The University of Michigan Pediatric Otolaryngology Fellowship provides hands-on experience caring for the full breadth of pediatric otolaryngology cases. Surgical experience is abundant for open airway reconstruction, airway endoscopy, cochlear implantation, bone conduction devices, chronic ear surgery, head and neck tumors, sleep surgery, microtia reconstruction, surgical treatment of velopharyngeal, cleft, insufficiency and rhinology. The fellowship, directed by Lauren A. Bohm, M.D., was established in 2008 and matches one fellow per year. The program is accredited by the ACGME, with the first year of accreditation in 2013-2014.
Additional program faculty include:
- David J. Brown, M.D., Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
- Karen A. Cooper, M.D., Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
- Glenn E. Green, M.D., Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
- Erin M. Kirkham, M.D., M.P.H., Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
- Marci M. Lesperance, M.D., M.S., Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery; Associate Chief Clinical Officer, Children’s Specialty and Women’s Services
- Terrence Pleasant, M.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Residency Program Pediatric Education Lead
- Patricia Purcell, M.D., M.P.H., Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
- Marc C. Thorne, M.D., M.P.H., Division Chief, Pediatric Otolaryngology; Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery; Medical Director, Pediatric Otolaryngology Ambulatory Care Unit
- David A. Zopf, M.D., Associate Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery; Affiliate Professor, Biomedical Engineering