Pediatric otolaryngologists at Le Bonheur provide medical and surgical treatment for children with disease of the ear, nose and throat. We treat more than 6,000 children and perform more than 2,000 surgeries each year.
Services include:
- Airway reconstruction
- Adenoid removal
- Cleft lip/cleft palate
- Cochlear implants
- Ear anomalies, including deafness
- Ear tubes
- External ear reconstruction
- Minimally invasive airway surgery
- Neck masses
- Non-bleed/ Skull-based conditions
- Papilloma virus laser removal
- Sinus surgery
- Sleep apnea surgery
- Swallowing and speech disorders
- Thyroid conditions
- Tonsillectomy
Multi-Disciplinary Clinics:
- Aerodigestive Clinic
- Complex Ear/Hearing Loss Clinic
- ENT/Allergy Clinic
- Fiberoptic Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES) or Swallowing Clinic
A team of experts
The team includes four board-certified, fellowship-trained pediatric otolaryngologists, who work with Le Bonheur’s audiologists and speech-language pathologists. Our physicians are also finding new ways to treat their patients. They have published in more than 300 publications and made more than 500 clinical presentations.
Our otolaryngologists often work with a team of pediatric specialists. For example, airway problems are treated by a team of pediatric otolaryngologists, pulmonologists, gastroenterologists and general surgeons. Cleft lips or palates are repaired by pediatric plastic surgeons and otolaryngologists.
State-of-the-art treatment
- Physicians use CO2 fiber optic lasers to remove human papilloma virus (HPV) in the airway, allowing for maximum removal.
- Cochlear implantation and programming helps children reach their full hearing potential.
- Our experts use facial nerve monitoring during surgery to reduce the risk of damaging facial nerves.
- Specialists use the Inspire sleep implant as a minimally invasive treatment for patients with sleep apnea.
- We offer in-office ear tube placement that allows for quick relief of chronic ear infections without the need for general anesthesia or an operating room.
- Image-guided sinus surgery allows physicians to precisely treat chronic sinus infections or structural issues.
- Our experts perform facial plastic reconstruction to treat congenital anomalies, trauma injuries and other conditions affecting the face, head and neck.
