Associate Professor, Department of Otolaryngology
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Christopher T. Wootten, M.D., is an assistant professor of Otolaryngology in the Department of Otolaryngology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and the Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt. He earned his medical degree at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. He completed his internship in General Surgery and his residency in Otolaryngology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. He also completed a two-year fellowship in Pediatric Otolaryngology at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. He is the director of the Pediatric Otolaryngology Service supervising the treatment of ear, nose and throat-related disorders in children at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and its satellite locations. His clinical practice encompasses all aspects of Pediatric Otolaryngology, with an emphasis on advanced reconstructive surgery for the adult and pediatric airway, multilevel diagnosis and management of refractory pediatric obstructive sleep apnea, operative management of resonance disorders, and the diagnosis and management of pediatric hearing loss. His research interests include the cellular and molecular basis of acquired laryngotracheal stenosis, the multidisciplinary staging of aerodigestive inflammation, and endoscopic device design and application to natural-orifice surgery in the head and neck. For these endeavors, he holds institutional grants, and he is an investigator on the North American Airway Collaborative (NoAAC), funded by a large Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) grant.