Dr. Soham Roy, Dr. William Yao and Dr. Ibrahim Alava Receive Dean’s Teaching Excellence Awards
Soham Roy, MD, FACS, FAAP, Ibrahim “Trey” Alava, MD, and William C. Yao, MD, have been recognized with McGovern Medical School at UTHealth’s 2017 Dean’s Teaching Excellence Awards. All three physicians have a track record of outstanding commitment to educating…
Save the Date! Lone Star Rhinology and Rhinoplasty Course Scheduled for November
The Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery at UTHealth’s McGovern Medical School is proud to sponsor 2017 Lone Star Rhinology and Rhinoplasty, a four-day CME meeting in Houston, TX. The course will feature two consecutive two-day CME events from Friday,…
ORL Frontiers 2017 Recap
More than 70 physicians and other healthcare professionals attended ORL Frontiers 2017, held last June at the Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, and sponsored by the Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head…
Dr. Amber Luong Recognized for Clinical Excellence by UTHealth’s Women Faculty Forum
Amber U. Luong, MD, PhD, associate professor of otorhinolaryngology and research director for the department, has been recognized with the 2017 Clinical Excellence Award by the Women Faculty Forum at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth. A founding member of the…
Ossicular Chain Reconstruction: A Home Run for Leslie Horne After a Devastating Auto Accident
Two weeks before her wedding, 27-year-old Leslie Horne was driving from her new home in Fulshear to a friend’s house in Magnolia, about an hour away. She never arrived. “I don’t remember that day or the accident at all,” she…
Eulice Vial’s Christmas Miracle: A Singer Regains Her Voice
Eulice Vial is a woman of many talents. She’s a singer with a rare three-octave range, an accomplished multi-instrumentalist, artist and painter, and a costume designer and seamstress who has sewn more than 100 elaborate costumes for the Texas Renaissance…
Three ORL Specialists Named to H Texas Magazine Top Doctors List for 2017
Three members of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth were named by local physicians and healthcare consumers to H Texas magazine’s annual listing of Top Doctors in Houston. They are Martin J. Citardi,…
Samantha Wild: Making the Difference in Patient Care
Samantha Wild’s goal is to stay one step ahead in providing exceptional patient care always. As business officer manager for the Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery and its three UT Physicians clinics, she is responsible for managing the flow of…
Otorhinolaryngology and Neurosurgery Team Up to Maximize the Outcome for a Patient with Pituitary Tumor
After an unexplained “brain glitch” led to the discovery of a large pituitary tumor, retired corrosion engineer Niell Strickland joined the ranks of patients who have benefited from the teamwork of rhinologist William Yao, MD , and neurosurgeon Spiros Blackburn,…
Audiology Open House
The Audiology team at UT Physicians Otorhinolaryngology – Texas Medical Center held a well-attended, daylong open house January 12, 2017, for individuals in the community living with hearing loss. In addition to free hearing screenings and hearing-aid consultations, the department…