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Pulmonary and Respiratory Services

Our physicians serve patients at Christiana & Wilmington Hospital 24/7.

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Advanced Care for Your lungs

When you or a loved one is struggling to breathe, we know it's scary. Our pulmonologists are here to provide care that is both advanced and supportive for short-term and chronic problems. ChristianaCare's Pulmonary Function Laboratory can help your doctor figure out how we can help. Pulmonary physicians and respiratory therapists along with other care team members increase lung performance to save and improve lives.

ChristianaCare pulmonary specialists serve patients with leading-edge treatment options in our award-winning hospitals and office locations in Delaware and Maryland. Also, video visits are available. We offer deep expertise in lung disorders and work closely with other specialists to provide a comprehensive approach to diagnosis and treatment.

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What We Treat

  • Asthma
  • Bronchitis
  • Cystic fibrosis with services including a specialized Cystic Fibrosis Clinic
  • Emphysema
  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and severe emphysema with treatments including EBVs (endobronchial valves).
  • Chronic bronchitis
  • Interstitial lung disease, such as pulmonary fibrosis (including IPF) and sarcoidosis
  • Lung cancer
  • Lung nodules
  • Pleural and mediastinal disorders including pleural effusion
  • Pulmonary hypertension
  • Respiratory failure
  • Sleep disorders and insomnia

Our pulmonary specialists are at ChristianaCare's hospitals in Wilmington and Newark, Delaware as well as Elkton, Maryland to meet the needs of ill or injured patients.

  • Pulmonary physicians who coordinate your lung and respiratory care as well as perform pulmonary procedures. We can report consultations, test results and procedure outcomes to your primary care physician.
  • Board-certified pulmonary critical care specialist for all patients admitted to a critical care unit in a ChristianaCare hospital.
  • An electronic (eICU) centralized remote surveillance program that ensures expert lung care can be provided 24 hours a day in any hospital room.
  • Daily multidisciplinary hospital rounds that include your respiratory therapist, nurse, dietician, physical therapist, and other services.
  • Daily evaluations to determine physical and occupational therapy needs. Our ICU Mobility Team increases the number of ICU patients who receive physical therapy, resulting in shorter times in the ICU and the hospital.
  • A roaming pulmonary intensivist to provide immediate critical care to patients located anywhere within the hospital and to assist with emergent situations out of the ICU.
  • An alert team to provide immediate ICU-level care in the ED. This practice is proven to reduce ED length of stay.
  • A rapid response team to immediately evaluate and transport patients within the hospital who need ICU-level care.

ChristianaCare has been recognized nationally for Intensive Care Unit best practices and programs that have:

  • Reduced Sepsis and eliminated central line infections.
  • Reduced ED and hospital stays,

Our Intensive Care Units in Delaware have consistently achieved clinical outcomes that rank among the top 10 percent of all health systems.*

*VISICU national database

Designations, Accreditation and Awards

Treatment of COPD 5 Star Recipient Healthgrades
Treatment of Pneumonia 5 Star Recipient Healthgrades
Pulmonary Care Excellence Award Healthgrades
  • Designation as a Clinical Associate of the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation Care Center Network 
  • Accreditation by The American Academy of Sleep Medicine.
  • U.S. News & World Report 2024-2025 Procedures & Conditions ratings listed ChristianaCare as High Performing in care for:
    • Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
    • Lung cancer surgery.
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Contact Us

Medical Arts Pavilion 1

4755 Ogletown-Stanton Road
Suite 220
Newark, DE 19713

Call 302-623-7600 Get directions
Emergency entrance of Wilmington Hospital

ChristianaCare Wilmington Campus View Location

501 West 14th Street
4th Floor Gateway
Wilmington, DE 19801

Call 302-623-7600 Get directions

ChristianaCare Middletown East

621 Middletown Odessa Road
Floor 2
Middletown, DE 19709

Call 302-623-7600 Get directions

ChristianaCare Union Campus

106 Bow Street
1st Floor Outpatient Center
Elkton, MD 21921

Call 410-398-0451 Get directions

Support Groups

  • The Wescoe Foundation support group for patients with Interstitial lung diseases including pulmonary fibrosis
  • Better Breathers Club for all pulmonary patients

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