Ear, nose and throat (Otolaryngology)

Lauren D. Holinger, MD

• Head, Division of Otolaryngology and Communicative Disorders, Paul H. Holinger, MD, Professor of Otolaryngology
• Professor of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University

Education/training

• BS, Union College, Schenectady, New York
• MD, The Chicago Medical School, Finch University of Health Sciences, Chicago, Illinois, 1971
• Resident, general surgery, University of Colorado Affiliated Hospitals, Denver, 1971-1972; Resident, otolaryngology, 1972-1975, and Fellowship in pediatric otolaryngology, laryngology, bronchoesophagology, and head and neck surgery, with Paul H. Holinger, MD, and Joyce A. Schild MD, Children’s Memorial Hospital; Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center; University of Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary, 1975-1976.

Honors and awards

• Alpha Omega Alpha, September 30, 1970
• Seymour R. Cohen Award for Pediatric Laryngology and Bronchoesophagology, American Broncho-Esophagological Association, April,1980.
• Prestigious Honor Award, American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, September, 1988.
• Honorary Member, Japan Broncho-Esophagological Society, November, 1991.
• Chevalier Jackson Award, American Broncho-Esophagological Association, May, 1995.
• Gabriel Frederick Tucker Award for Pediatric Laryngology, American Laryngological Association, May, 1997.
• Guest of Honor, American Broncho-Esophagological Association, May, 1998.
• The Bruce Benjamin Medal for Paediatric Otorhinolaryngology, Australian Society of Paediatric Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Sydney, Australia, June 30, 2000.

Professional and scientific activity

• American Academy of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Fellow, October 1976
  • Committee on Otolaryngologic Pathology (1983-1988)
  • The Board of Governors (1987-88)
  • National and International Standards Committee (1989-95)
  • Research Coordinating Council (1993)
• American Academy of Pediatrics, Fellow, 1977
  • American Board of Otolaryngology, Diplomate, November 1975
  • Guest Examiner (1991, 1992)
  • Associate Examiner (1994 -1998)
  • Senior Examiner (1998-2000; 2003)
  • Pediatric Otolaryngology Subspecialty Exam Committee (1997 - 2001)
• American Broncho-Esophagological Association, Fellow, 1978
  • President (1992-93)
  • Council (1982-97)
  • Secretary (1985-91)
  • Chairman, Long Range Planning Committee (1993-94)
  • Chairman, Thesis and Awards Committee (1994-95)
• American College of Surgeons, Fellow, October 1977
  • President, Chicago District #1(1991-1992)
  • Young Surgeons Representative(1983)
  • Committee on Applicants Chicago District #1 (1984-1999)
  • Council Chicago District #1 (1985-1998)
• American Head and Neck Society, Fellow, 1980
• American Laryngological Association, Fellow 1986
  • President (1998-99)
  • Council (1995-2002)
  • Director, Voice, Education & Research Foundation (1995-2002)
  • Alternate, American College of Surgeons (1996-2002)
• American Laryngological, Rhinological, and Otological Society (Triological Society)
  • Fellow, May 1985
  • Council (1998-2001)
• American Medical Association, Member, April 2, 1974
• American Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology, (Charter) Member, 1985
  • Long Range Planning Committee (1990 - 1991)
  • Chairman, Long Range Planning Committee (1992 - 1993)
• Chicago Laryngological and Otological Society Member, 1976
  • President (1999 - 2000)
  • Council (1986-1987; 1998-2001)
• Chicago Medical Society, Member, 1976
• Illinois Medical Society, Member, 1976
• International Broncho-Esophagological Society, Member, 1979
  • Governing Council (1992-Present)
• Pan American Association of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, 1983
• Society for Ear, Nose and Throat Advances in Children, Fellow, 1977
• Society of Medical History of Chicago, Member, 1980
• Society of University Otolaryngologists - Head and Neck Surgeons, Member, 1990
• The Otolaryngology Historical Society, 1997

Editorial Boards

• Annals of Otology, Rhinology, Laryngology (2001 - present)
• Annales d’ Otolaryngologie et de Chirurgie Cervico-Faciale (1992 - present)
• Archives of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (1992 - 2002)
• The Laryngoscope (2000 - present)
• The Child’s Doctor (1990 - 2003)

Editorial Review Boards

• Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (1999 - present)
• Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (1992 - present)

Refereed Journal Articles (selected)

1. Holinger LD, Barnes DR, Smid LJ, Holinger PH: Laryngocele and saccular cysts. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 1978; 87:675-685.
2. Holinger LD: The etiology of stridor in neonates, infants and children. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 1980; 89:397-400.
3. Holinger LD: Treatment of severe subglottic stenosis without tracheotomy: A preliminary report. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 1982; 91:407-412.
4. Holinger LD, Tansek KM, Tucker GF Jr: Cleft larynx with airway obstruction. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 1985; 94:622-626.
5. Holinger LD, Birnholz JC, Bruce DR and Rabin DN: Management of an infant with prenatal ultrasound diagnosis of upper airway obstruction. Int’l J Ped Otorhinolaryngol 1985; 10:263-270.
6. Holinger LD: Chronic cough in infants and children. Laryngoscope 1986; 96:316-322.
7. Maddalozzo J, Holinger LD: Laryngotracheal reconstruction for subglottic stenosis in children. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol, 1987; 96:665-669.
8. Holinger LD, Konior R: Surgical management of severe laryngomalacia. Laryngoscope 1989; 99:136-142.
9. Holinger LD: Diagnostic endoscopy of the pediatric airway. Laryngoscope 1989; 99:346-348.
10. Holinger LD, Oppenheimer RW: Subglottic stenosis: The elliptical cricoid cartilage. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol, 1989; 702-706.
11. Holinger LD, Sanders AD: Chronic cough in infants and children: an update. Laryngoscope 1991; 101:596-605.
12. Civantos FJ, Holinger LD: Laryngoceles and saccular cysts in infants and children. Arch Otolaryn HNS 1992, 118:296-300.
13. Chen JC, Holinger LD: Congenital laryngeal lesions: pathologic study using serial macrosections and review of the literature. Pediatr Path 1994; 14:301-325.
14. Chen JC, Holinger LD: Congenital tracheal anomalies: Pathology study using serial macrosections and review of the literature. Pediatr Path 1994; 14:513-537.
15. Moungthong G, Holinger LD: Laryngotracheoesophageal clefts. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 1997; 106:1002-1011.
16. Dayan SH, Holinger LD, Dunham ME, Backer CL: Slide tracheoplasty in the management of congenital tracheal stenosis. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol, 1997; 106:914-919.
17. Holinger LD: Histopathology of congenital subglottic stenosis. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 1999; 108:101-111.
18. Hughes CA, Rezaee A, Ludemann JP, Holinger LD: Management of congenital subglottic hemangioma . J Otolaryngol 1999; 28: 223-228.
19. Holinger LD, The otolaryngologist as a role model. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 1999; 108: 1042 -1045.