Where to seek help

From the Daily News, March 1, 1998. Phone numbers updated March 1999 by the UFT.

Medical Providers/Asthma Clinics

Bronx:

Jacobi Medical Center

1400 Morris Park, Bronx 10461
718-918-5700 (adults)
718-918-4577 (pediatrics)

Lincoln Medical & Mental Health Center

234 East 149th St.
718-579-6110 (adults)

Montefiore Medical Center Asthma and Allergy Center

3400 Bainbridge Ave. 2nd Fl.
718-920-4635 (adults)

Montefiore Medical Center Pediatric Allergy Center

111 East 210 St.
718-920-4400 (children)

South Bronx Children’s Health Center

911 Longwood Ave./ 871 Prospect Ave.
718-991-0605

Brooklyn:

Asthma Center of Excellence/University Hospital

470 Clarkson Ave. Suite A
718-270-4247

Brooklyn Jewish Hospital/Interfaith Adult Asthma Clinic

555 Prospect Place
718-935-7350

Cumberland Diagnostic & Treatment Center

100 North Portland Ave.
718-260-7855

East New York Diagnostic & Treatment Center

2094 Pitkin Ave.
718-240-0420 or 718-240-0497

Lutheran Medical Center Sunset Park Family Health Center

Asthma Education Program
150 E 55th St.
718-639-8793

St. John’s/Interfaith Pediatric Asthma Clinic

1545 Atlantic Ave.
718-604-6350

Woodhull Medical & Mental Health Center

760 Broadway at Flushing Ave.
718-388-5889

Manhattan:

Bellevue Hospital Center

462 First Ave.
212-562-3000 or 562-3519

Children’s Lung Center

3959 Broadway
212-305-5122

Harlem Hospital Center

506 Lenox Ave.
212-939-3880 or 939-4806

Mt. Sinai Hospital Pediatric Pulmonary Center

Madison Ave. at E. 100 St.
212-241-7788

New York and Presbyterian Hospital Childrens
AIR (Allergy Immunology Respiratory) Center

525 East 68th St.
212-746-3313

Renaissance Health Care Network Diagnostic & Treatment Center

215 West 125th St.
212-932-6500

St. Luke’s Hospital

Amsterdam Ave. at West 114th St.
212-523-2424 (Adult Asthma Clinic)
212-523-3891 (Ped. Pulmonary Clinic)

Queens:

Family Health Center of Western Queens

3611 21st St., Long Island City
718-482-7772

Elmhurst Hospital Center

79-01 Broadway
718-334-2715 (Adults)
718-334-3025 (Pediatrics)

Jamaica Hospital Pediatric Asthma Clinic

8900 Van Wyck Expressway
718-206-7050

New York Hospital-Flushing Medical Center

Pediatric Asthma
139-26 Booth Memorial Ave., Flushing
718-670-1920

Queens Hospital Center

86-68 164th St., Jamaica
718-883-3225

Staten Island:

Sisters of Charity Family Asthma Detection Center

1-800-CARE-421

New York area asthma support groups

Asthma/Emphysema Self-Help Groups

Post Office Box 20321
Tompkins Square Station
New York, New York 10009
212-777-0486
Manhattan-based self-help groups, publishes quarterly newsletter, Respiratory News & Views.

Asthma Helping Asthmatics (AHA)

Harlem Lung Center
506 Lenox Ave. 10037
Eugenia Edwards 212-939-1014
People with asthma helping others in managing the illness and finding health care.

Parents of Asthmatic & Allergic Children

212-685-4225
Provides information and support for parents of children with asthma and food allergies.

Resources for Children with Special Needs, Inc.

200 Park Ave. South, Suite 816
New York, New York 10003
212-677-4650
Information referral, advocacy and training for parents and professionals working with Asthmatics up to the age of 21.

Better Breathers Club

Montefiore Medical Center Hospital
111 East 210 St., Bronx, NY 10467
718-920-4445
Support group meets last Tuesday of the month. Family and friends of asthmatics encouraged.

Queens 718-263-5656
Manhattan, Bronx, Staten Island 212-889-3370
Brooklyn 718-624-8531
Nassau-Suffolk 516-231-5864
New Jersey 908-687-9340
Westchester and Hudson Valley 914-949-2150
Or call 800-LUNG-USA for information on asthma support services and Open Airways in schools program.

National Asthma Support and Service Groups

American Lung Association

1740 Broadway, New York 10019
1-800-LUNG-USA 586-4872
212-315-8700
http://www.lungusa.org

Allergy and Asthma Network Mothers of Asthmatics, Inc.

http://www.aanma.org

National Asthma Education and Prevention Program

Post Office Box 30105
Bethesda, Maryland 20824
301-592-8573
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/about/naepp/

Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America
Asthma and Allergy Information Line

1125 15th St., N.W. Suite 502
Washington, D.C. 20005
800-7-ASTHMA
http://www.aafa.org

National Jewish Center of Immunology and Respiratory Medicine

1400 Jackson St.
Denver, CO 80206
800-222-LUNG
http://www.njc.org

American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

611 East Wells St.
Milwaukee, WI 53202
800-822-2762
http://www.aaaai.org

American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

85 West Algonquin Rd., Ste. 550
Arlington Heights, IL 60005
800-842-7777
http://www.acaai.org

Books and Publications

Children with Asthma: A Manual for Parents

By Thomas F. Plaut
Published by Pedipress, 1996. $10

Consumer Update On Asthma

By Nancy Sander, President, Allergy and Asthma Network, Mothers of Asthmatics, Inc.
800-878-4403
$6.95 plus S &H

Family Guide to Asthma and Allergies – How You and Your Children Can Breathe Easier

By the American Lung Association Asthma Advisory Group with Norman H. Edelman, M.D.
Published by Little, Brown and Co. $19.95

Green Guide to Asthma

Available Free from: Mothers & Others
40 West 20th St., 9th Floor
212-242-0010
In Spanish and English

The Asthma Sourcebook

By Francis V. Adams, M.D.
Published by Lowell House, Los Angeles $17