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Dr. Charles Mac Bergman, MD is a physician provider in Brooklyn, NY specializing in physician, trauma surgery, pediatric critical care and critical care (intensive care medicine). Dr. Charles Mac Bergman, MD is affiliated with NewYork-Presbyterian and Pediatric Critical Care Medicine at NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital.
Asthma
Asthma is a chronic lung disease where the tissue and airways of the lungs become extremely sensitive to certain substances. When these substances are breathed in, the lungs become inflamed. The muscles around the airways tighten and squeeze the lungs, and passages within the lungs swell and tighten. The airways themselves produce mucus, which further clogs the tightened, swollen airways. A person having an asthma attack finds it very difficult to breathe, and a severe attack can even be fatal.
Asthma affects people of all ages, but people with asthma are most often diagnosed as children. Symptoms can include wheezing, a tight feeling in the chest, shortness of breath, and coughing. Some people have mild symptoms all the time, and some people have no symptoms at all, but everyone with asthma is susceptible to occasional severe attacks or flare-ups of symptoms when they are exposed to triggers. Triggers vary widely but can include:
Treatment for most asthma patients involves three steps. Patients learn what their asthma triggers are and avoid them. They take a daily control medication, usually an inhaled corticosteroid, to reduce inflammation in the lungs. Also, they have rescue medication with them at all times to take in case of a severe attack. These quick-acting inhaled medications relax the muscles around the airways and allow the lungs to open up for air.
There is no cure for asthma, but with treatment it should not interfere with daily life and activities.
He is certified by the Board Certification: pediatrics and has a state license in New York.
Board Certification: Board Certification: pediatrics
Licensed In: New York
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Dr. Charles Mac Bergman, MD appears to accept the following insurance providers: AETNA, GHI, Health Insurance Plan of NY (HIP), Anthem Blue Cross/Blue Shield, United Healthcare, Oxford Health Plans, VNSNY CHOICE and Aetna - NYP.
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Dr. Charles Bergman is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at Weill Cornell Medicine as well as an Assistant Attending Pediatrician at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center and NYP Komansky Children's Hospital, and NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital. Dr. Bergman earned his Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Biochemistry at the University of Miami, and his medical degree (M.D.) from the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University.  He completed Pediatric residency training at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, where he was also selected as Chief Resident. He continued his training at NYP/Weill Cornell, completing a Fellowship in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. His research interests include translational simulation. In addition to his clinical work, Dr. Bergman is dedicated to medical education of pediatric residents and Pediatric Critical Care Medicine fellows.
