Dr. Conderman Elected Houston Society of Otolaryngology Officer
Facial plastic and reconstructive surgeon Christian Conderman, MD, who joined the Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery in 2015, was elected secretary-treasurer of the Houston Society of Otolaryngology at the organization’s May meeting. Dr. Conderman was recruited to Memorial Hermann…
Texas Hill Country ENT Symposium 2016 Recap
More than 60 physicians participated in the biennial Texas Hill Country ENT Symposium, sponsored by the Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at UTHealth’s McGovern Medical School. The two-day continuing medical education meeting was held last April at the Hyatt…
A Drug-eluting Stent Offers a Young Man a Small-but-Mighty Solution to a Chronic Problem
After suffering for years from severe allergic fungal rhinosinusitis, Wynard De’kavon Crawford found relief through a minimally invasive office procedure: the placement of a tiny PROPEL® mini dissolvable implant into each of his ethmoid sinuses. Physicians at Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical…
Around and Around: What’s Happening When the Spinning Just Won’t Stop?
Remember, when you were a kid, twirling around and around until you fell, laughing, in the grass, while the world seemed to continue spinning around you? That delightful feeling is not so delightful when you’re an adult — and you’re…
The Petty Case: Setting a Good Course Through the Perfect Storm of Allergens
Richard Petty doesn’t normally write laudatory letters about his physicians, but after treatment for chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS), he sat down and penned one to Giuseppe Colasurdo, MD, president of The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and then…
A Novel Lymphatic Imaging System and a Disease-focused Treatment Team Improve Survivorship in Head and Neck Cancer
Oropharyngeal cancers are still relatively uncommon, but those associated with human papillomavirus (HPV) are on the rise. Kelly Jones presented as a typical case in this relatively new category of oropharyngeal cancer patient: a 43-year-old non-smoker with previously undiagnosed HPV…
Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis: A Patient Benefits from Multidisciplinary Care
Signs and symptoms of the rare autoimmune disorder called granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA), formerly known as Wegener’s granulomatosis, may develop suddenly or emerge over a period of months. In the case of Gary Giles, they developed so abruptly that he…
Behind the Scenes with the Surgery Schedulers
Surgery scheduling is a critical component of patient care, a complex process of coordinating patients’ personal schedules and needs, surgeons’ schedules, access to hospital facilities and insurance authorizations. If even one element of the process fails, the patient’s care plan…
On a Mission: Pitching in to Help Children Abroad
Last February, pediatric otolaryngologist Sancak Yuksel, MD , joined a team of otolaryngologists, nurses, audiologists and speech pathologists supported by Oklahoma-based Mayflower Medical Outreach (MMO), and traveled to the mountain towns of Jinotega and Esteli, Nicaragua, to see pediatric patients…
AAO-HNS President Speaks at Otorhinolaryngology Frontiers 2015
Sujana S. Chandrasekhar, MD, FACS, FAAO-HNS, president of the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS), was the guest speaker at Otorhinolaryngology Frontiers 2015, an annual event highlighting research endeavors and emerging technology in the diagnosis and management of…