New Airway and Esophageal Center at SCH

Seattle Children's is proud to announce the opening of a new Airway and Esophageal Center serving babies, children and teens through age 20. UW Oto faculty members Sanjay Parikh, MD, FACS, Kaalan Johnson, MD, Kathy Sie, MD, and Jake Dahl, MD, PhD, MBA, FACS, collaboratively launched the center with colleagues from pulmonary, GI, pediatric surgery, speech, and many others. The center provides seamless, multidisciplinary care from a highly experienced team of experts for patients who have complex conditions affecting their airway, breathing, and swallowing.

“Due to these patients’ complexity and need for care from many different specialists throughout their childhood, it’s essential they receive well-coordinated care from experts who are working as an integrated team and communicating regularly,” says Dr. Dahl. “We have created the Airway and Esophageal Center expressly for that purpose, with care coordination and wraparound services built in to ensure our patients don’t just survive, they thrive.”