Asthma (Pediatric)
The first symptoms of childhood asthma – heavy wheezing, tight chest and shortness of breath – can be frightening, especially in young children. Inflammation and increased sensitivity of the airways are common features of asthma, and can cause these symptoms in children.
In Denver, Colorado, and around the country, National Jewish Health for Kids is the trusted leader in caring for moderate or severe childhood asthma. As the leading respiratory hospital in the nation, our program is designed to meet the rising demand for asthma care. Our pediatric asthma team brings together physicians, nurses, dietitians, physical and occupational therapists and others. These experts work together to create an individualized treatment plan for your child.
Our doctors are researchers too, so your child will have access to the latest pediatric asthma clinical trials and most effective treatments.
At National Jewish Health for Kids you’ll find:
- Advanced testing not available elsewhere
- Individualized treatment plans that reflect your child’s specific needs
- Rehabilitation services
- The latest in clinical trials
- Nutrition counseling and education
Condition Information
Programs & Services
Doctors
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Sofi Abraham, NP
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Rafeul Alam, MD, PhD
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Mark S. Aloia, PhD
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Scott Alper, PhD
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Ankie Amos, MD, FACC
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Kathleen Anderson, PT, DPT
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Arash Babaei, MD
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Ali Bakke, MA, CCC-SLP
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Ron Balkissoon, MD, MSc, DIH, FRCPC
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Tami J. Bang, MD
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David Baraghoshi, PhD
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Elin Bartell, MD
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CJ Bathgate, PhD
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Bruce G. Bender, PhD
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Evgeny V. Berdyshev, PhD
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David A. Beuther, MD, PhD, FCCP
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Lianghua Bin, MD, PhD
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Mark Boguniewicz, MD
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Melanie Bongiovanni, CPNP
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Nicole Borroff, RDN, CLC
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Preston E. Bratcher, PhD
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Donna L. Bratton, MD
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James P. Bridges, PhD
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James Brock, DO
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Kevin K. Brown, MD
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Jordan Bull, PA-C
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Amy Cacace, MD
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Rick Carlson, DO
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Laurie L. Carr, MD
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Vanessa Castro, PA
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Chris Celechovsky, MD
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Divya Chauhan, MD
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Jordan Chauncey, FNP-C
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Aspen Christen, MS, CCC-SLP
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Hong Wei Chu, MD
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Lisa C. Cicutto, PhD, RN
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Matthew Clary, MD
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Claire M. Coeshott, PhD
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Cameran Collins, PA-C
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Carlyne D. Cool, MD
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Joseph Cooley, DO
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Ronina A. Covar, MD
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James D. Crapo, MD
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James L. Crooks, PhD, MS
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Shaodong Dai, PhD
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Azzeddine Dakhama, PhD
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Charles L. Daley, MD
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Anna Dammann, PhD
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Elizabeth David, MD, MAS
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Brian J. Day, PhD
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Anne DelBovo, NP
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Alicia C. Della Volpe, MD
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Alexander Dietz, MD
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Hans Dooms, PhD
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Gregory P. Downey, MD, FRCPC
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Rosane De Oliveira Duarte Achcar, MD
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Debra S. Dyer, MD, FACR
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Christopher K. Dyke, MD, FACC
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Jared J. Eddy, MD
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Jack D. Edinger, PhD
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Julie Engle, PT
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Jennifer Faber-Gerling, RN, MS, ACNS-BC, ANP-BC
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Elizabeth M. Fan, PA-C
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Neide Fehrenbacher, MD
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Evans Fernández, MD, MS
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David M. Ferraro, MD
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Chris Fine, MD, FACC
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Tasha E. Fingerlin, PhD
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James H. Finigan, MD
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Daniel S. Fink, MD
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Heather Finlayson, MS, PA-C
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Harry D Fischer , MD
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Annabelle Flanagan, DNP
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Stephen K. Frankel, MD, FCCM, FCCP
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Cori Fratelli, MSN, FNP-C, RN
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Andrew M. Freeman, MD, FACC, FACP
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Rachel Friedman, PhD
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Fernando Jose Fuentes, MD, FACP, FCCP, DABFM
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Jessica Galant-Swafford, MD
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Fabienne Gally, PhD
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Manuel Galvan, PhD
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Nick Galyon, DO
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Laurent Gapin, PhD
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Marjorie Patricia George, MD
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Anthony N. Gerber, MD, PhD
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Anne Getz, MD
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Kristen Glisinski, MD
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John Goff, MD
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Nir M. Goldstein, MD, FCCP
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Elena Goleva, PhD
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Magdalena Maria Gorska, MD, PhD
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Ann Granchelli, MD
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David E. Griffith, MD
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Andrea Grilli, MD
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Steve D. Groshong, MD, PhD
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Daniel Groves, MD
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Yakira Gruber, DPT
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Vamsi P. Guntur, MD, MSc
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Arnav Gupta, MD
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Elizabeth Gyorkos, PA-C
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Michelle Haas, MD
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James R. Hagman, PhD
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Valerie A E Hale, MD
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Ronald Joseph Harbeck, PhD
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Chafen Watkins Hart, MD
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Gabrielle Heckman, MSN, CRNA
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Hayley Heinz, RN, FNP
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Paul R. Heitzenrater, CTRS
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Peter M. Henson, MD, BVMS, PhD
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Jan E. Henson, PhD
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Megan Hiles, MD, FACP
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Glenn A. Hirsch, MD, MHS, FACC
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Katherine Hisert, MD, PhD
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Mark Holley, MD
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Kristen E. Holm, PhD, MPH
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Jackie Homra, FNP-C
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Carrie A. Horn, MD
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Flavia Cecilia Lega Hoyte, MD
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Jeremy T. Hua, MD, MPH
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Hua Huang, MD, PhD
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Jessica Hui Beckman, MD
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Tristan J. Huie, MD
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Patrick S. Hume, MD, PhD
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Stephen M. Humphries, PhD
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Yoko Ito, MD, PhD
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Jordan Jacobelli, PhD
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William J. Janssen, MD
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Destiny Jara, CCLS
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Shelby R. Jenkins, OTR
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Richard B. Johnston Jr, Jr., MD
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Christopher B. Jones, MD
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Homi Kapadia, MD
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John W. Kappler, PhD
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Shannon H. Kasperbauer, MD
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Stuart S. Kassan, MD
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Rohit K. Katial, MD
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Erika Kaye, MBA-HA, MS, CCC-SLP
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Ross M. Kedl, PhD
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Rebecca C. Keith, MD
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Jeffrey Kern, MD
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Ashoke (“Ash”) Khanwalkar, MD
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Reeti Khare, PhD
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Byung Eui Kim, MD, PhD
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Darlene Kim, MD, FACC
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Jeffrey B. King, MD
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Todd T. Kingdom, MD
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Seth Kligerman, MD
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Elizabeth Klopper, MPH, MMSc, PA-C
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Megan Knecht, ANP-BC
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Minisha Kochar, MD
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Chase Kornegay, MD
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Matthew Koslow, MD
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Elizabeth Kozora, PhD
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Richard Kraus, PA-C
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Silpa D. Krefft, MD, MPH
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Tim Lahm, MD, ATSF
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Brianna Lahman, PA
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Bruce J. Lanser, MD, MPH
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Vicki LaRue, MIS, NMAA
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Joseph Lauro, MD
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Sonia M. Leach, PhD
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David J. Lee, MD
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Teofilo L. Lee-Chiong Jr, Jr, MD
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Laurel L. Lenz Jr, Jr, PhD
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Christina Caroll Leslie, PhD
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Donald Y M Leung, MD, PhD
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Kelli Lewis, MD
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Li Li, MD, PhD
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Shu-Yi Liao, MD, MPH, ScD
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Gabriel C. Lockhart, MD
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Steven E. Lommatzsch, MD
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Sherstin T. Lommatzsch, MD
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Bronwyn Long, DNP, MBA, ACHPN, AOCNS, ACNS-BC
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David A. Lynch, MB
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Kenneth E. Lyn-Kew, MD
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Michelle MacDonald, MS, RDN, CDE
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Sean Maddock, MD
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Lisa A. Maier, MD, MSPH, FCCP, ATSF
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Susan M. Majka, PhD
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Barry J. Make, MD
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Adriel J. Malavé, MD
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Kenneth C. Malcolm, PhD
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Mehrnaz Maleki Fischbach, MD
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Vipin Malik, MD
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Mark Mallozzi, MD, MPH
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Laurie A. Manka, MD
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Philippa Marrack, PhD, FRS
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Richard J. Martin, MD
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Robert J. Mason, MD
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Alexandra McCubbrey, PhD
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Richard T. Meehan, MD, FACP
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Robert A. Meguid, MPH, MD
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Kristi Melton, MSN, RN, NE-BC
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Jenna Milliron, NP-C
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John D. Mitchell, MD
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Michael P. Mohning, MD
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Camille M. Moore, PhD
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Kara Mould, MD, MPH
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Jennifer Moyer Darr, LCSW
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Nathan Murphey, NP
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Rao Mushtaq, MD
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Harold S. Nelson, MD
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Michael Nevid, MD
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Hoang Nguyen, PT, DPT
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Christine Nguyen, DO
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Jerry A. Nick, MD
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Mari Numata-Nakamura, MD, PhD
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James K. O'Brien, MD, FACP, FCCP
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Rebecca L. O'Brien, PhD
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Amy O'Connell, MS, CCC-SLP
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J. Tod Olin, MD, MSCS
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Claudia Onofrei, MD, MSc
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Kanao Otsu, MD, MPH
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Karin A. Pacheco, MD, MSPH
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Girish Paranjape, DO, ABFM, CAQSM
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Cristina Penaranda, PhD
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Pranav Periyalwar, MD, FACG, FASGE
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Irina Petrache, MD
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Katherine Pratte, MSPH, PhD
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Nathan Rabinovitch, MD, MPH
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Sandhya Rai-Sherpa, MD, PhD
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Elizabeth F. Redente, PhD
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Elizabeth Anne Regan, MD, PhD
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R. Lee Reinhardt, PhD
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Clara Restrepo, MD
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Paul R. Reynolds, PhD
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David W H Riches, PhD
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Melissa Robinson, DO
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Lyndsey Roetker, AG-ACNP
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Cecile S. Rose, MD, MPH
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Kevin Rurak, MD
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Milene Saavedra, MD
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Kimberly Sack, MS, PT
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Howard Saft, MD, MS
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Michael Salem, MD, FACS
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Robert A. Sandhaus, MD, PhD, FCCP
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Smarika Sapkota, MD
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Lauren E. Sarnat, MD
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Sarah Sasse, PhD
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Michael D. Schwartz, MD, FCCM
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Jennifer Sederberg, NP
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Cheri Seeley, MS, PA
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Max Seibold, PhD
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Savannah Shannon, PA-C
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Amy Silverberg, MD
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Elizabeth Devon Smith, PhD
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Jamey Smyser, RPA
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Serena Snow, FNP-BC
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Joshua J. Solomon, MD
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Neil Sondhi, MD
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Evan L. Stepp, MD
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Matthew J. Strand, PhD
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Jillian Strober-Horowitz, MS, OTR/L
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Michael Strong, PhD
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Jenna Summers, FNP-C
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Raphael Sung, MD, FACC, FHRS
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Jeff Swigris, DO, MS
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Katsuyuki Takeda, MD, PhD
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Jinny Tavee, MD
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Trish Taylor, NP
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Jennifer L. Taylor-Cousar, MD, MSCS
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Shawn D. Teague, MD, FNASCI, FACR
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David Tinkelman, MD
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Neil W. Toribara, MD, PhD
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Raul M. Torres, PhD
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Camille Triebel, ANP-BC
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Sheila Tsai, MD
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Chandler Tucker, RDN
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Jessica VanderKwaak, CRNA
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Conner Vergoz, MA, CCC-SLP
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Brian Vestal, PhD
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Dennis R. Voelker, PhD
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Kalie M. VonFeldt, PA-C, MS
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Stacey Wall, DNP, APRN, CPNP-AC/PC
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Yongbao Wang, PhD
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Eileen Wang, MD, MPH
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Anne Waugaman, MSN, ACNP-BC
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Richard W. Weber, MD
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Ryan Webster, MD
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Michael E. Wechsler, MD, MMSc
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Kelly Wecker, LPC, ATR
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Howard D. Weinberger, MD, FACC
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Catherine Wittman, MD
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Chen-Shan Julia Woodcock, PhD
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James Woodrow, MD
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Lawrence J. Wysocki, PhD
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Kathleen Yan, MD
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Ivana V. Yang, PhD
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Renee Young, DO
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Zulma X. Yunt, MD
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Allison Zangle, PT, DPT
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Daniel Zank, MD
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Pamela L. Zeitlin, MD, MPhil, PhD
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Lauren Zell-Baran, PhD, MPH
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Gongyi Zhang, PhD
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Patient Stories
Wyoming Family Can’t Say Enough ‘Good Things’ About National Jewish Health
Christian McMackin no longer struggles for air. The youngster came to National Jewish Health in 2016 after his parents, Misti and Chris noticed that their son was coughing, wheezing and having difficulty breathing. After spending a week at the nation’s #1 respiratory hospital, Christian’s family had concrete answers about his condition. Misti continues to be pleased with the care her son receives at National Jewish Health and recommends the hospital to others dealing with asthma.