Dr. Wen Jiang
Otolaryngologist
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Dr. Wen Jiang is a pediatric otolaryngologist practicing at Rady Childrens Health.
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Episode # 274 • 19 May 2026
Pediatric Thyroid Nodules: Clinical Insights & Approaches
Pediatric thyroid nodules are rare, but their risk of malignancy is significantly higher than in adults, raising the stakes for accurate diagnosis and multidisciplinary management. In this episode of the BackTable ENT Podcast Dr. Gopi Shah and co-host Dr. Jeff Hyzer interview Dr. Wen Jiang, pediatric otolaryngologist at Rady Children’s Hospital in San Diego, for an in-depth discussion on the evaluation and management of thyroid nodules in children.
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Dr. Wen Jiang is a board-certified, fellowship-trained pediatric otolaryngologist at Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego and a clinical professor of surgery at UC San Diego School of Medicine.
Her practice is dedicated solely to the treatment of children with a variety of ear, nose and throat complaints.
Specializing in voice disorders in children, she currently co-directs the Speech and Voice Endoscopy Clinic, a multidisciplinary voice and speech team that works closely with Rady Children's Speech-Language Pathology Department. This team provides comprehensive service to children with speech-related disorders such as vocal nodules, hypernasality and/or velopharyngeal incompetence.
Dr. Jiang has extensive training and experience in surgeries of the head and neck, treating both benign and malignant tumors. A major focus of her surgical practice is the treatment of thyroid neoplasm in children. She and Dr. Phillips from the Division of Endocrinology/Diabetes have created a multidisciplinary thyroid tumor board that meets on a bimonthly to discuss the management of patients with thyroid pathology.
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