Includes specialty programs: Cystic Fibrosis Center / Sleep Center
We are ranked among one of the best children's hospitals in the country for pediatric pulmonology, according to U.S. News & World Report. If your child has breathing problems, or a problem with his or her lungs, we have the experience and qualifications to diagnose, treat and manage your child.
Our team of doctors, nurse practitioners, nurse clinicians, pulmonary function technicians, dietitians, physical therapists and social worker provide diagnosis and treatment, education, case management and research for patients with all types of respiratory illnesses. These include common illnesses such as asthma and sleep disorders to more complex diseases such as cystic fibrosis and bronchopulmonary dysplasia.
Our center includes a cystic fibrosis center, asthma education program, sleep center, cardiopulmonary exercise testing and pulmonary function testing lab.
We treat a wide range of respiratory symptoms and disorders, including:
Our center was funded in large part by a donation from Akron residents Donald and Marcia Stone to recognize the vision and work of Donald’s brother, Dr. Robert T. Stone.
Dr. Stone was a member of Akron Children’s Hospital's medical staff between 1967-2016. From 1972-98, he also served as medical director of the hospital’s Lewis H. Walker Cystic Fibrosis Center.
Medical Director, Clinical Exercise Physiology Lab; Pediatric Pulmonologist
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Director, Pediatric Sleep Medicine
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Co-Director, Robert T. Stone, MD, Respiratory Center; Director, Medical Education; Pediatric Pulmonologist
Pediatric Pulmonologist
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Director, Lewis H Walker CF Center; Pediatric Pulmonologist
Director, Adult Cystic Fibrosis Program
Adult Nurse Practitioner
Pediatric Pulmonologist
Co-Director, Robert T. Stone, MD, Respiratory Center; Pediatric Pulmonologist
We’re trying to learn how people with mitochondrial myopathy respond to exercise. Mitochondria are the body’s "power plants." They turn food into energy. If the "power plants” don’t make enough energy, muscles may grow weak. We’re studying differences between mitochondrial myopathy patients and healthy children when exercising. An exercise test tells us about breathing, blood circulation and muscle function during exercise. Such studies may lead to exercise testing as a way to diagnose and monitor mitochondrial myopathy patients.
Currently recruiting
Worldwide, pneumonia is the leading cause of death in children under five years of age. Akron Children's Hospital is one of six pediatric hospitals in Ohio, all members of the Ohio Children's Hospitals Association and the Children's Hospitals' Initiative for Research in Pneumonia (CHIRP), collaborating in a clinical research project with the ultimate goal of developing evidence-based, innovative management strategies for children with pneumonia. In this trial we will observe how the body responds to an infection like pneumonia. The information we gather will help in the development of new ways of diagnosing and treating pneumonia. For more information on the CHIRP initiative, visit:
Currently recruiting
For complete information, please view the study on clinicaltrials.gov
Currently recruiting
For complete study information, please visit clinicaltrials.gov
Currently recruiting
