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Personalized Asthma Treatment in Long Beach, CA

Asthma treatment at Woodruff Avenue should be based on a measurable gap between current and desired control.

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Clinical Overview

About Asthma Treatment in Long Beach

Asthma treatment is adjusted to symptom control, exacerbation risk, lung function, age, inhaler technique, and response. The aim is reliable control with the least treatment burden that safely achieves it, not a universal inhaler or one-time cure.

Include pharmacy or insurance barriers that interrupted access. These details show whether the issue is medication choice, delivery, adherence, exposure, diagnosis, or a combination.

The Long Beach visit can include inhaler and spacer demonstration, action-plan review, and discussion of controller strategies, allergy management, or biologic assessment for eligible patients. Changes depend on age, lung function, exacerbation risk, and previous response. An acute severe attack should not wait for routine follow-up.

For a broader clinical overview, read the asthma treatment guide.

Local clinic: Modena Health Long Beach, 3816 Woodruff Avenue, Suite 209, Long Beach, CA 90808. Phone: 562-496-4749.

Clinical references: NHLBI: Asthma Management Guidelines and FDA: Asthma.

Long Beach Care Team

Meet Physicians Serving Long Beach

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Antoinette Burke, PA-C

Physician Assistant

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Iris Kim, MD

Allergist & Immunologist

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Raffi Tchekmedyian, MD

Allergist & Immunologist

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Steven Meltzer, MD

Allergist & Immunologist

Dr. Ashley Sandoval

Ashley Sandoval, MD

Allergist & Immunologist

Frequently Asked Questions

Asthma Treatment Questions in Long Beach

The treatment visit checks whether the diagnosis and current regimen still fit, whether medicines reach the lungs correctly, and whether preventable risks are driving flares.

Options may include education, spacers, controller or rescue medicines, trigger management, immunotherapy for relevant allergy, or biologic evaluation for selected patients. Any change should be reflected in a written action plan.

Relevant information includes all inhalers, spacers, and current prescriptions, the written action plan and rescue-use history, and recent lung-function and exacerbation records. This context helps the clinician focus on evidence that can change diagnosis, treatment, or day-to-day care.

Published Patient Experience

A Long Beach Patient’s Experience With the Clinic

“I have been a patient here for a couple of years now. I'm seen once a month to receive my allergy shots. The entire staffing has always been and continues to be very welcoming and makes me feel like they truly care about my health and well-being.”

— B.C.

Insurance for This Service

Insurance for Asthma Treatment and Long-Term Management at Long Beach

Modena Health Long Beach participates with the plans and networks below. Clinic participation does not guarantee coverage for this service under every plan product.

Clinic participation, service availability and coverage are separate. Referrals, prior authorization and patient costs depend on the exact plan product. Call the clinic with the plan name shown on the member ID card to confirm current details.