The Mount Sinai Asthma Program offers comprehensive, personalized treatment for adults with asthma that incorporates the very latest research into the causes and effective management of the condition.

For children with asthma, please visit our Children's Asthma Center.

Do you have Asthma?

Take this self-assessment quiz to see if you should be evaluated by one of our asthma specialists. Do you cough or have trouble breathing when exercising? Do you ever hear wheezing noises inside your chest? Do you ever cough or have trouble breathing when it's very hot or cold outside? Do you ever cough or have trouble breathing when around pets, dust, smoke, pollen, or other allergy triggers? Do you ever wake up at night because of breathing problems or coughing? If you answered "Yes" to one or more of the questions above, you may be suffering from asthma.

Appointments are available every week day and can be arranged within 24 hours if you need help right away

Highlights of the Program

• A consultation with a pulmonary specialist to evaluate your breathing problems

• An evaluation by an allergy specialist to determine if your asthma is caused by a reaction to pets, dust, smoke, pollen, or other triggers.

• An environmental assessment to identify factors in the home that may be making your asthma worse

• State-of-the-art diagnostic testing to pinpoint the exact nature and severity of your asthma, so you have just the right amount and kind of medication to keep it under control

• A personalized asthma strategy that includes developed the skills you need to manage your condition.

• Referral to our on-site specialists as needed.

In addition to treating asthma of all levels of severity, we treat special forms of the condition, including:

• Steroid-resistant asthma

• Exercise-induced asthma

• Nocturnal asthma (nighttime symptoms)

• Asthma in pregnancy

• Allergic rhinitis

• Sinus disease

• Gastroesophageal reflux disease (chronic heartburn)

• Occupational asthma

• World Trade Center-related asthma

• Stress- and emotionally-related asthma