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Abigail Strang, MD

Pulmonology

Primary Office

ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Children's Hospital, Delaware ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Children's Hospital, Delaware 1600 Rockland Road Wilmington, DE 19803 Appointment: (800) 416-4441

Other Offices

Why I Treat Children

Even in the face of adversity and medical challenges, children show remarkable resilience. My patients inspire me on a daily basis to be the best physician I can be. I chose to specialize in pediatric pulmonary medicine and sleep medicine because these conditions affect a large amount of the general population, and I wanted to help children with a wide variety of disorders to live happy and healthy lives.

What I'm Passionate About

I am passionate about helping each family learn to understand their child’s condition. By working with my patients to help them understand their underlying condition, triggers and treatments, my goal is to enable families to manage their children’s condition at home and stay out of the hospital as much as possible. I enjoy getting to know my patients and what activities they like to do when they are well. My proudest moments are seeing my patients doing what they love when healthy.   Some of the conditions I’m especially interested in with my practice include: aerodigestive tract disorders asthma pulmonary conditions related to cerebral palsy ventilator dependency

Education & Training

Fellowship

  • Sleep Medicine - Boston Children's Hospital, 2018
  • Pediatric Pulmonology - Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson, 2017

Internship Residency

  • Pediatrics - Thomas Jefferson Univ / A.I.duPont Hosp Children, 2014

Medical/Dental School

  • MD - Thomas Jefferson University - Medical College, 2011

Board Certifications

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

Insurance Accepted

  • Aetna Better Health PA Kids HMO
  • Aetna HMO
  • Aetna PPO/EPO/POS
  • Aetna PPO/POS/EPO
  • Amerihealth Caritas DE - PENNSYLVANIA SPECIALISTS ONLY
  • 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 Blue Cross Blue Shield of Pennsylvania
  • 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)
  • Keystone First Medicaid HMO
  • Maryland Medicaid
  • Multiplan PPO
  • National Transplant (Humana)
  • New Jersey Medicaid
  • Olympus Managed Healthcare PPO DE/PA
  • Olympus Managed Healthcare PPO NJ
  • 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

Dr. Strang’s research interests include:

  • Pediatric sleep medicine 
  • Improving management of children with complex medical care needs, including tracheostomies

  • Polysomnographic characteristics and treatment modalities in a referred population of children with trisomy 21; Frontiers in Pediatrics; (2023).

  • School nurses: Researcher and clinician collaborations to address paediatric health inequities; Journal of Advanced Nursing; (2023).

  • Daytime Sleepiness in Children With Asthma: Examining Respiratory and Non-respiratory Factors.; Cureus; (2023).

  • Permanent standard time is the optimal choice for health and safety: an American Academy of Sleep Medicine position statement.; Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine; (2023).

  • Acceptability and feasibility of a brief behavioral sleep intervention for youth with CF; Journal of Cystic Fibrosis; (2023).

  • A Qualitative Exploration of Sleep Habits and Intervention Needs Among Youth with Cystic Fibrosis; Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings; (2022).

  • Adolescent E-cigarette or Vaping Use-Associated Lung Injury in the Delaware Valley: A Review of Hospital-Based Presentation, Management, and Outcomes; Cureus; (2022).

  • Youth, mental health, and sleep; Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine; (2022).

  • Prolonged remission following refractory pulmonary capillaritis in a young child.; Pediatric pulmonology; (2021).

  • Child and teen sleep and pandemic-era school; Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine; (2021).

  • Comparing decannulation failures and successes in pediatric tracheostomy: An 18-year experience; Pediatric Pulmonology; (2021).

  • Machine learning for automatic identification of thoracoabdominal asynchrony in children; Pediatric Research; (2021).

  • Diagnostic differences in respiratory breathing patterns and work of breathing indices in children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy; PLoS ONE; (2020).

  • Status asthmaticus requiring extracorporeal membrane oxygenation associated with rhinovirus infection; Journal of Asthma; (2020).

  • Persistent central apnea and long-term outcome after posterior fossa decompressive surgery for Arnold Chiari type 1 malformation in a pediatric patient; Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine; (2019).

  • Measures of respiratory inductance plethysmography (RIP) in children with neuromuscular disease; Pediatric Pulmonology; (2018).

  • Risk factor analysis for mortality among infants requiring tracheostomy; Pediatric Pulmonology; (2018).

  • Pseudomonas eradication and clinical effectivness of Ivacaftor in four Hispanic patients with S549N; Pediatric Pulmonology; (2017).

  • English