Pediatric Pulmonology and Sleep

Richard M Kravitz, MD, Division Director – Pediatric Respiratory Medicine

U.S. News & World Report has ranked our pulmonology & lung surgery services among the best in the U.S. If your child needs respiratory or lung treatment, our team of experts is ready to help. It’s our mission to bring this world-class care to every child who needs it. We serve as a major referral center in the Mid-Atlantic region for children with conditions including:

• Acute respiratory distress syndrome
• Apnea
• Asthma
• Bronchiectasis
• Chronic bronchitis
• Chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder
• Ciliary dyskinesia
• Congenital heart defects
• Cystic fibrosis
• Emphysema
• Interstitial lung disease
• Lung nodules
• Neuromuscular conditions
• Persistent pulmonary hypertension
• Pulmonary hypertension
• Pulmonary fibrosis
• Recurrent pneumonia
• Restrictive lung disease
• Sleep disorders

There is a strong foundation of basic and clinical research activity in the Division that is unified by our mission to identify mechanisms of allergic and pulmonary diseases in children with the hopes of identifying new treatments.

• Mary Alice Blackwell, BA (Cystic Fibrosis)
• Erica Tharrington, CRC (Cystic Fibrosis)
• Kristin Wavell, BS  (Pulmonary)