Nicole Aaronson MD, MBA, CPE, FACS, FAAP is a Pediatric Otolaryngologist at Nemours  Children’s Hospital of Delaware and an Clinical Associate Professor of Otolaryngology and Pediatrics at Sidney Kimmel School of Medicine at Thomas Jefferson University. She completed her residency training at Yale New Haven Hospital and her fellowship training at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. Clinically, she serves as the site director for the Education Pediatric Voice Program in Deptford, NJ. She is committed to improving patient education and communication, because she believes that educated patients can make more informed health care decisions. Her research has focused on how failures in communication can lead to increased health care costs through missed appointments, unnecessary ED visits, and loss to follow-up.