Highly Specialized & Personalized Care for Children with Asthma

At UH Rainbow Babies & Children’s, we work hard to form a partnership with the families we meet so we can learn what’s most important for each patient and family. We learn about your child’s environment, what activities they enjoy and what asthma triggers they may encounter. Just as no case of asthma is the same, we understand that no child is the same. Our goal is to help every child control their condition and manage their asthma symptoms so they can lead a full, happy and active life.

Our team of pediatric asthma specialists is spearheaded by internationally recognized physicians and researchers who are dedicated to improving outcomes for children with asthma. Our team also includes physicians from other specialties, nurse practitioners, respiratory therapists, dietitians and certified asthma educators - several of whom have more than a decade of experience on our asthma team. Other specialists on our asthma care include:

• Pediatric allergists
• Behavioral pediatrics
• Pediatric critical care
• Pediatric gastroenterologists
• Pediatric immunologists
• Pediatric nutritionists

Providing tools and resources for families is a key component of our asthma care plan. Educating our patients and families includes teaching safe and proper ways to administer asthma medications, learning to recognize potential asthma triggers and ways to avoid or combat them, and teaching children healthy habits that can help them improve their overall health while managing their asthma symptoms.

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Children with asthma often experience other health complications, and may need to see multiple specialists. That’s why the pediatric asthma team at UH Rainbow works in collaboration with other pediatric specialty teams to establish multidisciplinary clinics, allowing patients and their families to get the care they need from multiple experts in one place.

Specialty clinics include:

• Aerodigestive Clinic
• Eosinophilic Esophagitis Clinic
• Sleep Apnea Clinic

Pediatric patients with asthma or other pulmonary conditions receive outpatient care in the Pediatric Pulmonary Center on the 6th floor of University Hospitals Rainbow Babies & Children’s Hospital (via the Charlie Brown elevators). Complete with exam rooms, procedure rooms, centralized reception and waiting areas, this suite is both beautiful and functional, with architecture optimized for infection control. The center was designed for the convenience of families, specifically so that pediatric patients may see multiple specialists in one visit, including pediatric nutritionists, behavioral specialists, gastroenterologists, otolaryngologists and social workers.