St. Louis Children’s Hospital

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The comprehensive, accredited Washington University Cystic Fibrosis Center at St. Louis Children's Hospital, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, and affiliate centers, has one major goal -- to cure cystic fibrosis (CF).

Center highlights

• The Center and affiliated programs currently treat over 500 patients from several Midwestern states, making it one of the largest centers in the country.
  
  
• Under the direction of Dr. Thomas Ferkol, the Cystic Fibrosis Pediatric Center keeps growing, and we now see 230 chidlren and adolescents regularly.
  
  
• We are involved in the care of more than 50 pediatric patients from all over the U.S. who have been referred for, or have survived, lung or liver transplantation.
  
  
• The Cystic Fibrosis Adult Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, led by Dr. Daniel Rosenbluth and Jeffrey Atkinson, cares for over 160 patients, including adults who have undergone lung transplantation.
  
  
• The Pediatric and Adult Clinical Centers are fully supported by nurse coordinators, dieticians, social workers, physical therapists, respiratory therapists, and other ancillary health personnel.
  
  
• A full complement of adult and pediatric medical subspecialty and surgical consultants is available, many of whom are actively involved in the program.

Contacting Us

• Phone for the Pediatric Clinical Center, Pediatric Research Center and TDN: 314.454.2353
  
• All calls received during working hours, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., are answered by the department’s secretary.
  
• Urgent calls are promptly transferred to our cystic fibrosis nurse specialists.
  
• Non-urgent calls are forwarded to individual phone mailboxes, and answered within 24-hours by:
  • Nurse
  • Dietitian
  • Physical therapist
  • Social worker