Overview

Overview

At Cleveland Clinic's Asthma Center, we offer the most advanced diagnostic testing and innovative treatments for adults and children with asthma. Within Cleveland Clinic's Respiratory Institute, the Asthma Center brings together physicians from allergy and immunology, pulmonary and critical care, and sports medicine (for asthma in elite athletes).

For those with asthma and co-existing conditions, such as sinusitis, gastroesophageal reflux, vocal cord dysfunction, cataracts, glaucoma or osteoporosis, we also coordinate your care with specialists in gastroenterology, ophthalmology, otolaryngology, osteoporosis and metabolic bone disease, and speech therapy. Our integrated approach to patient care provides you with state-of-the-art diagnostic and treatment services and opportunities to try new medications and therapies through clinical trials.

View Our Treatment Outcomes

Our Outcomes offer detailed information and data to help patients and their physicians make informed decisions about treatment for a wide-range of respiratory issues.

What We Treat

What We Treat

We offer a full range of clinical services including:

  • Comprehensive consultation services and ongoing care for refractory asthma (poorly-controlled asthma)
  • Occupational and environmental asthma evaluation
  • Bronchoprovocation testing with methacholine and exercise
  • Testing for suspected sensitivity to foods, food additives, aspirin and allergens
  • Specialized testing to determine how well your asthma is being controlled
  • Treatment for asthma, including new and innovative therapies from injections to procedures
  • Treatment and direction for coexisting conditions that complicate asthma control
  • Initial management plans for newly diagnosed asthma cases and continued care when needed
  • Comprehensive patient education

Novel Diagnostic and Treatment Approaches

Our physicians have a particular expertise in refractory asthma, or poorly-controlled asthma. For patients with refractory asthma, the Asthma Center offers innovative diagnostic and treatment services that are at the forefront of asthma care including:

Health Information

Health Information

Asthma is one of the most common chronic diseases in the world, becoming more prevalent and more severe in recent years. Asthma causes the airways of the lungs (bronchial tubes) to narrow, the lining of the airways to swell, and the cells that line the airways to produce more mucus. These changes make breathing difficult and cause symptoms, such as cough, shortness of breath, wheezing, chest tightness and excess mucus production.

Learn about symptoms, causes and triggers, diagnostic testing, treatments and management tips for asthma from our Health Library below:

Asthma Overview

Asthma Symptoms, Causes and Triggers

Asthma in Special Populations

Doctors

Doctors

Appointments & Locations

Appointments & Locations

To make an appointment, please call 216.444.6503.

Virtual Second Opinions

If you cannot travel to Cleveland Clinic, help is available. You can connect with Cleveland Clinic specialists from any location in the world via a phone, tablet, or computer, eliminating the burden of travel time and other obstacles.

If you’re facing a significant medical condition or treatment such as surgery, this program provides virtual access to a Cleveland Clinic physician who will review the diagnosis and treatment plan.

Following a comprehensive evaluation of medical records and labs, you’ll receive an educational second opinion from an expert in their medical condition covering diagnosis, treatment options or alternatives as well as recommendations regarding future therapeutic considerations. You’ll also have the unique opportunity to speak with the physician expert directly to address questions or concerns.

Locations

Resources

Resources

Find additional information on the following helpful links:

American Lung Association

Asthma Treatment and Management

Using an Inhaler

Asthma Testing

  • Diagnosing Asthma
Research & Clinical Trials

Research & Clinical Trials

Recommended Research Readings

View helpful research publications on the topic of asthma below:

For Medical Professionals

For Medical Professionals

Patient Referrals

Following a patient evaluation at the Asthma Center, our team provides a timely, specialized report that includes our evaluation, test results and a proposed plan of care. Our specialists may assume care for patients or provide a treatment plan to you and the patient to carry out proposed recommendations.

Our secure online service, Dr.Connect, provides referring physicians access to patient’s treatment progress with streamlined communication from Cleveland Clinic physicians to your office, allowing continued participation in the ongoing care of patients. With the best possible treatment plans and coordinated care, our team approach benefits both the patient and the referring physician.

To refer a patient, call the Asthma Center at 216.444.0582 or the Bronchial Thermoplasty Referral Line at 216.445.6266.

Education

Allergy and Clinical Immunology Fellowships
Cleveland Clinic Respiratory Institute offers two fellowships in allergy/immunology each year. Fellows will gain experience working in a multi-specialty group practice setting, with a busy outpatient allergy/immunology practice and have the opportunity to do elective rotations in asthma, dermatology, otolaryngology, pulmonary and critical care, radiology, rheumatology, infectious diseases, and more.

Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellowships
Our pulmonary and critical care medicine fellowships provide board-certified general internists with the tools necessary to care for patients, who have complicated lung diseases and critical illnesses. During the three-year training period, which includes an 18-month core program and 18-month subspecialty track, fellows are exposed to a wide variety of medical problems in both the inpatient and outpatient settings.

CMEs
The Cleveland Clinic Respiratory Institute offers continuing medical education courses through the Center for Continuing Education. Current CME offerings include:

References

Disease Management Project
Cleveland Clinic publishes an online medical reference, the Disease Management Project, which provides nationally-established treatment guidelines for the most common diseases and conditions

Web Resources