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Panel Presentation

Care Equity, Quality, and Safety

Multi-center Collaboration to Improve Tonsillectomy & Adenoidectomy

Tuesday, October 20, 2026
8:45 AM - 9:45 AM PT
Location: 406A

    Panelist(s)

  • Nicole L. Aaronson, MD, MBA

    Chief, Pediatric Otolaryngology
    Nemours Children's Hospital of Delaware
    Wilmington, DE, United States

    • Moderator(s)

  • Jake D. Dahl, MD

    Associate Professor
    Children's Mercy Kansas City
    Kansas City, Missouri, United States

    • Panelist(s)

  • SZ

    Sheng Zhou, MD

    Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology
    Seattle Children's Hospital/University of Washington, United States

  • SC

    Sivakumar Chinnadurai, MD, MPH

    Professor
    ENT and Facial Plastic Surgery, Children's Minnesota ; Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Minnesota
    Minnespolis, Minnesota, United States

Disclosure(s):
Nicole L. Aaronson, MD, MBA:

faculty for this accredited education activity has no relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

This will be a discussion of the experiences at the various children's hospital participating in the consortium with guidance for listeners on how they can apply similar techniques in their own institutions to improve and standardize perioperative care and quality.

Learning Objectives:

  • Use statistical process control changes to identify areas of improvement and assess for improvement over time
  • Identify strategies to approve to leverage multi-institutional collaboration for common procedures
  • Implement change management strategies that allow for standardization of care