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…
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…
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…
Recap: The Texas Hill Country ENT Symposium 2022
The Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at UTHealth Houston held its biennial two-day CME meeting at the Hyatt Regency Lost Pines Resort and Spa in the Texas Hill Country. The symposium highlighted evidence-based treatments for common diseases and disorders…
Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Adds Three New Residents
Members of the Otolaryngology Residency Class of 2027 at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston have arrived in Texas from three corners of the United States. The department’s new residents are Ugur Nur Basmaci, MD, who received her medical degree…
Dr. Ibrahim Alava Named a Castle Connolly Top Doctor for 2022
Ibrahim “Trey” Alava III, MD, associate professor in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, has been named a Castle Connolly Top Doctor for 2022. Dr. Alava, who was named to the list…
Dr. William Yao Named a 2022 Texas Super Doctor
William C. Yao, MD, associate professor and director of the residency program 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. Super Doctors are…
Dr. Andy Chua Completes Rhinology Fellowship at UTHealth Houston
Andy Chua, MBBS, MRCS(Ed), MMed(ORL), FAMS(ORL), has completed a fellowship in neurorhinology and advanced endoscopic sinus surgery at the Texas Sinus Institute in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston. A native of…
Diagnosis, Management, and Prevention of Empty Nose Syndrome
Five years ago, Mablean Warren had surgery for a deviated septum and enlarged turbinates, which were causing nasal obstruction. After her initial satisfaction with the outcome, she began noticing a decrease in her quality of life. “It was a gradual…
State-of-the-Art ORs Open a New Chapter for the Department of Otorhinolaryngology
The new 17-story Susan and Fayez Sarofim Pavilion at Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center includes state-of-the-art operating rooms dedicated for the use of otorhinolaryngologists at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston. “The new ORs were built to our specifications and are…