Center for Airway Disorders | Meet Our Team | Boston Children's Hospital

Directors

Reza Rahbar, DMD, MD

Associate Otolaryngologist-in-Chief; Director, Center for Airway Disorders; Co-Director, Head, Neck and Skull Base Surgery Program Professor of Otolaryngology, Harvard Medical School

Associate, Department of Cardiac Surgery; Surgical Director, Cardiac Surgery Fellowship Program; Surgical Director, Ventricular Assist Device Program; Surgical Director, Heart Transplant Program; Surgical Director, Lung Transplant Program; Co-Director, Center for Airway Disorders Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Associate Directors

Karen F. Watters, MB, BCh, BAO, MPH

Associate, Department of Otolaryngology and Communication Enhancement Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology, Harvard Medical School

Sukgi Choi, MD

Associate, Department of Otolaryngology and Communication Enhancement Senior Lecturer in Otolaryngology, Harvard Medical School

Physician Assistants

Tara Burgess, PA-C

Surgical Physician Assistant, Department of Otolaryngology and Communication Enhancement

Erica Johnson, PA-C

Surgical Physician Assistant, Department of Otolaryngology and Communication Enhancement

Jessica Park, PA-C

Surgical Physician Assistant, Department of Otolaryngology and Communication Enhancement

Program Administration

Rachel Kulig

Program Administration Manager, Center for Airway Disorders

Meaghan Maddock

Program Coordinator, Center for Airway Disorders

Paige Palmer

Administrative Associate, Center for Airway Disorders

Consulting Physicians:

Allergy

John J. Lee, MD

Clinical Director, Food Allergy Program; Allergy Director, Eosinophilic Gastrointestinal Disease (EGID) Program Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Anesthesiology

Lynne Ferrari, MD

Division Chief, Perioperative Anesthesia; Senior Associate in Perioperative Anesthesia, Department of Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine; Medical Director, Perioperative Services + OR, BCH Associate Professor of Anaesthesia, Harvard Medical School

Cardiology

Roger Breitbart, MD

Chief, Inpatient Cardiology Division Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

David Brown, MD

Director, Fellowship Training; Kimbrel Family Chair Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Mary Mullen, MD, PhD

Attending, Department of Cardiology Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Cardiothoracic Surgery

Christopher W. Baird, MD

Associate, Department of Cardiac Surgery; Director, Heart Valve Program; Co-Director, Vascular Ring & Airway Program; Surgical Director, Pulmonary Vein Stenosis Program Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Pedro J. del Nido, MD

Chairman, Department of Cardiac Surgery William E. Ladd Professor of Child Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Sitaram Emani, MD

Associate, Department of Cardiac Surgery; Surgical Director, Adult Congenital Heart Program; Director, Complex Biventricular Repair Program Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Francis Fynn-Thompson, MD

Associate, Department of Cardiac Surgery; Surgical Director, Cardiac Surgery Fellowship Program; Surgical Director, Ventricular Assist Device Program; Surgical Director, Heart Transplant Program; Surgical Director, Lung Transplant Program; Co-Director, Center for Airway Disorders Associate Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Endocrinology

Jessica Smith, MD

Associate Medical Director, Thyroid Center; Attending Physician, Division of Endocrinology Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Gastroenterology

Rachel Rosen, MD, MPH

Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition; Director, Aerodigestive Center Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Eitan Rubinstein, MD

Attending, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition; Director of Gastroenterology, Waltham Satellite Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Daniel Duncan, MD, MPH

Attending Physician, Aerodigestive Program Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Michael Manfredi, MD

Attending Physician, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition; Medical Director, Esophageal and Airway Treatment Center Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

General Surgery

Thomas Hamilton, MD

Assistant Program Director, Pediatric Surgery Fellowship Program; Attending Surgeon, Esophageal Atresia Treatment Program Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Russell W. Jennings, MD

Surgical Director, Esophageal and Airway Treatment Center Associate Professor of Pediatric Surgery, Harvard Medical School

Genetics

Joan Stoler, MD

Clinical Geneticist, Division of Genetics and Genomics Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Neurology

David K. Urion, MD, FAAN

Associate, Department of Neurology; Charles F. Barlow Chair in Neurology; Director, Education; Associate Director, Child Neurology and Neurodevelopmental Disabilities Residency Training Programs; Director, Behavioral Neurology Clinics and Programs; Co-Chair, Ethics Advisory Committee Associate Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School

Neurosurgery

Mark Proctor, MD

Neurosurgeon-in-Chief; Director, Brain Injury Center Professor, Harvard Medical School

Otolaryngology

Reza Rahbar, DMD, MD

Associate Otolaryngologist-in-Chief; Director, Center for Airway Disorders; Co-Director, Head, Neck and Skull Base Surgery Program Professor of Otolaryngology, Harvard Medical School

Karen F. Watters, MB, BCh, BAO, MPH

Associate, Department of Otolaryngology and Communication Enhancement Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology, Harvard Medical School

Sukgi Choi, MD

Associate, Department of Otolaryngology and Communication Enhancement Senior Lecturer in Otolaryngology, Harvard Medical School

Pulmonary

Thomas Martin, MD

Director, Pulmonary Function Laboratory Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Kara Elizabeth May, MD

Attending Physician, Division of Pulmonary Medicine Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School

Tregony Simoneau, MD

Assistant in Medicine, Division of Pulmonary Medicine

Gary Visner, DO

Medical Director, Lung Transplantation Program; Attending Physician, Division of Pulmonary Medicine Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School