John Lawrence Finally Gets a Diagnosis
On Sept. 28, 2024, at age 65, John Lawrence broke the USA Powerlifting Texas State Raw Bench Press Championship record in his age class. Four years earlier, he was diagnosed with eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA), formerly known as Churg-Strauss…
What Do People Find When They Google RCPD?
Internet search interest in retrograde cricopharyngeal dysfunction (RCPD), also known as “no-burp syndrome,” is at an all-time high, according to research done in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston and published in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck…
Congratulations to Our Graduate Residents
David Allen, MD, Brian Cameron, MD, and Kunal Shetty, MD, have completed their residency training in comprehensive otorhinolaryngology-head and neck surgery at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston. Dr. Allen leaves the Department of Otorhinolaryngology to begin fellowship training in…
Hearing Health Equity Over the Life Course and Promising Solutions
Invited speakers from UTHealth Houston, the Johns Hopkins University, the University of Kentucky, and the University of Arkansas joined together at the 2024 American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery meeting in a panel discussion of health disparities in pediatric…
Dr. Vivian Kaul Recognized for Teaching Excellence
Vivian F. Kaul, MD, chief of otology, neurotology, and lateral skull base in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology at McGovern Medical School, has been named among the 2025 winners of the school’s Dean’s Teaching Excellence Awards. New to the awards in…
Dr. Vivian Kaul Delivers Grand Rounds at Montefiore Medical Center
Vivian Kaul, MD, chief of otology, neurotology, and lateral skull base in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, was the invited speaker at Montefiore Medical Center Grand Rounds in February 2025, where she addressed disparities…
Repair of a Right Sphenoid Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak
In 2020, early in the COVID-19 pandemic, clear watery fluid started running from Julia Ayala’s right nostril during the day and down her throat at night. A resident of Weslaco, Texas, in the Rio Grande Valley, Ayala saw her primary…
Three New Residents Join the Otorhinolaryngology Team
Members of the Otolaryngology Residency Class of 2030 at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston will arrive in Texas this summer after graduating from medical schools in Washington, Massachusetts, and California. The department’s new residents, who matched to its residency…
Dr. Martin Citardi Recognized with the ARS Golden Head Mirror Award
Martin J. Citardi, MD, professor and chair of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology and vice dean for clinical technology at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, has been honored with the American Rhinologic Society’s prestigious Golden Head Mirror Award. The award,…
ORL Frontiers 2025 Highlights Advances in Pediatric Otolaryngology
More than 70 physicians attended this year’s ORL Frontiers, sponsored by the Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston. Held June 20 at the TMC3 Collaborative Building at Helix Park on the Texas Medical…