Dr. Amber Luong Named Vice Chair for Research
Amber U. Luong, MD, PhD, professor in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth, has been named vice chair for research. In her new role she will expand the department’s research footprint to increase productivity and solidify…
A Profoundly Deaf Toddler Hears After Bilateral Cochlear Implantation
At 21 months of age, Elijah Zúñiga was undergoing physical, occupational, and speech therapy at Shriners Hospitals for Children-Houston when his physicians discovered that he could not hear. “Elijah had just recovered from bacterial meningitis and was in rehabilitation for…
Dr. Ibrahim Alava Named Among Texas Super Doctors
Ibrahim “Trey” Alava III, MD, associate professor in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth, was named by his peers among Super Doctors® in Texas for 2020. Super doctors are selected through a rigorous…
Dr. Amber Luong Promoted to Professor
Amber U. Luong, MD, PhD, vice chair for research, has been promoted to full professor with tenure in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth. Dr. Luong joined the department in 2009 and in…
ORL Staff Member Laurie Carraway Named Houston Dynamo Hero of the Match
Not even a hurricane could stop Laurie Carraway, a medical assistant at UT Physicians Otorhinolaryngology-Texas Medical Center who works on the clinic’s early-start crew. Carraway was the first MA to arrive at the clinic during Hurricane Laura, a Category 4…
Cosmetic Excision of a Nasal Papilloma and Protection Against Recurrence
An unsightly bump on 13-year-old Sara Hasan’s nose led her pediatrician to refer her to Zhen “Jane” Huang, MD, MBA, a pediatric otolaryngologist and assistant professor in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth….
Minimally Invasive Thread Lift Goes Beyond Fillers to Roll Back the Clock
Tang Ho, MD, chief of facial plastic and reconstructive surgery in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth, offers the thread lift, an in-office procedure in which dissolvable sutures are used to produce a…
Dr. Ira Papel to Speak at ORL Frontiers 2021
Ira Papel, MD, a clinical professor of otolaryngology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, will be guest of honor at ORL Frontiers 2021, which will be held on June 18, 2021, at the Brown Foundation Institute for Molecular…
An Acute Care Nurse Practitioner Joins the Otorhinolaryngology Team
Kathryn “Katie” Lidard, MSN, APRN, AGACNP-BC, CEN, has joined the Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth and the medical staff of Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center as an adult acute care nurse practitioner. In her…
With a Cochlear Implant, Joe Amante Gets His Life Back
Joe Amante was coming home from dinner in December 2018 when he lost the hearing in his left ear. It was replaced by ringing that grew progressively louder. Within a few months, he had lost the ability to walk unassisted…