Texas Hill Country ENT Symposium 2014 Recap
More than 60 physicians and ENT professionals participated in the inaugural Texas Hill Country ENT Symposium, sponsored by Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center and the department of Otorhinolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery at UTHealth Medical School. The two-day continuing medical education meeting…
Internationally Renowned Expert in Facial Cosmetic Surgery Speaks at 2014 ORL Frontiers
More than 70 physicians and other healthcare professionals attended Otorhinolaryngology Frontiers 2014, which highlighted research endeavors and emerging technology in the diagnosis and management of common otolaryngologic clinical problems. Held on June 28, 2014, at the Brown Foundation Institute of…
Congratulations to Graduating Residents and Fellows
Elton Lambert, MD, and Douglas Stanley, MD, completed their residencies in otolaryngology in 2014. Dr. Lambert, who received his medical degree at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry in Rochester, New York, has begun a pediatric otolaryngology…
Samer Fakhri, MD, Chairs Rhinology Program at Middle East Conference in Dubai, Serves as Invited Faculty in Tehran
Internationally recognized rhinologist Samer Fakhri, MD, FACS, FRCS(C), served as chairman of the Rhinology Program at the 5th Annual Middle East Update on Otolaryngology Conference and Exhibition, held April 20-22 at Madinat Arena Jumeirah in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Dr….
TORS-L: Transoral Robotic Surgery with CO2 Laser Offers Greater Precision for Surgeons and De-intensification of Adjuvant Therapies for Patients
Transoral robotic surgery (TORS) has recently emerged as an alternative to comprehensive chemoradiation in the treatment of mucosal aerodigestive tract malignancies. In a presentation made last fall to the American Academy of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery, otolaryngologist Ron J. Karni,…
Reevaluating Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer: Aggressive Treatment May Extend Life and Improve Its Quality
Anaplastic thyroid cancer is a diagnosis no physician wants to deliver. Although the extremely aggressive malignancy is known among otolaryngologists as resistant to all treatments, specialists at Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center can now offer a measure of hope for patients…
UTHealth Audiology Offers Widex Zen Therapy for Tinnitus Management
Tinnitus can’t be cured, but patients with the condition can reduce its impact on their lives through device-driven habituation therapy. A new rehabilitation program at Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center and UTHealth Audiology provides comprehensive evaluation of the disorder and an…
MicroSeismic, Inc. Gives Pediatric Patients the Gift of Hearing
A $50,000 gift from MicroSeismic, Inc. will help the Department of Otorhinolaryngology at UTHealth Medical School and Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital provide hearing aids to underprivileged pediatric patients in the greater Houston area. “The medical cost of hearing aids starts…
In Memoriam: Robert Jahrsdoerfer, MD
Dr. Robert Jahrsdoerfer, the first chair of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery and professor emeritus at UTHealth Medical School, passed away at his home in Virginia on March 17, 2014. Dr. Jahrsdoerfer joined the medical school in 1982…
Simultaneous Bilateral Cochlear Implants in an Infant After Meningitis
In April 2010, eight-month-old Antonio Campos contracted bacterial meningitis that led to a two-week stay at Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital in the Texas Medical Center. After a pre-discharge vision and hearing test, his mother Giovana Blas was told that the…