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Esophageal and Airway

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Call today: 801-662-3282

This department offers

  • Esophageal and airway center
Boy taking a deep breath outside

Answers for little airways and esophageal complications

When breathing or swallowing is hard, everyday life gets hard too. Our pediatric esophageal and airway team brings specialists together for coordinated visits to find answers and a plan that fits your child.

Call our office 801-662-3282
About Esophageal and Airway

Conditions we treat

  • Chronic cough, aspiration, and feeding/swallowing difficulties
  • Eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) and motility concerns (with GI)
  • Esophageal strictures, caustic or foreign-body injury
  • Severe gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and reflux-related airway issues
  • Subglottic/tracheal stenosis and recurrent croup/stridor
  • Tracheoesophageal fistula (TEF) and esophageal atresia (EA), including long-gap EA
  • Tracheomalacia, laryngomalacia, bronchomalacia
  • Vascular rings/slings causing airway or esophageal compression
  • Vocal cord paralysis, airway lesions, and complex tracheostomy needs

Our providers

Michael D. Traynor

Michael D. Traynor, MD

Pediatric General Surgery
Jeremy D. Meier

Jeremy D. Meier, MD

Pediatric Otolaryngology
Marshall E. Smith

Marshall E. Smith, MD

Otolaryngology
Brian M. McGinley

Brian M. McGinley, MD

Pediatric Pulmonology
Brian T. Bucher

Brian T. Bucher, MD

Pediatric General Surgery
McKenna Clawson

McKenna Clawson, NP

Douglas C. Barnhart

Douglas C. Barnhart, MD

Pediatric General Surgery
Raza A. Patel
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Raza A. Patel, MD

Pediatric Gastroenterology
Melissa A. Maloney

Melissa A. Maloney, MD

Pediatric Pulmonology
US News and World Report Gastroenterology

National recognition

Intermountain Primary Children's Hospital is ranked by U.S. News & World Report as one of the nation's best children's hospitals in 11 of 11 pediatric specialties, including gastroenterology and GI surgery.