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Kaalan E. Johnson, MD

Associate Professor
Seattle Children's Hospital, University of Washington
Seattle, WA, United States

Brief bio:
Dr. Johnson is the Surgical Director of the Aerodigestive Program, Director of the Voice and EILO Program, and practices at Seattle Children's Hospital and the University of Washington Medical Center. He is an Associate Professor of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Washington School of Medicine. He is a native of the northwest, but did his medical school in southern California and residency in Virginia before completing a fellowship in pediatric otolaryngology and first faculty position at Cincinnati Children's Hospital in Ohio.

Dr. Johnson began working at Seattle Children's Hospital in 2013 and started seeing patients with complex airway, breathing, and swallowing problems in the aerodigestive clinic in 2014. He is heavily involved in the aerodigestive research team including multiple projects on the surgical management of dysphagia. He is currently serving as the President of the Aerodigestive Society. Additional clinical interests include FEES, tracheostomy care, airway reconstruction, voice, exercise induced laryngeal obstruction (EILO), and refractory obstructive sleep apnea. He has a long-term interest in surgical simulation, 3D printing, and advanced surgical planning. He directs multiple simulation-based courses and collaborates with the WWAMI Institute for Simulation in Healthcare (WISH) at the University of Washington.

He lives with his wife, three children, and their dog Jerry in Seattle, and enjoys audiobooks, all types of music, and wakeboarding, snowboarding, all sports, or any other adventures he can do with his family and friends.

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