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CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) UPDATE FOR PRACTICE

IN ORDER TO PROTECT THE VULNERABLE POPULATION OF PATIENTS THAT WE TAKE CARE OF, THE PRACTICE HAS POLICIES TO SAFEGUARD OUR PATIENTS AND ENSURE THAT OUR STAFF WILL BE AVAILABLE TO CONTINUE CARING FOR YOU AND YOUR CHILDREN

AT ALL APPOINTMENTS, THERE WILL BE ENHANCED SCREENING INCLUDING TEMPERATURE CHECKS PRIOR TO ADMISSION INTO OFFICE AS WELL AS MANDATORY QUESTIONS INCLUDING HISTORY OF:

FEVER>100.4 in past 24 hours
COUGH AND SHORTNESS OF BREATH
HISTORY OR SUSPECTED CURRENT DIAGNOSIS OF FLU OR PNEUMONIA
HISTORY OF EXPOSURE TO INDIVIDUALS FROM HIGH RISK EXPOSURE REGIONS FOR COVID-19. (THIS IS A RAPIDLY EXPANDING LIST)

CALL 407-898-2767 IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS. PLEASE NOTE ALL PATIENTS HAVE THE OPTION OF IN-OFFICE OR TELEMEDICINE APPOINTMENTS UNLESS THEY ARE RECEIVING IMMUNOTHERAPY, ALLERGY TESTING OR PARENTERAL ADMINISTRATION OF BIOLOGICS.

IF YOU DO COME TO THE CLINIC WITH A PERSON THAT MEETS HIGH RISK CRITERIA, YOU WILL BE ADVISED TO STAY IN YOUR CAR AND CALL FOR THE STAFF TO COME OUT TO YOU. AN ASSESSMENT WILL BE MADE ON HOW BEST TO MANAGE YOU AT THAT TIME.

*WE CAN PERFORM CORONAVIRUS ANTIGEN TESTING AT OUR OFFICE.

TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT OUR PATIENTS, WE WILL CONTINUE TO OFFER TELEMEDICINE (SYNCHRONOUS AUDIO/VIDEO SESSIONS) FOR ALL VISIT TYPES AS AN OPTION.

FINALLY, PLEASE STAY SAFE, WEAR FACE MASKS WHEN APPROPRIATE, SOCIAL DISTANCE WHEN POSSIBLE AND WASH YOUR HANDS AVIDLY (RECOMMEND REVIEWING CDC HANDWASHING TECHNIQUE), IF NECESSARY, USE HAND SANITIZER OR SOMETHING CONTAINING OVER 60% ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL, AVOID SICK/FEBRILE/COUGHING INDIVIDUALS. BE CAREFUL AROUND THE ELDERLY AND OTHER AT RISK POPULATIONS AS WE MUST DO OUR BEST TO PROTECT THEM

About us

The Children's Lung, Asthma and Sleep Specialists is a fully independent, private Pediatric Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine practice. The practice offers state of the art care with topline diagnostic equipment at all of its facilities. We are the only practice of its type in the State of Florida and offer full pediatric sleep medicine services. The practice offers full behavioral sleep medicine services and has a clinical psychologist, Dr Kimberly Justice, PhD and a Doctor Nurse Practitioner Mrs MaryAlice Leinbach, DNP both of who have completed and passed the Behavioral Sleep Medicine Boards administered by the American Board of Sleep Medicine. We offer full Pulmonary, Allergy and Sleep Medicine services for children in addition to Adult Sleep Medicine services and Behavioral Sleep Medicine services for children and adults.

The practice has 11 physicians, 3 nurse practitioners and a Clinical Psychologist.

Geographical Scope

Our area of clinical coverage spans about 50% of the population of the state of Florida. We have 15 locations, all seamlessly integrated by a common Electronic Medical Record (EMR) and have mirrored services at all locations. Our physicians have privileges in 6 children's hospitals in the State of Florida allowing us to follow our patients if they should need our help through most of Florida.

Hospital coverage:

All Children's Hospital, St Petersburg
Arnold Palmer Hospital, Orlando
Florida Hospital For Children, Orlando
Palms West Children's Hospital, Wellington
St Marys Hospital (Palm Beach Children's Hospital), West Palm Beach
St Joseph's Hospital, Tampa
Halifax Hospital, Daytona Beach
Holmes Regional Hospital, Melbourne

PEDIATRIC PULMONARY MEDICINE

We offer a comprehensive service for the diagnosis and management of infants and children with a wide spectrum of respiratory conditions with the goal of improving quality of life, as well as preserving and restoring respiratory health. Our pulmonary lung function provides testing for children with lung conditions and asthma as young as 3 years of age.

PEDIATRIC SLEEP MEDICINE

The practice provides state-of-the-art diagnostic and treatment services for children with sleep-related disorders. The facilities perform Sleep studies (Polysomnography), CPAP/BiPAP titrations, as well as Multiple Sleep Latency Tests (MSLT). We are the largest pediatric sleep diagnostic center in the country.

BEHAVIORAL SLEEP MEDICINE

The practice has the only behavioral sleep medicine program in Central Florida and is staffed by board certified pediatric sleep physicians, a clinical psychologist and a Doctor Nurse Practitioner with certification in behavioral sleep medicine (CBSM).

PEDIATRIC RESEARCH

The practice is actively involved in cutting edge clinical and pharmacologic research geared towards the improvement of care and medication access in children and is currently involved in multiple Asthma and Narcolepsy research.

ASTHMA PROGRAM

The practice runs an asthma management program that is geared towards the patient and parent achieving a full understanding of the asthma and improving patient management. In addition, our Asthma Center of Excellence program focus on providing high quality, most comprehensive service for children and adolescents with difficult-to-treat or severe asthma.

HIGH RISK INFANT & PRETERM INFANT PROGRAM

This is a specialized program with the primary goal of preventing or minimizing long-term respiratory consequences of preterm birth as well as severe respiratory disease in preterm infants and high-risk full term infants.