ORL Notes

When Mona King tried to swallow food, it lodged in her throat. “I would choke and have to drink water, and sometimes the food would come back up,” she says. “It was also causing me to have bad breath.” King…

Using the Epic Cosmos database, researchers in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology at UTHealth Houston examined the use of the monoclonal antibody dupilumab as a therapy for chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP) in more than 1.8 million patients treated at…

William C. Yao, MD, associate professor and director of the residency program in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, has been named to the Academy of Master Educators at the medical school. The academy recognizes…

Ron J. Karni, MD, chief of the Division of Head and Neck Surgical Oncology and an associate professor who holds joint appointments in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology and the Division of Hematology/Oncology at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, has…

Broad-spectrum, bactericidal antibiotics classed as aminoglycosides are commonly prescribed for infections caused by gram-negative bacteria with high resistance to antibiotics. They are also known to be toxic to the inner-ear sensory cells responsible for hearing and balance. Recently, researchers in…

David Allen, MD, now a chief resident in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, was recognized with two poster awards at the American Head and Neck Society (AHNS) meeting held in Chicago in May as…

Chief residents Jumah Ahmad, MD, and Karim Asi, MD, have been selected as Residents of the Year in a tie vote by faculty members of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston. Both have completed their…

In November 2020, Johneshia Willis contracted COVID-19 and was hospitalized in intensive care for nearly two months. When her care team was unable to extubate her, Douglas Stanley, MD, an assistant professor in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology at McGovern Medical…

Physician researcher Xiaoyang Hua, MD, PhD, FACS, has joined the faculty of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston as an associate professor. Dr. Hua began his academic journey at Tongji Medical University in China, where…

Rhinologist and researcher Amber Luong, MD, PhD, professor and vice chair for academic affairs in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, was one of two U.S.-based physicians invited to attend the meeting of the European…