Steven D. Handler, MD, MBE
Emeritus Professor CE of Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery
Hospital Staff Level 1 Attending, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Department of Surgery, Division of Otolaryngology
Member, Committee on Admissions, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Department: Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery
Contact information
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Division of Otolaryngology
The Hub for Clinical Collaboration
3500 Civic Center Boulevard, 5th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Division of Otolaryngology
The Hub for Clinical Collaboration
3500 Civic Center Boulevard, 5th Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-590-3440/1582
Fax: 215-590-3986
Fax: 215-590-3986
Email:
handler@email.chop.edu
handler@email.chop.edu
Education:
BS (Psychology)
Yale College, 1968.
MD
UCLA School of Medicine, 1972.
MBE (Bioethics)
University of Pennsylvania, 2004.
Permanent linkBS (Psychology)
Yale College, 1968.
MD
UCLA School of Medicine, 1972.
MBE (Bioethics)
University of Pennsylvania, 2004.
Description of Clinical Expertise
Teaching pediatric otolaryngology to pediatrics residents:Each of the CHOP PGY 1 residents spends a morning session with me, while I am seeing 30-40 outpatients, learning important points regarding the pediatric ear examination and management of ear diseases.
Medical Ethics: I teach medical ethics and professionalism to Penn Medical students in their Doctoring courses, and in yearly Human Research and Clincal Ethics courses. I also conduct a year long ethics curricula for our Pediatric Otolaryngology Fellows.
Electronic Health Record:
I am fully committed to faciliting CHOP's transformation to digital medical records. I am one of the executive sponsers and Clincal champion of the Department of Surgery in this multi-pronged initiative.
Description of Other Expertise
I have developed a simple model of the tympanic membrane to aid in teaching techniques of myringotomy and tympanostomy tube insertion and tympanocentesis to medical students and residents.Selected Publications
Dave SP, Handler SD: Auricular injury with deformity following delivery by cesarean section. Ear, Nose & Throat Journal 87(3): 128, March 2008.Baum ED, Elden LM, Handler SD, Tom LWC: Management of hypopharyngeal and esophageal perforations in children. Ear, Nose & Throat Journal 87(1): 44-47, January 2008.
Samadi, DS, Shah UK, Handler SD.: Choanal atresia: A twenty-year review of medical comorbidities and surgical outcomes. Laryngoscope 113, 2003.
Kang PB, Phuah HK, Zimmerman RA, Handler SD, Dure LS, Ryan SH.: Medial medullary injury during adenoidectomy. Journal of Pediatrics 138, 2001.
Kim S, Handler SD.: Traumatic perilymphatic fistulas in children: etiology diagnosis and management. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology 60, 2001.
Agarwal RP, Handler SD, Matthews MR, Carpentieri D.: Pilomatrixoma of the head and neck in children. Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery 125, 2001.
Puchalski R, Shah UK, Carpentieri D, McLaughlin R, Handler SD.: Melanotic neuroectodermal tumor of infancy (MNTI) of the hard palate: Presentation and management. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology 53: 163-168, 2000.
Suskind DL, Tavill MA, Handler SD: Doxyclycline sclerotherapy of benign lymphoepithelial cysts of the parotid: A minimally invasive treatment. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology 52: 157-161, 2000.
Solot CB, Knightly C, Handler SD et al: Communication disorders in the 22q11.2 microdeletion syndrome. Journal of Communicative Disorders 33(3): 187-204, 2000.
Padon AA, Handler S: This Won’t Hurt A Bit: Truth-telling to Children. The Penn Center Guide to Bioethics. Ravitsky, V, Fiester A, Caplan A (eds.). Springer, Page: 461-472, 2009.
Rickert SM, Handler SD: Disease of the Salivary Glands. Pediatric Otolaryngology. Principles and Practice Pathways, 2nd ed. Wetmore RF, Muntz HR, McGill TJ (eds.). Thieme Medical Publishers, New York, NY, Page: 620-629, 2012.