Faculty By Division

ENT (Ear, Nose, Throat): Pediatric
Otolaryngology

Division Chief: Alan G. Cheng, MD

Alan G. Cheng, MD
Edward C. and Amy H. Sewall Professor of Otolaryngology — Head & Neck Surgery and, by courtesy, of Pediatrics

Chief of Pediatric Otolaryngology, Director of the Clinician-Scientist Training Program

Kay W. Chang, MD
Professor of Otolaryngology — Head & Neck Surgery and, by courtesy, of Pediatrics
Mai Thy Truong, MD
Associate Professor of Otolaryngology — Head & Neck Surgery and, by courtesy, of Pediatrics

Clinic Chief  of Pediatric Otolaryngology, Fellowship Director of Pediatric Otolaryngology

Douglas Sidell, MD
Associate Professor of Otolaryngology — Head & Neck Surgery and, by courtesy, of Pediatrics
Iram Ahmad, MD, MME
Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology — Head & Neck Surgery and, by courtesy, of Pediatrics
Tulio Valdez, MD, MSc
Professor of Otolaryngology — Head & Neck Surgery and, by courtesy, of Pediatrics

Member of the California Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology and Hearing Aid Dispensers Board

Kara Meister, MD, FAAP, FACS
Clinical Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology — Head & Neck Surgery

Associate Clinic Chief of Pediatric Otolaryngology

Karthik Balakrishnan, MD, MPH, FAAP, FACS
Associate Professor of Otolaryngology — Head & Neck Surgery

Susan B. Ford Surgeon-in-Chief at Stanford Children's Health, Co-chair at Stanford Medicine Teamwork Advisory Committee, Medical Director at LPCH Surgical Performance Improvement

Grace Soon Kim
Affiliate, Dean's Office Operations - Dean Other Fellow in Graduate Medical Education Resident in Otolaryngology (Head and Neck Surgery)
Taseer Feroze Din
Clinical Instructor, Otolaryngology (Head and Neck Surgery)

Drs. Alan Cheng, Kay Chang, Mai Thy Truong, Douglas Sidell,  Iram N. Ahmad, Tulio A. Valdez, Kara Meister, and Karthik Balakrishnan offer comprehensive diagnosis and management of ear, nose, and throat disorders in infants and children.

Some examples of pediatric ear problems include otitis media, cholesteatoma, hearing loss, and birth defects (atresia). Problems with the tonsils and adenoids, airway obstruction (e.g., stridor, subglottic stenosis), nasal deformity and polyps, neck masses, craniofacial malformation, and a wide variety of other childhood ENT problems are expertly managed with a special sensitivity to the needs of children and their families.

Comprehensive Pediatric Audiology services are offered including both diagnostic and rehabilitative (e.g., hearing aids, auditory trainers for school) modalities.

Pediatric Otolaryngology

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