Lawrence Wah-Chan Tom, MD
Emeritus Associate Professor CE of Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery
Associate Surgeon, Division of Otolaryngology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (Level I, Hospital Staff)
Department: Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery
Contact information
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Division of Otolaryngology
3401 Civic Center Blvd.
1 Wood Center
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Division of Otolaryngology
3401 Civic Center Blvd.
1 Wood Center
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-590-3440
Fax: 215-590-3986
Fax: 215-590-3986
Email:
tom@email.chop.edu
tom@email.chop.edu
Education
B.S. (Biology)
Trinity College, 1971.
M.D.
Tulane University, 1975.
Permanent linkB.S. (Biology)
Trinity College, 1971.
M.D.
Tulane University, 1975.
Selected Publications
Elden LM, Reinders ME, Kazahaya K, Tom LWCT: Management of isolated sphenoid sinus disease in children: A surgical perspective. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology 75: 1594-1598, December 2011.Thorne MC, Dunham BP, Tom LWC : Delayed facial paresis following tympanomastoid surgery in a pediatric patient ENT Journal 89: 357-61, 2010.
Dunham B, Guttenberg M, Morrison W, Tom L: The histologic relationship of preauricular sinuses to auricular cartilage. Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery 135(12): 1262-65, December 2009.
Baum ED, Elden LM, Handler SD, Tom LWC: Management of hypopharyngeal and esophageal perforations in children. ENT Journal 87(1): 44-47, January 2008.
Germiller JA, Monin DL, Sparano AM, Tom LWC: Intracranial complications of sinusitis in children and adolescent and their outcomes. Archives of Otolaryngology Head Neck Surgery 132: 969-976, September 2006.
Sobol S, Samadi DS, Kazahaya K, Tom LWC: Trends in the management of pediatric chronic sinusitis: Survey of the American Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology. Laryngoscope 115: 78-80, 2005.
Ross AT, Kazahaya K, Tom LWC: Revisiting outpatient tonsillectomy in young children. Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 128: 226-231, 2003.
Samadi DS, Hockstein NG, Tom LWC: Pediatric intraparotid Castleman's disease. Annals of Otology, Rhinology, & Laryngology 112: 813-816, 2003.
Tom LWC: The ototoxicity of common topical antimycotic preparations. Laryngoscope 110: 509-516, 2000.
Medina J, Tom LWC, Marsh RR, Bilaniuk L: Development of the paranasal sinuses in children. American Journal of Rhinology 13(1): 23-30, 1999.