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Clinical ServicesAllergy Referrals Appointments/Referrals to Dr. Heymann: Location: Pulmonary Referrals Appointments/Referalls to Drs. Gaston, Froh, Hunt, and Yu, and Gabrielle Ford FNP Phone: 434-924-5321 Clinic Hours: Monday-Friday 8:00-5:00 Locations: UVA Cystic Fibrosis Center Offers a team approach to pediatric cystic fibrosis care including physicians, respiratory therapists, nutritionists and educational consultants. Phone: 434-924-2250 Clinic Hours: Tuesday, 8:00-5:00 Faculty & Staff
Benjamin M. Gaston, M.D. Fellowship ProgramAllergy Director: Peter Heymann, M.D. |
Health InformationResearch ActivitiesDivision faculty have well established research programs devoted to improving the health of children with respiratory diseases. Most investigations in the division are funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), including collaborative studies of viral induced attacks of wheezing in infants and children. Several studies by Drs. Heymann, Hunt, and Gaston are focused on infections caused by rhinovirus which is associated with over half of the asthma attacks experienced by children, especially those who are allergic. A team of investigators, headed by Dr. Gaston, is involved in detailed studies of S-nitrosothiol chemistry and the production of nitric oxide (NO) in the airways. This novel research is leading to new findings regarding the evaluation and treatment of airway inflammation, bronchoconstriction, and the impairment of oxygenation in children and adults with asthma, cystic fibrosis, and other lung diseases. Dr. Hunt's laboratory has discovered rapid and significant reductions in airway pH (acidification) which occur in children and adults during attacks of asthma and other causes of lung inflammation. Learning about the determinants of airway pH changes and how pH measurements (simply done by collecting small amounts of exhaled breath condensate) can be used to monitor asthma holds great promise for improving management and developing new treatments. The division is also involved with research to help children with Cystic Fibrosis (Drs. Froh and Gaston) and in helping children with obstructive sleep apnea, especially those who are overweight (Dr. Yu). AdministrationDivision Chief Administrative Assistant Department of Pediatrics Allergy/Pulmonary Medicine Cystic Fibrosis |
