This book focuses on Pediatric Head and Neck Surgical Diseases and Pediatric Surgical Pathology. The core objective is to provide the reader the essential background of various head and neck diseases that are common and/or unique to children by highlighting the key diagnostic, clinical, and pathologic features. It encompasses a comprehensive spectrum of pediatric head and neck diseases that are congenital or acquired. Many chapters describe the clinical and radiologic presentation, age-specific differential diagnosis, and diagnostic histopathologic features. The clinical and pathologic aspects of diseases that are unique to children and young adults that are amenable to surgical care are specifically emphasized. 

Pediatric Head and Neck Textbook: Pathology, Surgery and Imaging is aimed at trainees and specialists in Pediatrics, Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery, General and Pediatric Surgery, Pediatric Radiology and Pediatric Pathology. 

Editors

Dr Paolo Campisi

Dr. Paolo Campisi is a Professor of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery practicing at the Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto. He has a clinical interest in disorders of the head and neck, airway and voice and is the Director of the Centre for Paediatric Voice and Laryngeal Function, a subspecialty clinic designed for the care of children with voice disorders. His research interests are focused on the epidemiology and management of recurrent respiratory papillomatosis in children. He is the Vice Chair Education and Director of Postgraduate Education for the Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, University of Toronto.

Dr. Vito Forte

Dr. Vito Forte is a Professor of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery at the University of Toronto. He retired from clinical duties from the Hospital for Sick Children after 30 years of practice. He also served as the Chief of the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and the Associate Surgeon-in-Chief at the Hospital for Sick Children for over a decade.

Dr. Bo-Yee Ngan

Dr. Bo-Yee Ngan is an  Associate Professor at the University of Toronto, practicing Anatomical Pathology at the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto. He has a special interest in Pediatric Surgical Pathology, Pediatric Tumors (especially lymphomas).   

Dr. Glenn Taylor