The Division of Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine was recently rated among the 10 best pulmonary groups in the nation by Child magazine. Our faculty also have been consistently named to the “Best Doctors in America®.” All are board-certified or board-eligible in pediatric pulmonary or sleep medicine.
The division provides comprehensive evaluation and treatment for common to complex conditions:
Pulmonary Medicine
- Prematurity - Brain or spinal-cord injuries - Neurological and neuromuscular disorders - Cancer and its therapies - Heart disease congenital heart defects - Gastroesophageal reflux - Neurological disorders
Sleep Medicine
We also provide evaluation and management of children with respiratory and non-respiratory or behavioral sleep disorders.
Each year, we see more than 4,000 outpatients at Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin main campus and another 2,500 inpatients at the Hospital's main campus.
Our patients receive comprehensive care from our pulmonary and sleep physicians, advanced practice nurses, nutritionists and social workers. We are committed to providing outstanding patient care, instructing new physicians and nurses along with researching pulmonary diseases and treatments. All physicians are board certified or board eligible in pulmonary or sleep medicine.
415 Medical College Doctors Recognized as Best Doctors in America
A total of 415 Medical College of Wisconsin faculty physicians, representing 63 specialties, are listed on the Best Doctors® in America 2011–2012 database. The information, compiled by Best Doctors, Inc., includes more physicians from the Medical College than any other group practice or institution in Wisconsin.
Medical College physicians account for over one-third (40.3%) of the 1,030 Wisconsin physicians listed in this year’s database. More Best Doctors® practice at two of the Medical College’s major teaching hospital affiliates, Froedtert Hospital and Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, than at any other hospitals in the state.
The 46,000 U.S. physicians listed in the Best Doctors® in America 2011–2012 database represents the top five percent of the nation’s practicing board-certified physicians. Physicians selected for inclusion are determined through a peer-review by thousands of doctors nationwide. Only those physicians who earn the consensus support of their peers as well as meet additional qualification criteria are included. Additional information is available at www.bestdoctors.com. Best Doctors is a registered trademark ® of Best Doctors, Inc.