Pulmonary Medicine

Overview

The Division of Pulmonary Medicine at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center offers consultation, treatment, and diagnostic testing for children with pediatric pulmonary diseases.

Consultation, treatment, and diagnostic testing for all pediatric pulmonary disease is available, including:

Airway abnormalities
Asthma
Congenital malformations of the lung
Cystic Fibrosis
Neuromuscluar Diseases
Pulmonary hypertension
Obstructive Sleep Apnea/Sleep Disorders
Rare Lung Diseases Program
Thoracic Insufficiency (Spine Center)
Ventilator Dependence

Close collaboration with Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center divisions of Infectious Diseases, Gastroenterology, Pediatric Surgery and Otolaryngology ensures the provision of comprehensive clinical care to patients and their families.

The Pulmonary Medicine Division is also a component of the Aerodigestive and Sleep Disorders Center, another integrated program at the hospital that provides care to children with complex airway, pulmonary, sleep and upper digestive tract disorders.

President Obama Cites Cincinnati Children's in Speech to AMA
President Barack Obama addressed the American Medical Association to make his pitch for heath care reform. In the process, he cited Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center as an example of outstanding medicine. Obama stated: "Let me be clear: identifying what works is not about dictating what kind of care should be provided. It's about providing patients and doctors with the information they need to make the best medical decisions. "Still, even when we do know what works, we are often not making the most of it. That's why we need to build on the examples of outstanding medicine at places like the Cincinnati Children's Hospital, where the quality of care for cystic fibrosis patients shot up after the hospital began incorporating suggestions from parents. ... These are islands of excellence that we need to make the standard in our health care system."

President Obama Cites Cincinnati Children's in Speech to AMA

President Barack Obama addressed the American Medical Association to make his pitch for heath care reform. In the process, he cited Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center as an example of outstanding medicine. Obama stated:

"Let me be clear: identifying what works is not about dictating what kind of care should be provided. It's about providing patients and doctors with the information they need to make the best medical decisions.

"Still, even when we do know what works, we are often not making the most of it. That's why we need to build on the examples of outstanding medicine at places like the Cincinnati Children's Hospital, where the quality of care for cystic fibrosis patients shot up after the hospital began incorporating suggestions from parents. ... These are islands of excellence that we need to make the standard in our health care system."