About the Authors

Stephanie Val

Affiliation Sheikh Zayed Center for Pediatric Surgical Innovation, Children’s National Health System, Washington, DC, United States of America

Marian Poley

Affiliation Sheikh Zayed Center for Pediatric Surgical Innovation, Children’s National Health System, Washington, DC, United States of America

Kristy Brown

Affiliation Center for Genetic Medicine Research, Children’s National Health System, Washington, DC, United States of America

Rachel Choi

Affiliation Sheikh Zayed Center for Pediatric Surgical Innovation, Children’s National Health System, Washington, DC, United States of America

Stephanie Jeong

Affiliation Sheikh Zayed Center for Pediatric Surgical Innovation, Children’s National Health System, Washington, DC, United States of America

Annie Colberg-Poley

Affiliation Center for Genetic Medicine Research, Children’s National Health System, Washington, DC, United States of America

Mary C. Rose

Affiliation Center for Genetic Medicine Research, Children’s National Health System, Washington, DC, United States of America

Karuna C. Panchapakesan

Affiliation Center for Genetic Medicine Research, Children’s National Health System, Washington, DC, United States of America

Joe C. Devaney

Affiliation Center for Genetic Medicine Research, Children’s National Health System, Washington, DC, United States of America

Marcos Perez-Losada

Affiliation Center for Genetic Medicine Research, Children’s National Health System, Washington, DC, United States of America

Diego Preciado

dpreciad@cnmc.org

Affiliations Sheikh Zayed Center for Pediatric Surgical Innovation, Children’s National Health System, Washington, DC, United States of America, Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology, Children’s National Health System, Washington, DC, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DP SV MR. Performed the experiments: SV MP RC KB SJ KP JD MPL. Analyzed the data: SV DP MP KB KP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DP SV KP JD MP. Wrote the paper: SV MR ACP DP. Next generation sequencing: MPL.