Carrie Owen Benefits from a New Minimally Invasive In-office Treatment for Nasal Polyposis
By the time she arrived in the office of rhinologist Martin J. Citardi, MD, Carrie Owen had lost her senses of smell and taste. Her allergist in College Station, Texas, had referred her to Houston, to the Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head…
Breathing Better After Surgery and Novel Implant
Former Houstonian Kelly Krohn was among the first to benefit from a relatively new solution for nasal airway obstruction symptoms – the LATERA® absorbable nasal implant. The implant was released in 2016, followed by clinical data published in the April…
Six ORL Specialists Named Houstonia Top Doctors for 2018
Six members of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery have been selected as Houstonia Top Doctors by physicians, physician assistants and nurse practitioners in Greater Houston in the magazine’s sixth annual survey, the results of which were published in…
Dr. Amber Luong Selected Faculty Member of the Year by ORL Residents
Each year, otorhinolaryngology residents of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth have the opportunity to name the faculty member who has made the greatest impact on their learning experience. This year, the ORL…
Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center Ranked Among the Top 20 Nationally in Adult ENT Care by US News & World Report
Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center’s Otorhinolaryngology Service holds the 19th spot in the nation among hospitals that provide adult ENT care, according to U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospital rankings for 2018-2019. The annual rankings, now in their 29th year,…
Toddler Enjoys Sound of Success
A new cochlear implant is helping 3-year-old Bellemere Hernandez hear for the first time. The toddler faces several disorders caused by a genetic syndrome. Krishna Hernandez, Bellemere’s mother, says her pregnancy was normal but as soon as her daughter was…
UTHealth Sponsors 2018 ORL Frontiers
More than 70 physicians and other health care professionals attended 2018 ORL Frontiers, an annual CME event that highlights emerging technology in the diagnosis and management of common otolaryngologic clinical problems and the research productivity of members of the Department…
Congratulations to Our 2018 Graduating Residents
Uma Ramaswamy, MD, and Matthew A. Tyler, MD, have completed their residencies in otorhinolaryngology at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth. Dr. Ramaswamy has begun a pediatric otolaryngology fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital in Houston. Dr….
UTHealth/Memorial Hermann Conduct First Sinus Surgery in U.S. Using Augmented Reality Technology
Sinus surgeons with The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) and Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center were the first in the United States to use augmented reality technology during minimally invasive sinus procedures. “Augmented reality, which uses 3-D…
Treating Esophageal Diverticula: Life-changing Surgeries for Two Patients
In most cases, Zenker’s diverticula are spontaneous and occur in people over the age of 60. More complicated cases of the pharyngeal pouch, which makes swallowing very difficult, can occur in patients with scarring from surgery or radiation to the…