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Otorhinolaryngologists at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) Medical School are engaged in research efforts that move medicine forward into the future.  They presented the results of a capsaicin challenge study using optical rhinometry in non-allergic…

Overview For 2012, UTHealth Otorhinolaryngology remained true to its mission: “Deliver world-class, patient-centered otorhinolaryngology-head and neck surgery care in a clinically integrated academic medical center.” Our partnership with Memorial Herman-Texas Medical Center and Children’s Memorial Herman Hospital has served as…

Seventy physicians and other healthcare professionals attended Otorhinolaryngology Frontiers 2012, which highlighted research endeavors and emerging technology in the diagnosis and management of common otolaryngologic clinical problems. Held on June 23, 2012, at the Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine…

Ron Karni, MD, has been selected Faculty Member of the Year in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery by graduating residents of the department. The award recognizes Dr. Karni’s commitment to resident education and scholarly activity. “Our mission is…

Internationally-recognized rhinologist Samer Fakhri, MD, FACS, FRCS(C), has received the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF) 2012 Honor Award, presented at the AAO-HNSF’s annual meeting held in Washington, D.C. The award is given to academy members in…

Adelaide Dowell, AuD, CCC-A, and M. Mackenzie Hill, AuD, CCC-A. have joined the UTHealth Audiology team as staff audiologists. Dowell received her bachelor’s degree from Louisiana State University and her Doctor of Audiology from Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center….

Samer Fakhri, MD, FACS, FRCS(C), an associate professor and residency program director in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) Medical School, has been recognized with the medical school’s…

Martin J. Citardi, MD, who specializes in the treatment of complicated sinus and nasal diseases and is a core member of the Texas Sinus Institute and Texas Skull Base Physicians, has been named to the 2012 Texas Super Doctors list…

  2012 Alumni Happy Hour at the AAO Attention alumni and friends of the department! Please join us for happy hour at miXX Lounge in the Renaissance Washington, DC Downtown Hotel on Tuesday, September 11 at 6-8 PM.  This will…

Ron Karni, MD uses a surgical robot for the excision of tonsil and hypopharyngeal (throat) cancers. Click here for more info.   Posted May 4, 2012.