August 6, 2024

ORL Frontiers 2024 Highlights Advances in Rhinology

More than 70 physicians attended this year’s ORL Frontiers, sponsored by the Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston. Held June 21 at the new TMC3 Collaborative Building at Helix Park at the Texas…


August 6, 2024

Dr. Shuhui Xu Completes Rhinology Fellowship at UTHealth Houston

Shuhui Xu, MBBS, MRCS (Ireland), MMed (ENT), 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. She will…


August 6, 2024

Dr. Ali Jafar Completes Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Fellowship at UTHealth Houston

Ali Jafar, MD, has completed a fellowship in facial plastic and reconstructive surgery at the Texas Center for Facial Plastic Surgery in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston. A native of Kuwait, he will return…


July 5, 2024

Multidisciplinary Care for Severe Pediatric Obstructive Sleep Apnea

Thirteen-month-old Chidalu Chioma was snoring loudly and waking up gasping for air when she was referred by her pediatrician to pediatric otolaryngologist Zhen “Jane” Huang, MD, MBA, CPO, an assistant professor in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology at McGovern Medical School…


July 5, 2024

Congratulations to Our Graduating Residents

Jumah Ahmad, MD, Karim Asi, MD, and Sean McKee, MD, have completed their residency training in comprehensive otorhinolaryngology-head and neck surgery at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston. Dr. Ahmad leaves the Department of Otorhinolaryngology to begin fellowship training in…


July 5, 2024

Pitching in to Help Dominicans with Otolaryngologic Disorders

Vivian Kaul, MD, an assistant professor in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, was among 25 otolaryngologists and anesthesiologists who extended their practice beyond the walls of American hospitals to the Dominican Republic, where they…


July 5, 2024

Three New Residents Join the Team in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

Members of the Otolaryngology Residency Class of 2029 at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston have arrived in Houston from Louisiana, South Carolina, and Massachusetts. The department’s new residents are Hannah DellaCroce, MD, a native of Metairie, Louisiana, who graduated…


July 5, 2024

Dr. Amber Luong Named Among 2024 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 2024. Top Doctors represent the top 7% of…


June 12, 2024

Examining Noise Exposure in a Busy Pediatric Otolaryngology Clinic

A sound survey conducted during 420 pediatric otolaryngology clinic visits to a tertiary care facility in Houston sheds a first light on the level of noise to which pediatric ENTs are exposed. The results of the study, conducted from January…


June 12, 2024

Dr. Amber Luong Celebrates 15 Years of Accomplishment with UTHealth Houston

Rhinologist Amber Luong, MD, PhD, was the first physician recruited to the Department of Otorhinolaryngology at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston by Martin J. Citardi, MD, after he was appointed professor and chair in 2007. Since then, the department…


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