Dr. Stapleton is a pediatric otolaryngologist and endoscopic sinus and skull base surgeon at UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. She is certified in otolaryngology and head and neck surgery by the American Board of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery. She is also board certified in Complex Pediatric Otolaryngology by the American Board of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery. Her clinical interests include pediatric endoscopic sinus surgery, pediatric skull base surgery, pediatric chronic sinusitis and allergic rhinitis, and pediatric cystic fibrosis.
Dr. Stapleton has published numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals and is a member of the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, American Board of Otolaryngology, and American Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology. She is the Committee Chair for the American Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology Fellowship Committee.
- University of Pittsburgh, Cranial Base Surgery Fellowship
- University of Pittsburgh, Pediatric Otolaryngology Fellowship
- University of Pittsburgh, Otolaryngology Residency
- State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, MD
- Duke University, BS in Biology
Education & Training
Dr. Stapleton's research work is centered on studying the bacteriology of chronic sinusitis in pediatric patients and in cystic fibrosis patients. She conducts translational research studying the microbiome of the pediatric sinonasal cavity. She also studies pediatric skull base disease and clinical outcomes data in the pediatric patients with rhinologic disease.
1. Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Grant: Clinical and microbiological assessment of CFTR modulators and Sinus Disease
2. American Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology (ASPO) Research Grant: Breast milk feeding and the middle ear microbiome of children with cleft palate.
3. Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Grant: Clinical and microbiological assessment of CFTR modulators and Sinus Disease in Young Children