Asthma and COPD Clinic

Asthma and COPD Clinic physicians diagnose and treat asthma and related airway disorders while helping you find the care appropriate for your condition. Staff members provide education in asthma self-management, advice on environmental assessment and modification, and inform patients of participation opportunities in relevant clinical trials.

Services Include:

• Access to participation in clinical trials
• Allergy, pulmonary function, bronchoscopy, laryngoscopy, exercise, and radiographic testing
• Assistance with smoking cessation and pulmonary rehabilitation
• Comprehensive clinical examination and treatment of occupational asthma
• Diagnosis, evaluation, consultation, and management of patients with asthma
• Education in asthma including triggers, monitoring, environmental controls, and treatment
• Referral to allergy, otolaryngology, gastroenterology, or other specialists as appropriate

Additional services include a steroid-dependent asthma clinic that provides a multidisciplinary evaluation of resistant, steroid-dependent and otherwise difficult-to-treat asthmatics. This may be arranged on a consultative basis or through referral for long-term follow-up.