Dr. Jason Qian
Pediatric Otolaryngologist
3 Podcasts on BackTable
Dr. Jason Qian is a pediatric otolaryngologist at Rady Children's Hospital in San Diego, California.
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Episode # 296 • 06 Oct 2026
Microtia Reconstruction with Rib Cartilage Explained
with Dr. Sean Evans, Dr. Jason Qian
How do you guide families through the complex journey of microtia repair from infancy to reconstruction? On this episode of BackTable ENT & Allergy Podcast, host Dr. Jason Qian welcomes Dr. Sean Evans, Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery at Emory University and pediatric otolaryngologist at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, to discuss autologous rib cartilage auricular reconstruction. They discuss referral pathways, early hearing management, how to counsel families across all reconstruction options, and the grading and staging vocabulary that can trip up trainees.
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About
Dr. Zhen Jason Qian is a pediatric otolaryngologist at Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology at UC San Diego School of Medicine. Dr. Qian’s primary clinical interests include congenital ear anomalies and chronic ear infections.
As a clinician-scientist, he leads a research laboratory at UC San Diego focused on understanding the immunobiology of chronic otitis media using cutting-edge genomic technologies. Dr. Qian earned his MD from Columbia University and completed his residency training at Stanford University, where he was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society and pursued an additional postdoctoral research fellowship. He then completed his complex pediatric otolaryngology fellowship at Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital at Stanford.
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