In addition to providing ongoing management of patients with particularly severe or labile asthma, the University of Chicago performs consultation for physicians and patients from all over the Chicagoland area. Consultation can be a single visit with one of our specialists, or a more comprehensive evaluation which might include throrough pulmonary function testing, allergy testing, and radiographs, as needed. The University of Chicago is the first institution in Chicago to perform sophisticated infant pulmonary function testing. Until now, pulmonary function testing was restricted to patients able to perform maneuvers such as taking deep breaths and blowing out quickly. The novel technology used here to test lung function in babies provides expanded information by simulating voluntary forced expirations in these youngest patients.
Patients can call the same numbers for self-referrals.