New Clinical Learning Guidelines Transform How Medical Residency Programs Prepare Future Physicians
In January 2014, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) released updated guidelines for graduate medical education in training programs across the United States. The new Pathways to Excellence framework is the latest development in the national rollout of…
TORS-L Eliminates the Need for Adjuvant Therapies in an Oropharyngeal Cancer Patient
With a diagnosis of stage 2 squamous cell carcinoma of the tonsil, Tony Lentola might have expected a treatment plan that included the traditional six weeks of radiation – and possibly chemotherapy. Thanks to a referral to Ron Karni, MD,…
William Yao, MD joins Texas Sinus Institute and Texas Skull Base Physicians
Rhinologist William C. Yao, MD, has joined Martin J. Citardi, MD, and associate professor and Amber U. Luong, MD, PhD, at the Texas Sinus Institute and Texas Skull Base Physicians. Dr. Yao has received an appointment as an assistant professor…
AAO-HNS President-elect to Speaks at 2015 Otorhinolaryngology Frontiers
Sujana S. Chandrasekhar, MD, FACS, FAAO-HNS, president-elect of the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (AAO-HNS), was the guest speaker at 2015 Otorhinolaryngology Frontiers, which highlighted research endeavors and emerging technology in the diagnosis and management of common otolaryngologic…
Surgical Fire Prevention in Laser Laryngeal Surgery
Operating room fires pose a significant risk of harm to surgical patients, particularly in head and neck procedures involving the airway. In the cover article of the January 2015 issue of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Soham Roy, MD, FACS, FAAP,…
The Story Behind the MicroSeismic Donation
MicroSeismic has made a $50,000 donation to the Memorial Hermann Foundation to help Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital and the Department of Otorhinolaryngology at UTHealth Medical School provide hearing aids to underserved pediatric patients in the Greater Houston area. Watch the…
A Gift of Hearing
In 2014, Houston-based MicroSeismic, Inc., made a $50,000 donation to the Memorial Hermann Foundation to help Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital and the Department of Otorhinolaryngology at UTHealth Medical School provide hearing aids to underserved pediatric patients in the Greater Houston…
Breath of Fresh Air
Many of us have a touch of “sinus” from time to time. But for Sandra Butcher, a sinus problem turned into a miserable bout of chronic rhinosinusitis. After two-and-a-half years of discomfort, medication and doctor visits, Butcher’s story ended happily…
Current Pediatric Guidelines for Tonsillectomy
Tonsillectomy is the third most common procedure performed on children in the United States – after circumcision and myringotomy with pressure-equalizing tube placement (also known as “PE tubes”) – with more than half a million annual procedures in pediatric patients…
Profile in Caring: José Elías, RN, CORLN
When José Elías was 10 years old, his mother, a Red Cross nurse, began making neighborhood house calls after hours to care for the sick in their hometown of Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. She went where she was needed late in…