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,…
Learn, Connect, and Relax at the 2026 Cancun ENT Colloquium
The UTHealth Houston Department of Otorhinolaryngology has joined with its counterpart at Rush (Chicago, IL) to sponsor the 2026 Cancun ENT Colloquium, a three-day CME meeting for practicing ENT physicians. The premier event will be held Feb. 13-15, 2026, at…
Dr. Vivian Kaul Leads Interdepartmental Temporal Bone and Skull Base Didactic Program
Vivian Kaul, MD, chief of otology and an assistant professor in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology, is director of a new temporal bone and skull base didactic course. While the temporal bone course is given annually for otolaryngology residents, the skull…
Social Media Analysis of Hearing Loss: A Study on Perception of American Sign Language and Cochlear Implants
A longstanding divide exists in the deaf community: people who have assimilated into the hearing world through cochlear implantation and those who strictly engage in the non-hearing culture through the use of American Sign Language (ASL). Some members of the…
Factors Predictive of Normal Sedated Auditory Brainstem Response Results
Specific factors can predict the odds of a normal versus an abnormal sedated auditory brainstem response (sABR), a test useful in determining hearing status in children with suspected hearing loss or unexplained language delay. But the test is resource intensive…