December 5, 2022

Dr. Tang Ho Named a 2022 Texas Super Doctor

Tang Ho, MD, director of the Texas Center for Facial Plastic Surgery in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, has been named a Super Doctor® in Texas for 2022. Dr. Ho is…


December 5, 2022

Dr. Ron Karni Named a Castle Connolly Top Doctor for 2022

Ron J. Karni, MD, has been named a Castle Connolly Top Doctor for 2022. An associate professor in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, Dr. Karni is chief of the Division of Head and Neck…


December 5, 2022

Dr. Amber Luong Named Among 2022 Castle Connolly Top Doctors

Amber Luong, MD, PhD, professor and vice chair for academic affairs in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, has been named a Castle Connolly Top Doctor for 2022. She was previously named to the list…


November 1, 2022

Hypoglossal Nerve Stimulation for Patients with Sleep Apnea Who Can’t Tolerate CPAP: Two Patients Benefit

Charles Njilefack was prescribed a continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machine 15 years ago for obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). When he first received the device, he found it cumbersome to use and set it aside. “But I was not sleeping…


November 1, 2022

ORL Frontiers 2022 Highlights New Technology and Research

More than 60 physicians participated in this year’s ORL Frontiers, sponsored by the Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston. Held June 17 at the Brown Foundation Institute for Molecular Medicine in the Texas…


November 1, 2022

Three Otorhinolaryngology Faculty Members Recognized for Teaching Excellence

Congratulations to our 2022 winners of the Dean’s Teaching Excellence Awards at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston: Ibrahim “Trey” Alava III, MD; Ron J. Karni, MD; and William C. Yao, MD. As part of a comprehensive health science university,…


November 1, 2022

Dr. Jane Huang Named a 2022 Texas Super Doctors Rising Star

Zhen “Jane” Huang, MD, MBA, has been named by her peers among Super Doctors Rising Stars® in Texas. Following an extensive independent nomination and research process, the results were published online at www.superdoctors.com. The Super Doctors Rising Stars list celebrates…


November 1, 2022

Dr. Martin Citardi Named a Castle Connolly Top Doctor for 2022

Martin J. Citardi, MD, professor, chair, and Memorial Hermann Chair in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, has been named a Castle Connolly Top Doctor for 2022. Dr. Citardi, who has been named to the…


November 1, 2022

Dr. William Yao Named a 2022 Houstonia Magazine Top Doctor

Rhinologist William C. Yao, MD, associate professor, director of the residency program, and co-director of the UTHealth Houston Rhinology and Skull Base Fellowship in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, has been named by his…


October 4, 2022

Airway Reconstruction Allows a Young Husband and Father to Live a Full Life

In early November 2019, Logan Buelow, then 22, suffered a devastating auto accident, rolling his dually truck several times. He was taken by ambulance to a local hospital, where he spent two weeks in a coma in the intensive care…


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