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Peter Heymann, M.D
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Welcome to The Division of Pediatric Respiratory Medicine, a division devoted to the care of children with allergic and pulmonary (lung) diseases. Our division is a major referral center in Virginia and the Mid-Atlantic states for children with Asthma, Cystic Fibrosis, and Sleep Disorders of Breathing (including Obstructive Sleep Apnea), and a variety of other pulmonary and allergic diseases as described below.
Physicians in the division are board certified in either Pediatric Pulmonology and/or Allergy/Immunology and work together to provide care for children with asthma, or attacks of wheezing during early childhood when the diagnosis of asthma is more challenging.
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Referrals & appointments
| Referrals to the Allergy clinics include children with food allergies, allergic eczema (atopic dermatitis), hay fever (allergic rhinitis and conjunctivitis), insect sting allergies, drug reactions, acute and chronic hives (urticaria), angioedema, and spasmodic croup.
Referrals to the Pulmonary clinics include children with cystic fibrosis, sleep disorders of breathing (including obstructive sleep apnea), bronchopulmonary dysplasia, restrictive lung disease, pulmonary hypertension, pulmonary fibrosis, hypersensitivity pneumonitis, pulmonary disorders requiring mechanical ventilation and tracheostomy care, and children in need of lung transplantation.
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To schedule an appointment
| Allergy Appointments: For appointments to see Drs. Heymann or Rakes call 434-243-9461. These clinics are held at the University of Virginia Asthma and Allergic Diseases Center at JABA.
Pulmonary Appointments: Referrals to Drs. Gaston, Froh, Yu, and Hunt can be made by calling 434-924-5321. The Pulmonary clinics and Dr. Hunt’s Allergy/Pulmonary clinic are held at the Primary Care Center. The UVA Cystic Fibrosis clinic is held at the Kluge Children’s Rehabilitation Center (KCRC).
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