Does your child taste salty when you kiss them?
• Does your child have oily, fatty, greasy, floating or very foul smelling bowel movements?
• Does your child have recurrent cough and have trouble maintaining their weight or nutrition?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, then strongly consider seeing one of our board certified pediatric pulmonologists to improve your child’s health.

• Our doctors see all new patient visits, routine follow-up visits and ill visits. We do not use nurse practitioners to see patients. After hours phone calls are taken by our doctors, not any “after hours” service.
• We listen to what you tell us about how your child’s breathing problem impacts your child’s and family’s lifestyle.
• In addition to a thorough examination by our doctors, we perform pulmonary function testing on all age patients (cooperation required). This gives us important information about how the lungs are working even in the absence of symptoms or physical findings. This helps to better determine if the current treatment plan is correct or if it needs modifications.
• When medically indicated, we assess your child for other illnesses which can cause your child’s breathing problem to be difficult to control. These include but are not limited to nasal allergy or infection (by examining nasal secretions under a microscope), gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), discoordinated swallowing, and immune system disorders.
• Your child’s treatment plan is tailored to eliminate or reduce the impact of breathing problems on your child’s health and lifestyle and to optimize and preserve lung function.
• We answer all of your questions to the best of our knowledge.
• We communicate with your child’s primary care physician at each office visit about your child’s breathing problem.
• We participate in clinical research studies involving asthma and cystic fibrosis treatments.
• We do our best to be efficient, but we will not sacrifice excellence or safety to rush you in and out.

• Our doctors see all new patient visits, routine follow-up visits and ill visits. We do not use nurse practitioners to see patients. After hours phone calls are taken by our doctors, not any “after hours” service.
• We listen to what you tell us about how breathing problems impact your child’s and family’s lifestyle.
• In addition to a thorough examination by our doctors, we perform pulmonary function testing on all age patients (cooperation required). This gives us important information about how the lungs are working even in the absence of symptoms or physical findings. This helps to better determine if the current treatment plan is correct or if it needs modifications.
• When medically indicated, we assess your child for other illnesses which can cause your child’s breathing problem to be difficult to control. These include but are not limited to nasal allergy or infection (by examining nasal secretions under a microscope), gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), discoordinated swallowing, and immune system disorders.
• Your child’s treatment plan is tailored to eliminate or reduce the impact of breathing problems on your child’s health and lifestyle and to optimize and preserve lung function.
• We answer all of your questions to the best of our knowledge.
• We communicate with your child’s primary care physician at each office visit about your child’s asthma status.
• We participate in clinical research studies involving asthma and cystic fibrosis treatments.
• We do our best to be efficient, but we will not sacrifice excellence or safety to rush you in and out.

• Patients are seen in our private practice offices at times and dates that are convenient for your child and family.
• All of our doctors are board certified pediatric pulmonologists.
• Our doctors see all new patient visits, routine follow-up visits and ill visits. We do not use nurse practitioners to see patients. After hours phone calls are taken by our doctors, not any after hours service.
• We work directly with you and your child concerning all elements of their care related to cystic fibrosis and related illnesses.
• We aggressively manage acute respiratory relapses (infections) early in the course of a relapse to avoid more severe illness and deterioration in pulmonary function.
• We consult with other pediatric medical and surgical specialists if your child’s medical condition warrants it.
• We listen to what you tell us about how the cystic fibrosis impacts your child’s and family’s lifestyle.
• In addition to a thorough examination by our doctors, we perform pulmonary function testing on all age patients (cooperation required). This gives us important information about how the lungs are working even in the absence of symptoms or physical findings. This helps to better determine if the current treatment plan is correct or if it needs modifications. FEV1 is a predictor of longevity.
• We closely monitor nutritional status (including BMI) which is another predictor for disease progression.
• When medically indicated, we assess your child for other illnesses which can cause your child’s cystic fibrosis to worsen. These include but are not limited to asthma, nasal allergy or infection (by examining nasal secretions under a microscope), gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), diabetes, and immune system disorders.
• Your child’s treatment plan is tailored to minimize or reduce the impact of cystic fibrosis on your child’s health and lifestyle and to optimize and preserve lung function and nutrition.
• We answer all of your questions to the best of our knowledge.
• We communicate with your child’s primary care physician and any other specialists at each office visit about your child’s cystic fibrosis status.
• We do our best to be efficient, but we will not sacrifice excellence or safety to rush you in and out.