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Kristina W. Rosbe, M.D.

Pediatric head and neck surgeon

Dr. Kristina W. Rosbe is director of the Pediatric Otolaryngology Division at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital. She specializes in the diagnosis and management of airway disease in children, benign and malignant pediatric neck masses, surgical management of choanal atresia and pediatric sinus surgery. Her research explores the association between neonatal upper airway symptoms and laryngopharyngeal reflux, sinus disease in patients with cystic fibrosis and hearing loss in patients with cystic fibrosis.

Rosbe completed a five-year otolaryngology residency at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, N.C., and a two-year fellowship in pediatric otolaryngology at Children's Hospital in Boston, Mass. She holds dual appointments in the departments of Otolaryngology and Pediatrics at UCSF.

Conditions & Treatments

Clinics

Birthmarks and Vascular Anomalies Center
1701 Divisadero St., Third Floor
San Francisco, CA 94115
Phone: (415) 353-7800

Center for Craniofacial Anomalies
513 Parnassus Avenue, S-747
San Francisco, CA 94143-0570
Phone: (415) 476-2271

Douglas Grant Cochlear Implant Center
2380 Sutter Street, First Floor
San Francisco, CA 94115
Phone: (415) 353-2464

Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery
2330 Post Street, Suite 310
San Francisco, CA 94115
Phone: (415) 353-2757

Sleep Disorders Clinic
400 Parnassus Ave., Second Floor
San Francisco, CA 94143
Appointments: (415) 353-7337
Office: (415) 476-2072

Sleep Laboratory
505 Parnassus Ave., Suite M719
San Francisco, CA 94143
Phone: (415) 353-1957

More about Kristina W. Rosbe

Education

Dartmouth Medical School 1993

Residencies

University of North Carolina, 1998

Fellowships

Children's Hospital, 2000

Selected Research and Publications

  1. Rosbe KW, Hess CP, Dowd CF, Frieden IJ. Masseteric venous malformations: diagnosis, treatment, and outcomes. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2010 Dec; 143(6):779-83.
  2. Rosbe KW, Suh KY, Meyer AK, Maguiness SM, Frieden IJ. Propranolol in the management of airway infantile hemangiomas. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2010 Jul; 136(7):658-65.
  3. Suh KY, Rosbe KW, Meyer AK, Frieden IJ. Extensive airway hemangiomas in two patients without beard hemangiomas. Pediatr Dermatol. 2011 May-Jun; 28(3):347-8.
  4. Yeung AH, Cowan MJ, Horn B, Rosbe KW. Airway management in children with mucopolysaccharidoses. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2009 Jan; 135(1):73-9.
  5. Trigg DJ, Mau IT, Rosbe KW. Complete bony syngnathia: Report of a case and review. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2007 Feb; 133(2):187-90.
  6. Sweetow RW, Rosbe KW, Philliposian C, Miller MT. Considerations for cochlear implantation of children with sudden, fluctuating hearing loss. J Am Acad Audiol. 2005 Nov-Dec; 16(10):770-80.
  7. Jothi S, Chin C, Rosbe KW. Radiology quiz case 1. Autoimmune inner ear disease (AIED). Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2005 Jun; 131(6):534, 536-7.
  8. Salinas D, Haggie PM, Thiagarajah JR, Song Y, Rosbe K, Finkbeiner WE, Nielson DW, Verkman AS. Submucosal gland dysfunction as a primary defect in cystic fibrosis. FASEB J. 2005 Mar; 19(3):431-3.
  9. Rosbe KW, Kenna MA, Auerbach AD. Extraesophageal reflux in pediatric patients with upper respiratory symptoms. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2003 Nov; 129(11):1213-20.
  10. Rosbe KW, Jones DT, Rahbar R, Lahiri T, Auerbach AD. Endoscopic sinus surgery in cystic fibrosis: do patients benefit from surgery? Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2001 Nov 1; 61(2):113-9.
  11. Rahbar R, Robson CD, Petersen RA, DiCanzio J, Rosbe KW, McGill TJ, Healy GB. Management of orbital subperiosteal abscess in children. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2001 Mar; 127(3):281-6.
  12. Seefelder C, Elango S, Rosbe KW, Jennings RW. Oesophageal perforation presenting as oesophageal atresia in a premature neonate following difficult intubation. Paediatr Anaesth. 2001 Jan; 11(1):112-8.
  13. Rosbe KW, Perez-Atayde AR, Roberson DW, Kenna M. Pathology forum: quiz case 1. Diagnosis: posttransplant lymphoproliferative disease (PTLD) of the epiglottis. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2000 Sep; 126(9):1153; discussion 1157-8.
  14. Rosbe KW, Meredith SD. Radiology forum: imaging quiz case 2. Calcific tendinitis of the longus colli muscle. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2000 Aug; 126(8):1031, 1035.
  15. Rosbe KW, Jones D, Jalisi S, Bray MA. Efficacy of postoperative follow-up telephone calls for patients who underwent adenotonsillectomy. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2000 Jun; 126(6):718-21; discussion 722.
  16. Jewett BS, Cook RD, Johnson KL, Logan TC, Rosbe KW, Mukherji SK, Shockley WW. Subglottic stenosis: correlation between computed tomography and bronchoscopy. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol. 1999 Sep; 108(9):837-41.
  17. Rosbe KW, Labadie RF, Stone JA, McQueen CT. Pathologic quiz case 1: Nasopharyngeal teratoma. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1998 Dec; 124(12):1394, 1396.
  18. Rosbe KW, Jones KR. Usefulness of patient symptoms and nasal endoscopy in the diagnosis of chronic sinusitis. Am J Rhinol. 1998 May-Jun; 12(3):167-71.
  19. Rosbe KW, Meredith SD, Holmes DK. Complication of maxillary sinus Foley balloon placement for orbital floor support. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1997 Dec; 117(6):S148-50.
  20. Rosbe KW, Logan TC, Drake AF. Aerocele: an unusual complication of tracheocutaneous fistula repair. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol. 1996 Dec; 105(12):994-5.

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