The Asthma Atlas is a project of the University of Chicago Asthma Center and the Chicago Asthma Consortium, funded by the Otho S.A. Sprague Memorial Institute.

The purpose of the Atlas is to provide Chicago-based community asthma groups with outcome data to be used in the fight against asthma.

Data for the Chicago Asthma Atlas was provided by the Illinois Department of Public Aid and by OSCO Pharmacies (Part of the Albertson's Incorporated Drug Division).

Please note that for data provided by both OSCO Pharmacies, and The Illinois Department of Public Aid (IDPA), patient and physician confidentiality was strictly maintained. No personally identifiable information was provided by either IDPA or OSCO Pharmacies for this atlas. All data is available only in aggregate form by zip code.

The University of Chicago Asthma Center is dedicated to the promotion of excellence in asthma care, research, and education, both within the institution and in the larger community.

In recognition of the complexity of the problems that asthma presents, and of the valuable contributions to be made by a wide range of professionals, the Asthma Center is a multidisciplinary enterprise. Asthma Center partners include specialist physicians, primary care and emergency physicians, basic scientists, nurses, respiratory therapists, social workers, and experts in the fields of education, environmental studies, and health studies.

Activities within the Asthma Center are as diverse as its personnel. Clinical care for people with asthma is provided in a variety of contexts: in adult and pediatric pulmonary clinics, in ear-nose-throat clinic, in pediatric and adult primary care clinics, in obstetrics, in the emergency department, and on inpatient wards. State-of-the-art asthma testing is available in the Pulmonary Function Laboratory. Research ranges from bench science to clinical studies to epidemiological and health care utilization analysis. Outreach to the community takes the form of educational events open to the public, programs in the Chicago Public schools, participation in health fairs, and cooperation with the Chicago Asthma Consortium and other community groups. The Asthma Center supports education of physicians in the latest principles of asthma care through programs for our own University of Chicago medical students and residents, as well as through continuing education offerings for physicians throughout the Chicagoland area.


For further information, please contact:

Edward T. Naureckas, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care
University of Chicago
5841 S. Maryland MC 6026
Chicago, IL 60637


email: tnaureka@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu