College
Trinity College, BS Biology, 1971

Medical School
Tulane University School of Medicine, MD, 1975

Residency Program
Otolaryngology, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Fellowship: Location
American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Chicago, IL

Fellowship: Area of Concentration
Facial Plastic Surgery

Board Certified
American Board of Otolaryngology, 1980

Year Appointed to Penn Faculty
1988

Honors & Awards
Top Docs for Kids, Philadelphia, 2001

Contributions
Recent Presentations:
The ototoxicity of common topical antimycotic preparations. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Laryngological, Otological and Rhinological Society: May 17, 2000; Orlando, FL

Ross AT, Kazahaya K, Tom LWC: High-risk tonsillectomy: Tonsillectomy under 36 months of age. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Pediatrics: October 28, 2000; Chicago, IL.

Ross AT, Kazahaya K, Tom LWC: Revisiting outpatient tonsillectomy in young children. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery: September 9, 2001; Denver, CO.

Tom LWC: Sinus surgery in children. Presented at Pottstown Memorial Medical Center. April 25, 2002, Pottstown, PA.

Tom LWC: Management of sleep apnea in children. Presented at Updates in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, June 7, 2002, Manchester, VT.

Samadi DS, Tom LWC. Pediatric Intraparotid Castleman’s disease. Poster presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery: September 20-25, 2002, San Diego, CA.

Recent Publications
Potsic WP, Handler SD, Tom LWC. The mouth, pharynx, and esophagus: Methods of examination. In: Bluestone CD, Stool SE, Kenna MA (eds). Pediatric Otolaryngology, 4th edition. Philadelphia, PA: W.B. Saunders Co.(In press)

Tom LWC: Choanal atresia. In: Burg FD, Ingelfinger J, Polin RA, Gershon A. eds. Current Pediatric Therapy17 th Edition. Philadelphia, PA: W.B. Saunders Co.; 2002:17-18.

Tom LWC, Jacobs IN: Diseases of the oral cavity, oropharynx, and nasopharynx. In: Ballenger JJ, Snow JB, eds. Otolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery, 16 th Edition, Hamilton, Ontario, B.C. Decker, 2002, 1020-1047.

Tom LWC, Potsic WP, Handler SD: The mouth, pharynx, and esophagus: Methods of examination. In: Bluestone CD, Stool SE, Alper, CM, et al, eds. Pediatric Otolaryngology, 4th edition. Philadelphia, PA: Saunders; 2003;1109-1119.

Tom LWC, Elden LM, Marsh RR: Topical Antifungals. In: Roland P, Rutka J, eds. Ototoxicity. Hamilton, Ontario, B.C. Decker, 2004.

Tom LWC. Structure and function of the nose, paranasal sinuses and nasopharynx. In: Wetmore RF, Muntz HR, McGill TJ (eds). Pediatric Otolaryngology: Principles and Practice Pathways. New York, NY: Thieme, pp. 409-421, 2000.

Tom LWC. The ototoxicity of common topical antimycotic preparations. Laryngoscope 110:509-516, 2000.

Lai SY, Tom LWC: Allergic rhinitis in children. Current Opinion in Otolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery. 2001;9:359-364.

Tom LWC, Samadi DS: Surgical management of pre-auricular sinus/cysts. Operative Techniques in Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery. 2002;13: 44-47.

Ross AT, Kazahaya K, Tom LWC: Revisiting outpatient tonsillectomy in young children. Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. 2003;128: 226-231.

Samadi DS, Hockstein NG, Tom LWC: Pediatric intraparotid Castleman’s disease. Annals of Otology, Rhinology, & Laryngology. 2003;112: 813-816.

Tom LWC: Structure and function of the nose, paranasal sinuses and nasopharynx. In: Wetmore RF, Muntz H, McGill TJ, eds. Pediatric Otolaryngology: Principles and Practice Pathways, New York, NY: Thieme; 2000:409-421.

Margardino TM, Tom LWC. Surgical management of obstructive sleep apnea in children with cerebral palsy. Laryngoscope 109:1611-1615, 1999.

Tufano RP, Tom LWC, Austin MB. Bilateral sternocleidomastoid tumors of infancy. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol 15:41-45, 1999.