Mohon to join School of Medicine in April

Ricky Mohon, a pediatric pulmonologist and sleep medicine physician, will officially join the University of Colorado School of Medicine as the Department of Pediatrics Pulmonary Division on April 1. He will become the university’s pediatric pulmonary fellowship program director and its pediatric sleep program medical director.

Mohon, a resident of Johnson City, Tenn., treats ailments of the lungs and respiratory system in children. He currently is one of only 14 of these specialists in Tennessee who also practice pediatric sleep medicine. Pediatric sleep medicine deals with the same sleep disorders as adults, including sleep apnea, narcolepsy and other complications.