Center for Pediatric Airway Disorders News

CHOP launched the first pediatric Advanced Diagnostic and Interventional Bronchoscopy program in the country in 2014.

Researchers demonstrated that this new method was faster, more effective and able to overcome issues associated with the current standard grafts such as donor site morbidity, insufficient tissue volume and delayed timeline.

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) researcher Riccardo Gottardi, PhD has been named a “Young Innovator of Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering” by Cellular and Molecular Bioengineering, the official journal of the Biomedical Engineering Society.

CHOP researchers have developed a coating for endotracheal tubes that prevents the growth of harmful bacteria that cause inflammation and other complications.

Updates from the Winter 20201 edition of Children's Doctor.

Dr. Ian Jacobs interviewed by Fox29 about the hidden dangers of button batteries.

On Dec. 4-5, CHOP's Center for Pediatric Airway Disorders participated in the Society for Ear, Nose and Throat Advancement in Children (SENTAC)/Aerodigestive Society 2020 Virtual Meeting.

CHOP has appointed Karen B. Zur, MD as Chief of the Division of Otolaryngology, formalizing a role she has served in an interim capacity since March 2020.

A randomized controlled trial by CHOP researchers found that changing a tracheostomy tube at four days rather than seven is safe, with fewer complications.

BS was a 6-week-old male who was in the operating room at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia for a routine hernia repair.