Dr. James Ernest Clayton, MD

Dr. Clayton is one of the best doctor's my child has seen. My son has many issues that have lasted since birth. Dr. Clayton takes the time to make sure both my son and I understand what is going on. He also interacts with my child and engages him. I strongly recommend Dr. Clayton to anyone seeking help with a pulmonologist, you will not be disappointed.

Dr. Clayton is amazing and he saved my daughter's life, literally. She had cronic bronchitis for over a year, we finally were referred to Dr. Clayton and he diagnosed her right away with chronic lung disease and several other co-diagnisis that complicated her illness. He worked as the point person for our daughter's care for over 5 years. In fact for a year he called me on his way home from work every night just to see how she was doing. She is now a 5'5" tall teenager that carries an inhaler in her purse and only needs it occasionally. Wow, he was amazing. Along the way my other two girls were diagnosed with Asthma and he spends just as much time and attention on them. He is amazing, an inspiration and a true hero!!! Thank you Dr. Clayton!

My daughter has been a patient of Dr. Clayton's since her birth 20 years ago. He is THE best in his field - there's no one better. He's thorough, listens to what parents have to say, has an incredibly wonderful and caring bedside manner, and I can't say enough good things about him and his staff. To the reviewer who gave such an awful review of Dr. Clayton, I find it hard to believe that these things happened in any visit with Dr. Clayton as this is completely out of character for him.

Doctor James Clayton has been seeing my son since he was a couple years old. Children's Hospital as well as UVA Hospital were overwhelmed with the complex nature of my sons illness. He has multiple airway problems, along with a trach, and malformed airway and lungs, along with more than 50 facial surgeries. Dr. Clayton stepped in and has kept my son healthy and alive for more than 20 years now. He calls us back, makes time to see us, he has even managed our son once when he became sick while out of town! His office staff are excellent every single form or phone call or problem that comes our way they are willing to help us with. There is no way to say enough about this man, his integrity, professionalism, compassion or intelligence. My son would not be alive today had it not been for Dr. Clayton.

Yes, my daughter went to see Dr. Clayton back in the spring time because she had a bad cough that would not go away. He refused to do an allergy test and put her on a number of medications. She was taking approx. 6 or 7 medications (one of which was causing her to vomit) and we were not seeing any results. He would not spend any time at all talking with my wife and I because he said he had to go see another patient ( total time with us was approx. 5-8 mins.), which is very unprofessional. Come to find out, we took our daughter to Children's Hospital in D.C. and the first test they did was an allergy test and it came back as her being allergic to dust mites. Keep in mind that my daughter at this time was approx. 18 months old. I was just very upset at the level of professionalism I experienced.

First all, I can not say enough wonderful things about Dr. Clayton. He has truely been an answer to our prayers. I wish we were able to see him soon then we did. My son is now 19 months old. He was born 5 weeks early and with phemonia. He spent 2 weeks in the NICU. He has strugled to stay healthy . Lots of respiatory infections , ear infections and several virus. Dr. Clayton started him on a few meds. I was overwhelmed at first. How ever it took little to no time to see the difference in my son. I live a hour away from his office, the drive is worth it. My son is doing much better. I wish i could write the full story on here, but that would take forever!!! He's a great caring doctor. Who truely cares about his patients!