Pediatric Centers of Excellence
Allergy/Immunology/Pulmonary
Our pediatric allergy, immunology and pulmonology service provides care to infants, children and adolescents with allergic and/or asthmatic conditions, immunologic disorders or acute chronic lung disease.
Our team provides care for children with a wide range of allergic, immunologic and respiratory disorders, including:
- apnea
- asthma
- chronic cough
- acute, chronic, or recurrent pneumonias
- recurrent sinusitis
- rhinitis
- atopic dermatitis
- acute or chronic urticaria
- allergies
Asthma is an area of focus in both clinical care and research.
We also provide a wide variety of diagnostic services, consultation, and treatment for infectious diseases and disorders of the immune system.
Our infectious disease specialists care for patients with diseases such as meningitis/ encephalitis and tuberculosis and also acute and chronic infections and fevers of undetermined etiology. We accept referrals involving serous infections that require hospitalization such as infections of the central nervous system, septicemia, bone or joint infections, abscesses, rash-associated illnesses and pneumonia.
We frequently provide consultations on immunizations, anti-infective therapy of all kinds, and problems in clinical and laboratory diagnosis of febrile illnesses.
Our Cystic Fibrosis Center, offers a multi-disciplinary approach to treatment. The treatment team includes a nurse clinician, counselor, respiratory therapist, and nutritionist.