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    Vandna Passi, MD

    Pulmonology
    (800) 416-4441
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    Primary Office

    Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware 1600 Rockland Road Wilmington, DE 19803
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    Appointment: (800) 416-4441

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    Get to Know Me

    Dr. Vandna Passi is a pediatric pulmonologist at Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children. She's an author of peer-reviewed medical journal articles, an invited presenter and an active researcher.

    Why I Treat Children

    I always wanted to work with children, and knew I wanted to be a pediatrician since I finished college. Then, in medical school, I spent a lot of my fourth year in pediatric subspecialties. Now, I get a lot of satisfaction seeing my patients over the long term — I can see their progress and development, and watch them as they grow. Children are such fun to work with and it can be simpler to approach their health issues than with adults. It's very fulfilling.One reason I chose pediatric pulmonology was because I liked the mix of being able to see and help children on an outpatient basis (helping kids on well and sick visits in our clinic) and also provide inpatient care to children who are acutely sick and admitted to the hospital.

    What I'm Passionate About

    In my residency, I saw a lot of inner-city children. Many became seriously ill simply because their asthma wasn't being cared for, they hadn't been diagnosed properly, or they (and their families) hadn't been properly educated on how to manage their care. This was way more common than it should have been. I knew I wanted to help these kids, as well as all those who had other pulmonology issues, too. I'm passionate about working with patients and families to educate them on the conditions they’re dealing with, and how to prevent serious episodes and achieve the best possible quality of life. I'm also passionate about our hospital and staff continually setting best practices for treating children with pulmonology conditions and following those procedures routinely. I'm especially interested in these procedures being followed in our intensive care unit (ICU), as well as in our neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and outpatient clinic.

    How I Try to Make A Difference

    A big part of what I do is educate families on what they need to know regarding their child's condition and health, including proper medication and care. I can't be with their child at all times, so it's really about empowering each family to help their child's quality of life. In children with asthma, for instance, I feel they should never be limited. Together with their family, I want to help them do whatever they want to do in life.

    Education & Training

    Fellowship

    • Pediatric Pulmonology - Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, 2014

    Residency

    • Pediatrics - Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, 2011

    Medical/Dental School

    • M.D. - UMDNJ Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, 2007

    Board Certifications

    • American Board of Pediatrics/General Pediatrics
    • American Board of Pediatrics/Pediatric Pulmonology

    Insurance Accepted

    • Aetna Better Health PA Kids HMO
    • Aetna HMO
    • Aetna PPO/EPO/POS
    • Aetna PPO/POS/EPO
    • Amerihealth Caritas Delaware
    • Amerihealth Caritas Delaware NJ
    • Carefirst MD Community Health Plan Mcaid
    • Cigna & Great West HMO/POS/EPO
    • Cigna & Great West PPO
    • Cigna/Great West HMO EPO POS
    • Cigna/Great West PPO
    • Delaware First Health
    • Delaware Medicaid/Diamond State
    • Delaware Medicare
    • Devon Health Services
    • Fidelis Care NJ Medicaid HMO
    • First Health/Affordable PPO
    • Geisinger Health Plan Commercial
    • Global Medical Managment DE/PA
    • Global Medical Mangment NJ
    • Health Partners Medicaid/Kidz Partner HMO
    • Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware
    • Highmark Medicaid Health Options
    • Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey
    • Independance Blue Cross/Amerihealth/Keystone Health Plan
    • Insurance Administrators of America
    • INTEGRA Administrative Group (ClaimsBridge)
    • Interlink Transplant
    • Keystone First Medicaid HMO
    • Lifetrac Transplant
    • Maryland Medicaid
    • Multiplan PPO
    • National Transplant (Humana)
    • New Jersey Medicaid
    • Pennsylvania Medicaid
    • Plan Vista/NPPN PPO
    • Preferred Healthcare PPO
    • Private Health Care Systems (PHCS)
    • Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS)
    • Qualcare HMO/POS/PPO
    • Star Healthcare Network
    • Star Healthcare Network
    • Three Rivers Provider Network
    • Tricare/Humana Military Health Services/CHAMPVA
    • United Healthcare of the Mid-Atlantic
    • UPMC MCAID/CHIP PA DE
    • UPMC Medicaid
    • US Family Health Plan
    • Wellpoint Maryland Medcaid

    • Apnea
    • Asthma
    • Cystic Fibrosis
    • Sleep Disorders

    Research Activities

    Current and past research includes:

    • Helium-oxygen versus nitrogen-oxygen administered with vapotherm for management of respiratory distress in toddlers with bronchiolitis
    • Comparing the impulse oscillometry system in the detection of upper airway resistance to polysomnography in obese children suspected to have obstructive sleep apnea
    • Clinical study evaluating the prevalence of restless legs syndrome (RLS) in sleep apnea patients
    • Clinical study evaluating prevalence of RLS patients in population of patients with other neuromuscular disorders such as Tourette syndrome, Parkinson’s disease and essential tremor

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