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Dr. Maryellen Bridget Flaherty-Hewitt, MD is a pediatrician in New Haven, CT specializing in general pediatrics. Dr. Maryellen Bridget Flaherty-Hewitt, MD is affiliated with Yale New Haven Health and Yale Medicine, Yale New Haven Children's Hospital.
150 Sargent Drive
New Haven, CT 06511
789 Howard Avenue Dana Building
New Haven, CT 06519
800 Howard Avenue Yale Physicians Building
New Haven, CT 06519
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.
She completed residency at New York-Presbyterian Hospital. She has a state license in Connecticut.
Residency: New York-Presbyterian Hospital
Licensed In: Connecticut
Dr. Maryellen Bridget Flaherty-Hewitt, MD is associated with these hospitals and organizations:
Dr. Maryellen Bridget Flaherty-Hewitt, MD appears to accept the following insurance providers: CorVel, Great-West Healthcare, WellCare, MultiPlan, Community Care Network (CCN), United Healthcare, Aetna, TRICARE, Oxford Health Plans, Medicare, Consumer Health Network, Medicaid, Humana, Cigna, Anthem, ConnectiCare, Focus Health Solutions, Prime Health, First Health, Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS), COMPWORKS, HEALTHCARE VALUE MANAGEMENT, MANAGED COMP, HUSKY and PREFERRED HEALTH WORKS.
According to our sources, Dr. Maryellen Bridget Flaherty-Hewitt, MD accepts the following insurance providers:
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These charts describe general payments received by Dr. Maryellen Bridget Flaherty-Hewitt, MD. Doctors may receive payments for a number of reasons, including meal compensation, travel compensation, and consulting.
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GARDASIL $101 |
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Dr. Maryellen Flaherty-Hewitt is a New Haven, CT physician who specializes in general pediatrics. Her areas of expertise include obesity, schooling, and immunization (preventive vaccines). Dr. Flaherty-Hewitt is in-network for several insurance carriers, including Anthem, ConnectiCare, and Blue California. Her medical residency was performed at New York-Presbyterian Hospital and a hospital affiliated with Weill Cornell Medical College. Dr. Flaherty-Hewitt (or staff) is conversant in Spanish and Indian Languages. She is professionally affiliated with Yale New Haven Health. According to Yale New Haven Health, she is currently accepting new patients at her office in New Haven, CT.
