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Baylor Martha Foster Lung Care Center Staff

Our center is staffed by respiratory therapists and lead by the medical director, a board certified pulmonologist who is a member of the medical staff at Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas.
Phone: 214.820.3500

Art for Asthma

2010 & 2011
Art for Asthma, Baylor Martha Foster Lung Care Center's annual art competition, is for students with asthma, Grade 1 through 12 in the Dallas area. The Martha Foster Lung Care Center at Baylor encourages children with asthma to enter. Learn more about the winners of this year's competition & how to enter the 2011 competition.

Helpful Web Resources

Other websites that offer educational information about asthma include the following links.

Smoking Cessation

Tobacco is the leading avoidable cause of cancer and has been estimated to account for about 30% of cancer deaths in the United States.

What is Asthma? 

Asthma is an inflammatory disorder of the airways, which causes attacks of wheezing, shortness of breath, chest tightness, and coughing.

What You May Want To Know About Asthma

The below topics have been most frequently searched for by other visitors of our Asthma Services page.

Causes & Symptoms

Allergies or Asthma

Diagnosis & Treatment

Extensive diagnostic testing is available to help the Baylor Lung Care center staff evaluate a patients respiratory condition and his or her response to therapy.

Diagnosis & Treatment

Severity

Evaluation & Testing

Evaluation includes a history and physical exam. Based on findings, screenings and tests may be ordered at the Baylor Lung Care Center.

Testing

Management & Education

Educational tools that may be used for asthma management at the Baylor Lung Care Center include:

Rules of Two

Asthma Action Plan

Asthma eBook

Pollen Count & Ozone

Experience life's simple pleasures when you breathe fresh air. Break free from the constraints that pollen and ozone restrictions place on your life. Let us help you!

Pollen Count

Ozone