Barry Ballou Can Finally Breathe
Retired architectural engineer Barry Ballou has endured nearly a an inability to breathe through his nose. Diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea, Ballou, who is 64, had used a CPAP machine for 18 years. In early 2024, he developed an fluid…
Dr. Karim Asi Joins the Otorhinolaryngology Team at UTHealth Houston
Karim Asi, MD, a fellowship-trained laryngologist, has joined the Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston as an assistant professor. He focuses his practice on disorders of the voice, airway, and swallowing. Treatment by…
Dr. Vivian Kaul Named Faculty Member of the Year
Otolaryngology residents at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston have recognized Vivian F. Kaul, MD, as Faculty Member of the Year for 2025. Dr. Kaul, a fellowship-trained neurotologist recruited in 2023, is chief of otology, neurotology, and lateral skull base…
Dr. Jane Huang Named Among Houstonia Magazine’s Top Doctors for 2025
Zhen “Jane” Huang, MD, MBA, CPO, associate professor in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, has been named by her peers as a Top Doctor for 2025 by Houstonia magazine. The annual list, compiled based…
XHANCE Allows a Chronic Rhinosinusitis Patient to Avoid Surgery
Ken Kaltwasser was well on his way to surgery for chronic rhinosinusitis when Martin J. Citardi, MD, professor and chair of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, suggested a new medical treatment – an exhalation…
Dr. Luke Burke Named a Castle Connolly Top Doctor
Luke I. Burke, MD, an assistant professor in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, has been named a Castle Connolly Top Doctor for 2025. Top Doctors represent the top 7% of all physicians practicing in…
Dr. William Yao Named to Houstonia Magazine’s Top Doctor List
William C. Yao, MD, chief of rhinology, residency program director, and an associate professor in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, has been named by his peers as a Top Doctor for 2025 in Houstonia…
Dr. Vivian Kaul Moderates Panel at the 2025 ACIA Meeting
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 moderator of a panel discussion on “Hearing Preservation and Electrode Design” at the American Cochlear…
Managing Temporal Bone Fractures in Patients When the Facial Nerve Cannot Be Examined
Skull base fractures typically are caused by high-impact injuries that may also result in intracranial damage and delayed assessment of facial nerve paresis. In a retrospective study of 590 patients treated between March 2019 and October 2023, researchers in the…
A Patient Benefits from the Carolyn’s Window Approach to Unilateral Frontal Sinus Surgery
In 2024, after years of nasal symptoms, bouts of atypical pneumonia, and treatment with antibiotics, 65-year-old Houstonian Lisa Wood developed a bacterial sinus infection that continued to worsen. Her ENT in Cypress, Texas, referred her to Xiaoyang Hua, MD, PhD,…