THE PEOPLE AND PROGRESS SHAPING ENTU.S. EDITION / UPDATED OCT 17, 2026
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Physician / FIRST EDITION

Dana M. Thompson, MD, MS, MBA

Division Head, Otorhinolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery

Lurie Children’s Hospital / Chicago, Illinois

Areas of workPediatric airwayAerodigestive careAcademic leadership

The work behind the name.

Dr. Dana Thompson leads otorhinolaryngology at Lurie Children’s Hospital and is a professor at Northwestern’s Feinberg School of Medicine. Her clinical interests include complex pediatric airway disease, swallowing disorders, and children with congenital or medically complex conditions. She trained in otolaryngology at Mayo and completed a pediatric otolaryngology fellowship at Cincinnati Children’s.

WHY FOLLOW

She leads Lurie Children’s ENT division and holds its pediatric otolaryngology professorship.

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