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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…