The Asthma Center
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The Asthma Center
We
believe that asthma education should begin in the community, not the Emergency
Department. The Long Island College Hospital Asthma Center is vested in
its community and dedicated to improve the lives of those with asthma.
The LICH Asthma Center operates asthma education and outreach projects in daycare, pre-school and Head Starts in the neighborhoods of Central Brooklyn, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Crown Heights, East New York, Brownsville and Red Hook. If you are an asthma educator and would like to learn more about the LICH Asthma Center and its projects, or if you represent an organization with an interest in asthma education, please contact Kathy Garrett-Szymanski, RRT, AE-C, at (718) 780-1215 or kgarrett@chpnet.org.
The Asthma Center
at Long Island College Hospital (LICH) is a multidisciplinary service
providing state-of-the-art clinical care, education and prevention strategies
for asthmatic patients and their families. Our board-certified physicians
are recognized experts in the areas of allergy and immunology, pediatrics
and pulmonary medicine. They have a proven track record of success in
the management of asthma from the mildest to the most severe cases. The
Asthma Center at LICH is organized so that you will have one point person
who will arrange all of your tests and appointments, an asthma registry
that identifies and tracks your medical histories and round-the-clock
access to an asthma specialist.
WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT
LICH's Asthma Center provides a full range of diagnostic and therapeutic
services for asthma care. Our staff is specially trained to make your
visit a positive experience. In addition, you will receive detailed education
materials on how to effectively manage your asthma. We make every effort
to answer all of your questions so that you will feel completely confident
about managing your asthma at home, work or school. When necessary, Asthma
Center physicians Robert
Giusti, MD,
Arlene T. Schneider,
MD and Peter
R. Smith, MD
can call upon consultants from the LICH community who represent all of
the major medical and surgical subspecialties such as ear, nose and throat,
infectious disease and gastrointestinal disease.
The
Asthma Center at LICH bases its approach to asthma care on guidelines
developed by the National Institutes of Health. Through application of
the most advanced techniques, our goal is the elimination of asthma symptoms,
restoration of normal lung function and maintenance of a healthy and full
lifestyle. We emphasize a partnering relationship with our patients so
that they become educated and confident in self-management. Our education
program includes group sessions for patients and families. It also extends
to the community in the form of lectures and discussions held at the center
and at other locations in our neighborhood.
Our facilities for the treatment of acute severe asthma include a recently-renovated
Emergency Department, a dedicated Respiratory Care Unit and a world-class
Intensive Care Unit. The staff in these areas are trained to provide the
most advanced asthma care and education.
In
addition to expert clinical care and extensive educational programs, the
Asthma Center team is committed to helping people with asthma through
research and exploring new approaches to prevention and treatment. Our
faculty regularly reports the results of their research in leading medical
journals and at local, national and international medical conferences.
Located in the historic Brooklyn Heights/ Cobble Hill section of Brooklyn,
the Long Island College Hospital is a 516-bed teaching hospital dedicated
to compassionate, community-centered care.
We accept all major commercial and union insurance, as well as most managed
care plans and Medicare. Our staff can help you determine your coverage
and co-pays, if applicable. If you have questions or would like to schedule
an appointment with one of our physicians, please call Kathy Garrett,
Asthma Center administrator, at (718) 780-1215. Or, click
here if you wish to submit
your request by e-mail. (Please note that we are unable to answer questions
of a diagnostic nature).
ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION
The Asthma Center at Long Island College Hospital recommends the following
web sites as additional sources of information:
AsthmaMoms
Asthma-NYC.org
- Website of the Asthma Information Outreach Project
Cystic
Fibrosis Foundation
National
Jewish Medical and Research Center