October 14, 2024

Treating Retrograde Cricopharyngeal Dysfunction in a Young Child

Brave Josey, the four-year-old daughter of Erica and Daniel Josey, was in and out of the hospital in Dallas with misdiagnoses when her parents searched online and learned about retrograde cricopharyngeal dysfunction (RCPD), also known as no-burp syndrome. Brave was…


October 14, 2024

EUFOREA Expert Consensus Defines Disease States and Treatment Goals in CRSwNP

Rhinologist and researcher Amber Luong, MD, PhD, was one of two U.S.-based physicians invited to attend the meeting of the European Forum for Research and Education in Allergy and Airway Diseases (EUFOREA), held in Brussels in summer 2023. Recently, she…


October 14, 2024

Dr. Zhen Huang Named a Texas Super Doctors Rising Star for 2024

Pediatric otolaryngologist Zhen “Jane” Huang, MD, MBA, CPO, assistant professor in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, has been named by her peers among Super Doctors Rising Stars® in Texas, which recognizes the best doctors…


October 14, 2024

Dr. Douglas Stanley Named a Texas Super Doctors Rising Star for 2024

Douglas Stanley, MD, an assistant professor in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology at UTHealth Houston, has been named by his peers among Super Doctors Rising Stars® in Texas, which recognizes the best doctors who have been practicing in the state 10…


October 14, 2024

Dr. Martin Citardi Delivers the Wilson Endowed Lecture in Washington, DC

Martin J. Citardi, MD, professor and chair of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, delivered the invited Wilson Endowed Lecture at George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences in Washington, D.C., on May…


October 14, 2024

Dr. Amber Luong Invited to Present at the 7th Congress of European ORL-HNS in Ireland

Amber Luong, MD, PhD, professor and vice chair for academic affairs in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, was an invited moderator and presenter at the 7th Congress of European ORL-HNS held in Dublin June…


September 9, 2024

Endoscopic Zenker Diverticulum Repair Using a New Technique

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…


September 9, 2024

Sinus Surgery vs. Dupilumab for Chronic Rhinosinusitis with Nasal Polyps: A Look at the Trends

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…


September 9, 2024

Dr. Yao Named to Academy of Master Educators

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…


September 9, 2024

Dr. Ron Karni Named a Castle Connolly Top Doctor for 2024

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…


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