Sally L. Ward

Sally L. Ward, MD, is Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at the University of Southern California, affiliated with Children's Hospital Los Angeles. Her clinical and research focus centers on pediatric sleep medicine, particularly obstructive sleep apnea, congenital hypoventilation syndromes, and respiratory disorders in infants and children. She utilizes advanced diagnostic tools like polysomnography and echocardiography to study cardiopulmonary outcomes.

Research interests include:

• Sleep-related breathing disorders in neurogenetic conditions
• Ventilator management in congenital syndromes
• Cardiopulmonary interactions in pediatric sleep apnea

Her publications demonstrate expertise in characterizing sleep architecture abnormalities in rare disorders like Sotos syndrome and Robin sequence, with recent work focusing on prenatal/postnatal interventions for spina bifida. Research utilizes methodologies ranging from clinical polysomnography to advanced 3D MRI visualization of airway dynamics.