Steven Ezra Sobol - Faculty Biosketch

Steven Ezra Sobol, MD, MSc, FRCS(C), FAAP

Professor of Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Staff Otolaryngologist, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (07/01/2010 - 06/30/2022)

Staff Surgeon, Center for Pediatric Airway Disorders, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Division of Otolaryngology

Otolaryngology Site Director, Middleman Family Pavilion at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, King of Prussia, PA

Director, Program Integration and Wellness, Department of Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine (07/01/2021- )

Associate Surgery Director for OR Operations and Growth, Middleman Family Pavilion at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, King of Prussia, PA (02/17/2022- )

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

Office: 215-590-3440/1582
Fax: 215-590-3986

Email:
sobols@chop.edu

Education:
BS (Physiology)
McGill University, Montreal, QC Canada, 1993.
MD
McGill University School of Medicine, Montreal, QC Canada, 1997.
M.Sc.
McGill University, Montreal, QC Canada, 2001.

Post-Graduate Training
Resident, Otolaryngology, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, McGill University, Montreal, QC Canada, 1997-2002.
Research Fellowship, Department of Molecular Biology & Immunology, Meakins-Christie Laboratories, McGill University, Montreal, QC Canada, 2000-2001.
Fellow, Pediatric Otolaryngology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 2002-2004.
Physician Leadership Program, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and Wharton Business School, University of Pennsylvania, 2016-2017.

Certifications
National Board of Medical Examiners, 1998.
Otolaryngology, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, 2002.
American Board of Otolaryngology (recertified May 2011) , 2003.

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Selected Publications

Guidi JL, Wetmore RF, Sobol SE: Risk of otitis externa following manual cerumen removal. Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology 123(7): 482-484, Jul 2014.

Cheng J, Lioy J, Sobol S: Effect of tracheostomy timing in premature infants. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology 77(11): 1873-1876, Nov 2013.

Berg E, Sobol SE, Jacobs IN: Laryngeal obstruction by cervical and endolaryngeal lymphatic malformations in children: A proposed staging system and review of treatment. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 122(9): 575-581, Sept 2013.

Elawabdeh N, Sobol SE, Blount AC, Shehata BM: Unusual presentation of extracardiac fetal rhabdomyoma of the larynx in a pediatric patient with tuberous sclerosis. Fetal Pediatr Pathol 31(1): 43-7, Feb 2013.

Cone BM, Taweevisit M, Shenoda S, Sobol S, Schemankewitz E, Shehata BM: Pharyngeal hairy polyps: Five new cases and review of the literature. Fetal Pediatr Pathol 31(3): 184-9, June 2012.

Duggal P, Naseri I, Sobol SE: The increased risk of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus neck abscesses in young children. Laryngoscope 121(1): 51-55, Jan 2011.

Lai AY, Fatemi M, Dhasarathy A, Malone C, Sobol SE, Geigerman C, Jaye DL, Mav D, Shah R, Li L, Wade PA: DNA methylation prevents CTCF-mediated silencing of the oncogene BCL6 in B cell lymphomas. J Exp Med 207(9): 1939-50, Aug 2010.

Cohen AL, Naseri I, Pinell X, Sobol SE, Gorwitz R: Treatment of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus pediatric head and neck infections: Results of a national survey of otolaryngologists in the United States J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 39(4): 468-73, Aug 2010.

Parikh S, Evans S, Sobol S, Delgaudio JD: Intracranial complications of sinusitis: The role of endoscopic sinus surgery in the acute setting. Am J Otolaryngol 31(1): 25-28, Jan-Feb 2010.

Bales CB, Sobol SE, Wetmore RF, 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, 2009.