Pediatric Vocal Cord Dysfunction (VCD) Treatment at NJH

group of young women playing soccer The vocal cords vibrate from exhaled air to produce noise and voice. Vocal Cord Dysfunction (VCD), also known as Paradoxical Vocal Cord Motion (PVCM), is a result of abnormal closing of the vocal cords, unlike asthma, which results from inflammation of the airways. Because the symptoms of VCD and asthma are similar, VCD is often mistaken for asthma.

As the leading respiratory hospital in the nation, National Jewish Health for Kids in Denver, Colorado, offers programs to treat your child’s VCD. Our long-standing specialization in respiratory diseases has been instrumental to our success in treating VCD. Our multidisciplinary team works together to develop a customized treatment program for your child.

Our doctors are researchers too, and are continuing to discover more about VCD, so your child will have access to the latest clinical trials and most effective treatments.

Our comprehensive program offers many services for you and your child:

The latest in clinical trials
Novel and advanced VCD testing
A therapy plan customized for your child
Comprehensive speech therapy
In-depth, one-on-one teaching, including training in self-care
Continued follow-up to treat your child’s changing needs

Learn more about our Vocal Cord Dysfunction (VCD) Treatment Programs.

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Vocal Cord Dysfunction (VCD) Treatment Programs

Doctors

Sofi Abraham, NP
Rafeul Alam, MD, PhD
Mark S. Aloia, PhD
Scott Alper, PhD
Ankie Amos, MD, FACC
Kathleen Anderson, PT, DPT
Arash Babaei, MD
Ali Bakke, MA, CCC-SLP
Ron Balkissoon, MD, MSc, DIH, FRCPC
Tami J. Bang, MD
David Baraghoshi, PhD
Elin Bartell, MD
CJ Bathgate, PhD
Bruce G. Bender, PhD
Evgeny V. Berdyshev, PhD
David A. Beuther, MD, PhD, FCCP
Lianghua Bin, MD, PhD
Mark Boguniewicz, MD
Melanie Bongiovanni, CPNP
Kristen Boretti, MS, CCC-SLP
Nicole Borroff, RDN, CLC
Preston E. Bratcher, PhD
Donna L. Bratton, MD
James P. Bridges, PhD
James Brock, DO
Kevin K. Brown, MD
Jordan Bull, PA-C
Amy Cacace, MD
Rick Carlson, DO
Laurie L. Carr, MD
Vanessa Castro, PA
Chris Celechovsky, MD
Divya Chauhan, MD
Jordan Chauncey, FNP-C
Aspen Christen, MS, CCC-SLP
Hong Wei Chu, MD
Lisa C. Cicutto, PhD, RN
Matthew Clary, MD
Claire M. Coeshott, PhD
James Coll
Cameran Collins, PA-C
Carlyne D. Cool, MD
Joseph Cooley, DO
Ronina A. Covar, MD
James D. Crapo, MD
James L. Crooks, PhD, MS
Shaodong Dai, PhD
Azzeddine Dakhama, PhD
Mohammad Dalabih, MD
Charles L. Daley, MD
Elizabeth David, MD, MAS
Brian J. Day, PhD
Anne DelBovo, NP
Alexander Dietz, MD
Hans Dooms, PhD
Gregory P. Downey, MD, FRCPC
Rosane De Oliveira Duarte Achcar, MD
Debra S. Dyer, MD, FACR
Christopher K. Dyke, MD, FACC
Jared J. Eddy, MD
Julie Engle, PT
Jennifer Faber-Gerling, RN, MS, ACNS-BC, ANP-BC
Elizabeth M. Fan, PA-C
Neide Fehrenbacher, MD
Evans Fernández, MD, MS
David M. Ferraro, MD
Chris Fine, MD, FACC
Tasha E. Fingerlin, PhD
James H. Finigan, MD
Daniel S. Fink, MD
Heather Finlayson, MS, PA-C
Harry D Fischer , MD
Annabelle Flanagan, DNP
Stephen K. Frankel, MD, FCCM, FCCP
Cori Fratelli, MSN, FNP-C, RN
Andrew M. Freeman, MD, FACC, FACP
Rachel Friedman, PhD
Fernando Jose Fuentes, MD, FACP, FCCP, DABFM
Jessica Galant-Swafford, MD
Fabienne Gally, PhD
Manuel Galvan, PhD
Nick Galyon, DO
Laurent Gapin, PhD
Marjorie Patricia George, MD
Anthony N. Gerber, MD, PhD
Anne Getz, MD
Kristen Glisinski, MD
John Goff, MD
Joy Goldberg, PhD
Nir M. Goldstein, MD, FCCP
Elena Goleva, PhD
Magdalena Maria Gorska, MD, PhD
E Brigitte Gottschall, MD
Ann Granchelli, MD
David E. Griffith, MD
Andrea Grilli, MD
Steve D. Groshong, MD, PhD
Jane E. Gross, MD, PhD
Yakira Gruber, DPT
Vamsi P. Guntur, MD, MSc
Arnav Gupta, MD
Elizabeth Gyorkos, PA-C
Michelle Haas, MD
James R. Hagman, PhD
Valerie A E Hale, MD
Ronald Joseph Harbeck, PhD
Chafen Watkins Hart, MD
Gabrielle Heckman, MSN, CRNA
Hayley Heinz, RN, FNP
Paul R. Heitzenrater, CTRS
Peter M. Henson, MD, BVMS, PhD
Jan E. Henson, PhD
Megan Hiles, MD, FACP
Glenn A. Hirsch, MD, MHS, FACC
Katherine Hisert, MD, PhD
Mark Holley, MD
Kristen E. Holm, PhD, MPH
Jackie Homra, FNP-C
Carrie A. Horn, MD
Flavia Cecilia Lega Hoyte, MD
Jeremy T. Hua, MD, MPH
Hua Huang, MD, PhD
Jessica Hui Beckman, MD
Tristan J. Huie, MD
Gwen A. Huitt, MD, MS
Patrick S. Hume, MD, PhD
Stephen M. Humphries, PhD
Yoko Ito, MD, PhD
Jordan Jacobelli, PhD
William J. Janssen, MD
Destiny Jara, CCLS
Shelby R. Jenkins, OTR
Richard B. Johnston Jr, Jr., MD
Christopher B. Jones, MD
Homi Kapadia, MD
John W. Kappler, PhD
Shannon H. Kasperbauer, MD
Stuart S. Kassan, MD
Rohit K. Katial, MD
Erika Kaye, MBA-HA, MS, CCC-SLP
Ross M. Kedl, PhD
Rebecca C. Keith, MD
Danielle Keogh, FNP-BC
Jeffrey Kern, MD
Ashoke (“Ash”) Khanwalkar, MD
Reeti Khare, PhD
Darlene Kim, MD, FACC
Byung Eui Kim, MD, PhD
Jeffrey B. King, MD
Todd T. Kingdom, MD
Seth Kligerman, MD
Elizabeth Klopper, MPH, MMSc, PA-C
Megan Knecht, ANP-BC
Minisha Kochar, MD
Tilman L. Koelsch, MD
Chase Kornegay, MD
Matthew Koslow, MD
Elizabeth Kozora, PhD
Richard Kraus, PA-C
Silpa D. Krefft, MD, MPH
Jasper LaBelle, MD
Tim Lahm, MD, ATSF
Bruce J. Lanser, MD, MPH
Vicki LaRue, MIS, NMAA
Katie Lattimore, BSN, RN
Joseph Lauro, MD
Sonia M. Leach, PhD
David J. Lee, MD
Teofilo L. Lee-Chiong Jr, Jr, MD
Laurel L. Lenz Jr, Jr, PhD
Christina Caroll Leslie, PhD
Donald Y M Leung, MD, PhD
David Leventhal, MD
Kelli Lewis, MD
Li Li, MD, PhD
Shu-Yi Liao, MD, MPH, ScD
Gabriel C. Lockhart, MD
Sherstin T. Lommatzsch, MD
Steven E. Lommatzsch, MD
Bronwyn Long, DNP, MBA, ACHPN, AOCNS, ACNS-BC
David A. Lynch, MB
Kenneth E. Lyn-Kew, MD
Michelle MacDonald, MS, RDN, CDE
Sean Maddock, MD
Lisa A. Maier, MD, MSPH, FCCP
Susan M. Majka, PhD
Barry J. Make, MD
Adriel J. Malavé, MD
Kenneth C. Malcolm, PhD
Mehrnaz Maleki Fischbach, MD
Vipin Malik, MD
Mark Mallozzi, MD, MPH
Laurie A. Manka, MD
Philippa Marrack, PhD, FRS
Richard J. Martin, MD
Robert J. Mason, MD
Annyce S. Mayer, MD, MSPH
Alexandra McCubbrey, PhD
Richard T. Meehan, MD, FACP
Robert A. Meguid, MPH, MD
Kristi Melton, MSN, RN, NE-BC
Jenna Milliron, NP-C
John D. Mitchell, MD
Michael P. Mohning, MD
Camille M. Moore, PhD
Kara Mould, MD, MPH
Jennifer Moyer Darr, LCSW
Nathan Murphey, NP
Rao Mushtaq, MD
Emily A. Nauman, MA, CCC-SLP
Harold S. Nelson, MD
Michael Nevid, MD
Minh-Vu H. Nguyen, MD, MSc
Hoang Nguyen, PT, DPT
Christine Nguyen, DO
Jerry A. Nick, MD
Mari Numata-Nakamura, MD, PhD
Rebecca L. O'Brien, PhD
James K. O'Brien, MD, FACP, FCCP
Amy O'Connell, MS, CCC-SLP
J. Tod Olin, MD, MSCS
Claudia Onofrei, MD, MSc
Kanao Otsu, MD, MPH
Karin A. Pacheco, MD, MSPH
Katherine Parker, MD
Cristina Penaranda, PhD
Pranav Periyalwar, MD, FACG, FASGE
Irina Petrache, MD
Vera Pillitteri, DNP, FNP-BC
Katherine Pratte, MSPH, PhD
Nathan Rabinovitch, MD, MPH
Sandhya Rai-Sherpa, MD, PhD
Elizabeth F. Redente, PhD
Elizabeth Anne Regan, MD, PhD
R. Lee Reinhardt, PhD
Clara Restrepo, MD
Chinika Reynolds, PA-C
Paul R. Reynolds, PhD
David W H Riches, PhD
Melissa Robinson, DO
Lyndsey Roetker, AG-ACNP
Cecile S. Rose, MD, MPH
Shawn Roth, MD
Kevin Rurak, MD
Milene Saavedra, MD
Kimberly Sack, MS, PT
Howard Saft, MD, MS
Michael Salem, MD, FACS
Robert A. Sandhaus, MD, PhD, FCCP
Smarika Sapkota, MD
Lauren E. Sarnat, MD
Sarah Sasse, PhD
Lindsay Scholl, FNP-BC
Michael D. Schwartz, MD, FCCM
Jennifer Sederberg, NP
Cheri Seeley, MS, PA
Max Seibold, PhD
Savannah Shannon, PA-C
Amy Silverberg, MD
Elizabeth Devon Smith, PhD
Jamey Smyser, RPA
Serena Snow, FNP-BC
Joshua J. Solomon, MD
Neil Sondhi, MD
Amanda Stephens, MD
Evan L. Stepp, MD
Barbara Strain, RN
Matthew J. Strand, PhD
Jillian Strober-Horowitz, MS, OTR/L
Michael Strong, PhD
Jenna Summers, FNP-C
Raphael Sung, MD, FACC, FHRS
Jeff Swigris, DO, MS
Katsuyuki Takeda, MD, PhD
Jinny Tavee, MD
Trish Taylor, NP
Jennifer L. Taylor-Cousar, MD, MSCS
Shawn D. Teague, MD, FNASCI, FACR
David Tinkelman, MD
Neil W. Toribara, MD, PhD
Raul M. Torres, PhD
Camille Triebel, ANP-BC
Sheila Tsai, MD
Chandler Tucker, RDN
Vivian M. Ussui, MD, MSc
Jessica VanderKwaak, CRNA
Conner Vergoz, MA, CCC-SLP
Brian Vestal, PhD
Dennis R. Voelker, PhD
Kalie M. VonFeldt, PA-C, MS
Stacey Wall, DNP, APRN, CPNP-AC/PC
Yongbao Wang, PhD
Eileen Wang, MD, MPH
Anne Waugaman, MSN, ACNP-BC
Richard W. Weber, MD
Ryan Webster, MD
Michael E. Wechsler, MD, MMSc
Kelly Wecker, LPC, ATR
Howard D. Weinberger, MD, FACC
David Wise, PT, DPT
Catherine Wittman, MD
Chen-Shan Julia Woodcock, PhD
James Woodrow, MD
Lawrence J. Wysocki, PhD
Kathleen Yan, MD
Ivana V. Yang, PhD
Thomas Ylioja, MSW, PhD
Renee Young, DO
Zulma X. Yunt, MD
Allison Zangle, PT, DPT
Daniel Zank, MD
Pamela L. Zeitlin, MD, MPhil, PhD
Gongyi Zhang, PhD

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