Kathleen R. Billings, MD, FACS, FAAP

Biography

  • Attending Physician, Otorhinolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
  • Director of Clinical Practice, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
  • Member, Lurie Children's Surgical Foundation, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
  • Associate Professor of Clinical Otolaryngology–Head and Neck, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

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Education and Background

  • Fellowship in Pediatric Otolaryngology, Boston Children's Hospital 1997
  • Residency in Otolaryngology, UCLA Medical Center 1996
  • Residency in Surgery, UCLA Medical Center 1992
  • Internship in Surgery, UCLA Medical Center 1991
  • MD, Rush Medical College 1990

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Research Interests

Scoliosis surgery outcomes, Early-onset scoliosis, Fusionless scoliosis surgery, Machine learning and artificial intelligence

Recent Publication

Incidence of Tether Breakage in Anterior Vertebral Body Tethering.

Clinical and Community Trials

Research Interests

Airway Obstruction, Otolaryngology, Airway Evaluation, Dysphagia and Swallowing Evaluation, Health Care Systems and Implementation

Recent Publication

Transtracheal Pressure for Evaluation of Decannulation Readiness.

Basic and Preclinical Science

Research Interests

Microbiome, Host-microbial interactions, Infectious diseases, Molecular pathogenesis

Recent Publication

Gut microbiota analyses of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma patients undergoing narrowband ultraviolet B therapy reveal alterations associated with disease treatment.

Clinical and Community Trials

Research Interests

Oculoplastic Disease, Eye Injury

Recent Publication

Assessment of Social Vulnerabilities of Care and Prognosis in Adult Ocular Melanomas in the US.

Community, Population Health, and Outcomes

Research Interests

Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Emergency Medical Systems, Hospital Performance, Pediatric Regionalization, Diagnostic Error, Anaphylaxis

Recent Publication

Radiographic uncertainty and outcomes of children with lower respiratory tract infections.