Advanced Technology and a Strong Focus on Convenience Improve the Patient Experience
Located on the 27th floor of the Memorial Hermann Medical Plaza, the UTHealth Department of Otorhinolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery offers patients an outstanding view that overlooks Rice University, Hermann Park and the Houston skyline. With the addition of new technology…
Free Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Screenings to be Offered on April 24
Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center and UTHealth are offering free oral, head and neck cancer screenings on April 24. The screening will be at the Memorial Hermann Medical Plaza in Houston.
Cancers of the Head and Neck
Dr. Ron Karni talks about an event next week to help you spot the symptoms of head and neck cancer. Dr. Karni is a UTHealth ear, nose and throat specialist affiliated with Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center. More info
Four-Year-Old Houston Girl Hears Clearly For First Time
It’s a moment that’s been four years in the making. A local girl with severe hearing loss clearly hears her mother’s voice for the first time.
Memorial Hermann Gives Children Free Hearing Aids
A $50,000 donation helped the hospital give the hearing aids to more than two dozen children who needed them.
MicroSeismic, Inc. Gives Pediatric Patients at Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital the Gift of Hearing This New Year
January 7, 2014 Thanks to a generous $50,000 gift, MicroSeismic, Inc. will help Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital and the department of Otorhinolaryngology at UTHealth Medical School provide hearing aids to a number of underprivileged pediatric patients in the greater Houston…
Dr. Fakhri Receives Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Award
Samer Fakhri, MD, FACS, FRCS(C), is among the 2013 recipients of The University of Texas System Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Awards, offered annually in recognition of faculty at the nine academic and six health institutions that comprise the UT System. The…
IL-33-responsive Innate Lymphoid Cells Are an Important Source of IL-13 in Chronic Rhinosinusitis with Nasal Polyps
Researchers at UTHealth Medical School and Baylor College of Medicine have published the results of an important new study that may lead to improved treatment for chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) and other inflammatory diseases. The article, which appeared in the August…
Randomized, Double-Blind, Controlled Trial of Oral Antifungal for the Treatment of Fungal-sensitive Chronic Rhinosinusitis with Nasal Polyps
Amber U. Luong, MD, PhD, who is an assistant professor and director of research in the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at UTHealth Medical School, has earned a three-year $345,000 National Institutes of Health Clinical and Translational Science KL2…
Dr. Fakhri Promoted to Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
In recognition of his exemplary track record of clinical care, teaching and research, Samer Fakhri, MD, FACS, FRCS(C), has been promoted from associate professor to professor of otorhinolaryngology-head and neck surgery with tenure. An internationally recognized rhinologist and a core…