UC Davis Health ranks among the nation’s top pediatric pulmonology and lung surgery programs, according to U.S. News & World Report. We maintain this distinction because we regularly treat common and complex cases in children, successfully manage ongoing conditions and have low complication rates.

Your child receives more of the pulmonary disease and sleep medicine services they need from a team that genuinely cares about children. We provide coordinated care with the same specialists in the hospital and our specialty programs and clinics, so you can focus on your child. This approach helps us manage difficult-to-treat conditions and prevent avoidable hospitalizations.

We constantly advance pediatric asthma care by assessing current evaluation methods to ensure consistency and precision. Our specialists explore new treatments through clinical trials, which offer promising new options yet to be widely available.

Airways in your child's lungs swell and narrow, limiting oxygen flow. Asthma is a lifelong condition, though symptoms may come and go.

This genetic disease causes thick, sticky mucus to coat your child's lungs and other organs. The mucus can clog airways, making it difficult for your child's body to clear germs. This can lead to frequent infections.

These issues cause breathing difficulties in children born early (prematurely). In some cases, their lungs need time to develop. Other babies experience lifelong lung problems.

Children with these disorders experience difficulty falling asleep or getting restful sleep. Common causes include sleep apnea, insomnia, restless leg syndrome, nightmares and night terrors.

We've extended the reach of our pediatric pulmonology services with telehealth consultations, so you and your child can connect with us from your primary care physician’s office. This option helps children receive essential care recommendations without having to travel far.

To accurately assess your child's sleep or lung issues, our specialists may use sophisticated tools that give us detailed images of their lungs. We also perform sleep studies that capture brain activity, movement and breathing while your child sleeps. These techniques help us pinpoint what causes your child’s symptoms and determine treatment.

Even if past lung disease therapies failed, we can still help your child. Our team includes doctors with expertise in challenging conditions, like cystic fibrosis. We excel in managing rare diagnoses and the needs of children on long-term breathing assistance (ventilation). Our expertise means your child receives the therapies that are most likely to halt symptoms.

We offer programs and clinics dedicated to the pressing needs of children with lung and sleep issues. Our pediatric aerodigestive center is a one-stop shop for children with breathing, swallowing and digestive conditions. We also run pediatric clinics for severe asthma, cystic fibrosis, pulmonary hypertension, sickle cell disease, and more.