Respiratory Medicine

We offer respiratory consultation as well as a pulmonary laboratory with exercise testing, and flexible bronchoscopy and polysomnography services.

About

The Respiratory Medicine Service comprises

the general Respiratory Outpatient clinic
the inpatient consultation service
the Pulmonary Function Laboratory
the Sleep Laboratory
flexible bronchoscopy and polysomnography services.

Lung disease in children is the most common reason for admission to hospital and lung problems complicate many other illnesses in children.

There are over 2500 visits to the outpatient clinic each year.

The Pulmonary Function Laboratory is accredited as a category 3A lab by the BC Diagnostic Accreditation Program and performs detailed pulmonary function and exercise testing on children with respiratory symptoms.

The Sleep Laboratory performs diagnostic overnight sleep studies on children, particularly those with suspected sleep disordered breathing after they are seen in the Sleep Clinic.

Flexible bronchoscopies are performed on inpatients and as day care procedures.

Our team

Physicians

Dr. Michael Seear, MB ChB. FRCPC
Division Head

Dr. David Wensley, MB BS, FRCPC
Division Head of Critical Care Medicine
Director of the Pulmonary Function Laboratory

Dr. Mark Chilvers, MB ChB, MD MRCP, MRCPCH,
Director of the Cystic Fibrosis Clinic

Dr. Connie Yang, MSc, MD, FRCPC, FAAP,
Director of the Asthma Clinic, Training Program Director

Dr. Kirsten Ebbert, MD, FRCPC
Clinical Associate

Dr. Kelly Luu, MD, FRCPC
Clinical Associate

Staff

Respiratory Therapists
Opninder Dosanjh RRT
Barbara Hornsby RRT
Kelsey Uyeyama RRT
Jannet Pon RRT

Administrative Staff

Kirstie Santos

Resources

Michael Seear, MB ChB. FRCPC

David Wensley, MB BS, FRCPC

Amy Hoepker, Clinical Fellow

Pulmonary Function Technologists

Kendall Brooks RRT

Barbara Hornsby RRT

Clerical Staff

Hanh Huynh

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