Airway and Aspiration Center for Children (rev date 10/07)
The Airway and Aspiration Center for Children provides the public and the medical community with world class, comprehensive, compassionate, high profile medical care for children and well-rounded, multidisciplinary education for parents. In addition to providing exemplary patient care, the Airway and Aspiration Center for Children generates new treatment algorithms, educational experiences, and collaborative research opportunities at the MUSC Children’s Hospital. The Center coordinates subspecialty care for children with airway and swallowing problems to allow comprehensive patient care during a single visit. The core specialties of the Center consist of: Pediatric Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Pediatric Pulmonology, Pediatric Gastroenterology, and Pediatric Speech and Language Pathology. The Center utilizes the combined resources already available through the clinical practices of each core specialty including state of the art digital recording equipment; flexible and rigid laryngoscopes, bronchoscopes, and esophagoscopes; a videostroboscopy suite; and facilities and equipment for various swallow studies.