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.