When your child struggles with complex breathing, feeding or swallowing challenges, you want answers you can trust. The Aerodigestive Clinic at OSF HealthCare Children’s Hospital of Illinois brings together highly specialized expertise to evaluate and treat conditions affecting your child’s aerodigestive tract.
The Aerodigestive Clinic is a multidisciplinary program staffed by board-certified pediatric specialists from both OSF HealthCare and the University of Illinois College of Medicine Peoria (UICOMP). These specialists work together to support coordinated care when aerodigestive expertise is part of your child’s overall treatment plan.
Aerodigestive care focuses on the connected structures that support breathing, swallowing, speaking and digestion, including the airway, throat, voice box and esophagus. Because these systems work closely together, challenges in one area can affect the entire aerodigestive system.
The aerodigestive clinic brings together every specialist your child needs, from pediatric pulmonology, gastroenterology, surgery and otolaryngology providers to speech-language pathologists, respiratory therapists, dietitians and social services.
This team coordinates everything your child needs in a single visit, so every test, every question and every next step is handled before you ever leave the office. This is care designed to treat your whole child—not just one symptom at a time.
We create personalized treatment plans for a wide variety of pediatric aerodigestive disorders, including:
Your child will have access to a broad range of specialized services designed to treat and manage complex aerodigestive conditions.
Our services include:
When you arrive, you’ll check in at the Zone 1 registration desk, where a nurse navigator will meet your family and guide you through the visit. They’ll serve as your main point of contact, help coordinate communication with your child’s primary care provider and ensure your care stays seamless. Your team of physicians will also meet with you together, so everyone is on the same page and you don’t have to repeat your child’s information.
During your first visit, you’ll meet the specialists who make up your child’s care team, including:
Each visit is designed to be comprehensive and family-centered, giving you a clear picture of what you need to do, any additional evaluations or therapies your child may need and how the team will coordinate ongoing care. You’ll leave with a unified plan and the confidence that every aspect of your child’s aerodigestive health is being addressed in one place by a team working together on their behalf.
At the OSF Children’s Hospital Aerodigestive Clinic, your child receives care from every specialist they need, all working together in one coordinated visit. This collaborative approach means you’ll get answers faster, a treatment plan tailored to your child and fewer appointments across multiple locations.
Families from across the region turn to the aerodigestive clinic for advanced diagnostics, specialized surgical care and therapy-based support focused on helping your child breathe easier, eat more safely and reach their fullest potential.
We put families at the center of every decision, partnering with you to create a plan designed around your child’s needs and long-term health.
To schedule an appointment, please ask your child’s primary care provider to submit a referral to the Aerodigestive Clinic. Need a primary care provider? Browse our directory.
Pediatric General Surgery
Pediatric Otolaryngology, Ear, Nose & Throat
Pediatric Gastroenterology
Pediatric Pulmonology