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Erin Kirkham, M.D., M.P.H., FACS is a board-certified, fellowship-trained pediatric otolaryngologist at C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, and an assistant professor and clinical researcher in the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Michigan. She earned her medical degree from the University of Chicago and her Master’s in Public Health in Epidemiology at the University of Washington in Seattle. She completed residency training and a two-year research fellowship in otolaryngology at the University of Washington and fellowship training in pediatric otolaryngology at Seattle Children’s Hospital.
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FellowshipSeattle Children's Hospital, Pediatric Otolaryngology, 2018
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ResidencyUniversity of Washington, Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, 2014
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Research FellowUniversity of Washington, Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, 2014
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InternshipUniversity of Washington, Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, 2011
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M.P.H.University of Washington, Seattle, 2014
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M.D.University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, Chicago, 2010
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B.A.Amherst College, Amherst, MA, 2004
Pediatric sleep apnea
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Gueye-Ndiaye S, Tully M, Amin R, Baldassari C, Chervin RD, Cole M, Ibrahim S, Kirkham EM, Mitchell RB, Naqvi K, Ross K, Rueschman M, Tapia IE, Williamson AA, Wei Z, Rosen CL, Wang R, Redline S. Ann Am Thorac Soc, 2024 Jan 19;Journal ArticleNeighborhood Disadvantage, Quality of Life, and Symptom Burden in Children with Mild Sleep-disordered Breathing.
DOI:10.1513/AnnalsATS.202307-653OC PMID: 38241286 -
Watkins M, Kirkham EM. 2024 Snoring and Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Children, 355 - 373.ChapterChapter 24 Clinical guidelines for the management of pediatric obstructive sleep apnea
DOI:10.1016/b978-0-323-99653-2.00024-9 -
Mitchell RB, Cook K, Garetz S, Tapia IE, Elden LM, Kirkham EM, Shah J, Otteson T, Zopf D, Amin R, Ishman S, Baldassari CM, Chervin RD, Hassan F, Naqvi K, Wang R, Redline S. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg, 2024 Feb 1; 150 (2): 99 - 106.Journal ArticleClinical Characteristics of Primary Snoring vs Mild Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Children: Analysis of the Pediatric Adenotonsillectomy for Snoring (PATS) Randomized Clinical Trial.
DOI:10.1001/jamaoto.2023.3816 PMID: 38095903 -
Redline S, Cook K, Chervin RD, Ishman S, Baldassari CM, Mitchell RB, Tapia IE, Amin R, Hassan F, Ibrahim S, Ross K, Elden LM, Kirkham EM, Zopf D, Shah J, Otteson T, Naqvi K, Owens J, Young L, Furth S, Connolly H, Clark CAC, Bakker JP, Garetz S, Radcliffe J, Taylor HG, Rosen CL, Wang R, Pediatric Adenotonsillectomy Trial for Snoring (PATS) Study Team . JAMA, 2023 Dec 5; 330 (21): 2084 - 2095.Journal ArticleAdenotonsillectomy for Snoring and Mild Sleep Apnea in Children: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
DOI:10.1001/jama.2023.22114 PMID: 38051326 -
Lam DJ, Friedman NR, Chan KC, Kirkham EM, Smith DF, Benedek P, Boudewyns A. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol, 2023 Nov; 174: 111748Journal ArticleDevelopment and validation of the international pediatric sleep endoscopy scale (IPSES).
DOI:10.1016/j.ijporl.2023.111748 PMID: 37820572 -
Fayson SD, Leis AM, Garetz SL, Freed GL, Kirkham EM. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg, 2023 Nov; 169 (5): 1309 - 1318.Proceeding / Abstract / PosterRacial Disparity in Residual Sleep Apnea After Adenotonsillectomy.
DOI:10.1002/ohn.366 PMID: 37210616 -
Kirkham E, Raol N, Smith D, Musso M, Lam D, Boudewyns A. 2023 Oct 3;PresentationNot Just the Tonsils: Managing OSA in Special Pediatric Populations
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Friedman N, Eneli I, Kirkham E, Reichard K, Baldassari C. 2023 Oct 2;PresentationManagement of Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Children with Obesity