Patient Care

At the Center for Excellence in Pulmonary Biology, our faculty work with multidisciplinary care teams to provide top-notch pulmonary care at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford and 10 other locations across the Bay Area. Our providers treat any kind of lung or breathing issue in kids of all ages, including:

• Accidents
• Airflow obstruction from common diseases and anatomic problems
• Assisted ventilation and chronic respiratory failure
• Asthma
• Bronchiectasis
• Bronchiolitis
• Bronchopulmonary dysplasia 
• Chest wall abnormalities
• Chronic cough
• Congenital diaphragmatic hernia
• Control of breathing disorders
• Cystic fibrosis (CF)
• Difficulty breathing
• Dyspnea
• Interstitial lung disease
• Lung transplants
• Neuromuscular disorders
• Primary ciliary dyskinesia
• Pulmonary aspiration
• Pulmonary problems associated with other diseases such as congenital heart disease, vascular diseases and autoimmune disorders
• Recurrent pneumonia
• Recurring respiratory infections/rare lung diseases, including bronchogenic cysts, congenital cystic adenomatoid malformations, lobar emphysema and pulmonary sequestrations
• Recurrent wheezing or noisy breathing
• Sleep problems
• Supplemental oxygen therapy