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Dana M. Thompson, MD, MS, MBA

Professor
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine and Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Chicago, IL, United States




Dana M. Thompson, MD, MS, MBA, FACS

Dr. Thompson serves as the Lauren D. Holinger Professor Chair of Pediatric Otolaryngology at the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago and Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. She has held faculty positions at premier institutions including the Mayo Clinic and University of Cincinnati College of Medicine/Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. In 2011 she achieved the academic rank of Professor, making her the first African American woman professor in the specialty of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery in the United States. She is a thought leader in diversity, equity and inclusion in medicine and actualizing patient-centric, value-based, and equitable care delivery models.

She has a unique hybrid of expertise in the surgical treatment and management of airway, voice, and swallowing disorders for infants, children, and adults. Her other clinical interests include Infant Apnea, Airway and Extraesophageal Manifestations of GERD, Aerodigestive Manifestations of Eosinophilic Esophagitis, Oropharyngeal Swallowing, Airway Protection, Neurolaryngology, Laryngomalacia and innovative care access and delivery models. She brings 25 years of experience as an internationally recognized airway surgeon and leader in aerodigestive medicine. The collective research contributions in laryngomalacia have influenced the surgical and medical management of the disease and she is considered one of the world’s authorities on the topic. She received the prestigious Mosher Award from the Triological Society for excellence in clinical research for her seminal work elucidating the etiology of Laryngomalacia. She has published over 100 scientific articles and 15 book chapters. Dr. Thompson is the recipient of the AAO-HNS 2013 Helen F. Krause, MD Trailblazer award, the American Laryngological Association 2015 Gabriel Tucker Award, delivered the AAO-HNSF John Conley, MD Lecture in 2019 on Medical Ethics and served as President of the American Broncho-Esophagological Association

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