Clinical Services

The Division of Pulmonary Medicine provides consultative care for patients with the following conditions:

• Asthma
• Breathing disorders during sleep
• Cystic fibrosis
• Chronic lung disease of infancy
• Aspiration syndromes
• Bronchiolitis
• Home ventilation
• Respiratory dystrophies
• Restrictive lung diseases
• Mucopolysaccharidoses, such as Pompe’s Disease
• Interstitial lung disease    
• Rare lung diseases

    
Asthma care is provided both at the Duke Children’s Hospital & Health Center at the Duke Medical Center main campus on Erwin Road in Durham, at Duke Consultative Services of Raleigh on Wake Forest Road, and at the Duke Asthma, Allergy and Airways Disorders Clinic at Independence Square in Durham. A special expertise of the Duke pediatric pulmonary faculty is the evaluation of infants and younger children with recurrent cough and wheezing.

The division operates the only laboratory in North Carolina dedicated to the evaluation of sleep in children with respiratory-disordered breathing.  The director, Dr. Richard Kravitz, is board-certified in sleep medicine, as well as pediatric pulmonology.  This laboratory is supported by a close relationship with Duke's otolaryngologic surgeons and pediatric neurologists.

 

The division is also home to the Duke Cystic Fibrosis Center, the first in North or South Carolina, which is certified by the national Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.  This clinic offers multidisciplinary care for infants, children and adolescents with cystic fibrosis.  Evaluation for lung transplantation is available for adolescents above the age of 16 years.  The adolescent/adult lung transplantation program is one of the largest and most experienced in the nation. A key to patient assessment is the measurement of pulmonary function, which is performed for all age groups.  The division offers the only routine non-sedated pulmonary function assessments in the nation for infants and pre-school age children.

Appointment and Contact Information

To serve our patients and referring physicians, faculty physicians covering pediatric pulmonology and sleep medicine are always on call to answer questions and provide consultation.

• For a new appointment at the Duke Children’s Hospital & Health Center, please call 919-681-3364.
• For a return appointment at the Children’s Health Center, please call 919-668-4000.
• For new or return appointments at the Duke Asthma, Allergy and Airways Disorder Center, please call 919-681-3364.
• For new or return appointments at Duke Children's Consultative Services of Raleigh, please call 919-668-4000.
  
• For urgent calls during business hours, call the divisional office at 919-681-3364.
• For urgent calls after business hours, on weekends, or on holidays, please call 919-684-8111 and ask the operator to page the pediatric pulmonologist on call.
• For physicians requesting consultations or making referrals, please call the divisional office at 919-681-3364 or the Duke Consultation and Referral Center at 800-MED-DUKE (800-633-3853).

Duke Children's Hospital & Health Center
Pulmonary Clinic
Second floor
Clinic Hours: Daily, 8:30 am - 5:00 pm
Appointments: 919-668-4000
Directions

 
Duke Asthma, Allergy, and Airways Center
4309 Medical Park Drive
Durham, NC 27704
Clinic Hours: Tuesdays & Wednesdays, 8:30 am - 5:00 pm
Appointments: 919-681-3364
Directions

Duke Children's Consultative Services of Raleigh
3480 Wake Forest Road, Suite 310
Raleigh, NC  27609
Appointments: 919-668-4000 or 919-862-5750
Directions

 

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