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…
UT Physicians Otorhinolaryngology Holds Annual Free Cancer Screening Clinic
UT Physicians Otorhinolaryngology – Texas Medical Center, which is staffed by faculty members in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology—Head & Neck Surgery at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth, offered a free cancer screening clinic on Apr. 7, 2017, in observance of…
Stanford Professor Peter Koltai to Speak at ORL Frontiers 2017
Peter J. Koltai, MD will be the guest speaker at Otorhinolaryngology Frontiers 2017, which highlights research endeavors and emerging technology in the diagnosis and management of common otolaryngologic clinical problems. More than 70 physicians and other healthcare professionals are expected…
Laryngotracheal Reconstruction: A Long-awaited Resolution for Jayda Hector
Pediatric otolaryngologist Sancak Yuksel, MD has provided care for Jayda Hector since shortly after she was born in October 2010 at just 26 weeks’ gestation. After 12 trips to the OR at Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital, the six-year-old girl was…
Dr. Michael Byrd Named Chief of Surgery
Michael Byrd, MD has been elected chief of surgery at Memorial Hermann Southeast Hospital, a 274-bed facility serving families in the Bay Area of Houston. Dr. Byrd began a one-year term in January 2017. As chief of surgery, Dr. Byrd…
Dr. Ibrahim Alava Recognized as a Texas Super Doctors Rising Star
Ibrahim “Trey” Alava, MD, an assistant professor in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth, has been selected by his peers as a Super Doctors® Rising Star in Texas. Following an extensive independent nomination…