The Section of Pediatric Pulmonology at Rush Children's Hospital at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois, provides comprehensive care for infants, children and adolescents with lung and breathing disorders. The program offers advanced care for complex asthma, bronchopulmonary dysplasia, interstitial lung diseases and pulmonary complications of chronic disorders such as muscular dystrophy and scoliosis, in addition to cystic fibrosis. The Rush Cystic Fibrosis Center is fully accredited by the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.

• Inpatient care and consultations
• Outpatient clinics
• State-of-the-art pediatric pulmonary function laboratory
• Flexible fiberoptic bronchoscopy service

Girish D. Sharma, MD, an expert in infant pulmonary function testing and fiberoptic bronchoscopy, leads the pediatric pulmonary disease program at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois. Sharma is director of both the Section of Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine and the Rush Cystic Fibrosis Center.

Other team members include:

• Robert Balk, MD, director, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine; director, Rush Cystic Fibrosis Center (Adult Program)
• Kenneth Boyer, MD, chairman, Department of Pediatrics; Pediatric Infectious Diseases
• Suzanne Cortez, RN, BSN, pulmonary nurse
• Lori Yoder, LCSW, social worker
• Michael Cooper, CRT, respiratory therapist
• Susan Hauptman, RRT, respiratory therapist
• Anne Koehler, office support staff