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Christina J. Yang, MD, is an Attending Physician in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology ? Head and Neck Surgery at Montefiore Medical Center and Assistant Professor at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She directs the Pediatric Dysphagia Program and the Neonatal Otolaryngology Consultation Service at Montefiore. As Co-chair and Co-founder of the Pediatric Airway Committee at the Children?s Hospital at Montefiore, she has championed multiple multidisciplinary quality improvement and education initiatives. Dr. Yang?s clinical interests include pediatric airway management, subglottic and tracheal stenosis, and pediatric dysphagia.Dr. Yang received her Doctor of Medicine in 2008 from Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. In 2013, she completed a residency in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at Tulane University School of Medicine. She then completed a fellowship in Pediatric Otolaryngology at Cincinnati Children?s Hospital Medical Center. Dr. Yang?s research focuses on simulation in education, quality improvement, pediatric tracheostomy, and pediatric aerodigestive disorders. Her work has been published in a number of journals and book chapters, and presented internationally. Dr. Yang is board-certified by the American Board of Otolaryngology and a member of numerous professional societies, including the American Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology and the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery.