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Gretchen Champion, M.D., is an ear, nose, and throat surgeon and board-certified by the American Board of Otolaryngology.  She specializes in ear, nose, and throat diseases of children and adults.

Gretchen Champion, MD

Dr. Champion’s interests include pediatric and adult ENT disorders, chronic sinusitis, ear infections and hearing loss, head and neck cancer, thyroid surgery and voice disorders. 

She completed her otolaryngology-head and neck surgery residency at Washington University in St Louis where she trained at both Barnes-Jewish and St. Louis Children’s Hospitals.  Her residency included training in complex ENT disorders from one of the busiest ENT services in the country. She was a head and neck surgery chief resident and received the Joseph Chole Award for excellence in patient care.  She also received the Head and Neck Surgery Teaching Award from her colleagues. Prior to surgical residency training, Dr. Champion obtained her M.D. from Washington University in St Louis, where she was an Alpha Omega Alpha honors graduate and received the Robert Carter Award for excellence in research and academics.   She graduated with straight A’s from the honors program at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor. 

She is active in several professional societies, including the American Academy of Otolaryngology, the American Academy of Otolaryngic Allergy, and Society for Ear, Nose, and Throat Advances in Children. She has been invited to present papers at a number of academy meetings. Her research interests include neonatal hearing loss, head and neck cancer, and microbiology.

Beyond her Allen practice, Dr. Champion is a Clinical Assistant Professor at University of Texas-Southwestern in Dallas, where she teaches surgical residents and medical students. She resides in Allen with her husband and two children.

Dr. Champion was voted by 6,000 of her local Dallas peers as one of D Magazine's Best Doctors for 2006 in Otolaryngology. Click here for the D Magazine article.  She serves on the Medical Executive Board of Presbyterian Hospital of Allen.

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