Ralph F. Wetmore - Faculty Biosketch

Ralph F. Wetmore, MD

Emeritus Staff, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (effective 10/19/20)

Department: Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery

Contact information

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Division of Otolaryngology
3401 Civic Center Boulevard
1 Wood Center
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Office: 215-590-3440
Fax: 215-590-3986

Email:
wetmore@email.chop.edu

Education:
B.A.
Franklin and Marshall College , 1972.
M.D.
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 1976.
(Basic Review Course for Otologic Surgery)
New York Eye and Ear Infirmary (January 21-23, 1988), 1988.
(Functional Endoscopic Sinus Course)
Johns Hopkins Hospital (July 13-14, 1989), 1989.
(Advanced Techniques in Endoscopic Sinus Surgery)
University of Pennsylvania Medical Center (October 26-28, 1995), 1995.
(Leadership Develop. for MDs in Acad. Health Ctrs)
Harvard School of Public Health (October 17-29, 1999), 1999.
(Essentials of Management)
The Wharton School, Univ of PA ( December 11-16, 2005; January 23-27, 2006), 2006.
(Finance and Accounting for the Non-Financial Mgr)
The Wharton School, Univ of PA ( February 23-27, 2009), 2009.

Certifications
American Board of Otolaryngology , 1981.
Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) Provider, 2004.

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Selected Publications

Bales CB, Sobol S, Wetmore R, Elden LM: Lateral sinus thrombosis as a complication of otitis media: 10-year experience at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Pediatrics 123(2): 709-13, February 2009.

Sobol SE, Wetmore RF, Marsh RR, Stow J, Jacobs IN: Postoperative recovery after microdebrider or monopolar tonsillectomy: A prospective, randomized, blinded study. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 132: 270-274, 2006.

Sobol SE, Samadi DS, Wetmore RF: Pediatric subglottic granular cell myoblastoma. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 132: 655-657, 2005.

Wetmore RF: Management of pediatric voice disorders. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 31: 72, 2005.

Hockstein NG, Samadi DS, Gendron K, Carpentieri D, Wetmore RF: Pediatric submandibular triangle masses: A fifteen-year experience. Head Neck 26: 675-680, 2004.

Sobol SE, Jacobs IN, Levin L, Wetmore RF: Pistachio nutshell foreign body of the oral cavity in two children. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 68: 1101-1104, 2004.

Sobol SE, Samadi DS, Wetmore RF: Actinomycosis of the temporal bone: A report of a case. Ear Nose Throat J 83: 327-329, 2004.

Wetmore RF, Bartlett SP, Papsin B, Todd NW: Heterotopic gastric mucosa of the oral cavity: A rare entity? Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 66: 139-142, 2002.

Potsic WP, Korman SB, Samadi DS, Wetmore RF: Congenital cholesteatoma: Twenty years' experience at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 126: 409-414, 2002.

Potsic WP, Samadi DS, Marsh RR, Wetmore RF: A staging system for congenital cholesteatoma. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 128: 1009-1012, 2002.

Elden LM, Wetmore RF, Potsic WP: Otolaryngologic Disorders. Pediatric Surgery, 7th Ed. Coran AG, Caldamone A, Adzick NS, Krummel TM, Laberge J, Shamberger R (eds.) (eds.). Mosby (Elsevier, Inc.), Page: 707-728, 2012.

Pediatric Otolaryngology: Principles and Practice Pathways, 2nd ed. Wetmore RF, Muntz HR, McGill TJ (eds.). Thieme Medical Publishers, New York, NY, 2012.

Wetmore RF: Management of Acute Airway Obstruction. Pediatric Otolaryngology: Principles and Practice Pathways, 2nd ed. Wetmore RF, Muntz HR, McGill TJ (eds.). Thieme Medical Publishers, New York, NY, Page: 757-770, 2012.