Clinical Associate Professor
Stanford University / Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford
Stanford, California
Dr. HyeRan Choo is an expert in treating neonatal Robin sequence nonsurgically for severe respiratory distress, oral feeding difficulty, or cleft palate. Her research is focused on promoting nonsurgical treatments or minimally invasive surgeries in neonates, infants, and children to improve orofacial cleft, nasal breathing, oral feeding, continuous sleep, and mandibular growth.
Choo completed her undergraduate and dental surgery education at Seoul National University in Korea in 2002 and dental medicine education at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia in 2004. She completed her orthodontic residency training and masters in science degree program at the University of Alabama in Birmingham in 2007. She then completed her craniofacial fellowship at the Clinical Center of National Institutes of Health / National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research in Bethesda in 2008. Following the fellowship, she joined the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania / The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia as a full-time craniofacial orthodontist. In 2016, she joined the faculty of Stanford University School of Medicine where she is currently a clinical associate professor in the Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. She is the inventor of the Stanford Orthodontic Airway Plate and its implementation protocol (SOAP) for neonatal Robin sequence and directs the SOAP Treatment Center at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford. Choo is a board-certified craniofacial orthodontist by American Board of Orthodontics since 2008. She became a diplomate of the American Board of Dental Sleep Medicine and also an alumna of Stanford Biodesign Faculty Fellowship in 2021.
GP2a - Airway Management in Robin Sequence: Non-Surgical Options
Thursday, September 12, 2024
8:30 AM – 8:50 AM EDT
Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose