Single-Incision Minimally Invasive Parathyroidectomy
Board-certified otorhinolaryngologist Ron Karni, MD, was the third ENT whom Rosemary Sauceda saw after routine blood work performed by her oncologist revealed hypercalcemia. A former renal cell carcinoma patient, Sauceda was concerned that her cancer had metastasized. When her oncologist…
Advanced Technology and a Strong Focus on Convenience Improve the Patient Experience
Located on the 27th floor of the Memorial Hermann Medical Plaza, the UTHealth Department of Otorhinolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery offers patients an outstanding view that overlooks Rice University, Hermann Park and the Houston skyline. With the addition of new technology…
Multidisciplinary Virtual Pre-surgical Planning Optimizes the Outcome for an Ameloblastoma Patient
By the time 27-year-old Reginald Durden saw oral and maxillofacial surgeon Nagi Demian, DDS, MD, the ameloblastoma had destroyed his lower jaw. Three surgeries later, Durden has a normal appearance, with scars that are barely visible, and he can talk…
Dr. Fakhri Receives Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Award
Samer Fakhri, MD, FACS, FRCS(C), is among the 2013 recipients of The University of Texas System Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Awards, offered annually in recognition of faculty at the nine academic and six health institutions that comprise the UT System. The…
IL-33-responsive Innate Lymphoid Cells Are an Important Source of IL-13 in Chronic Rhinosinusitis with Nasal Polyps
Researchers at UTHealth Medical School and Baylor College of Medicine have published the results of an important new study that may lead to improved treatment for chronic rhinosinusitis (CRS) and other inflammatory diseases. The article, which appeared in the August…
Randomized, Double-Blind, Controlled Trial of Oral Antifungal for the Treatment of Fungal-sensitive Chronic Rhinosinusitis with Nasal Polyps
Amber U. Luong, MD, PhD, who is an assistant professor and director of research in the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at UTHealth Medical School, has earned a three-year $345,000 National Institutes of Health Clinical and Translational Science KL2…
Dr. Fakhri Promoted to Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
In recognition of his exemplary track record of clinical care, teaching and research, Samer Fakhri, MD, FACS, FRCS(C), has been promoted from associate professor to professor of otorhinolaryngology-head and neck surgery with tenure. An internationally recognized rhinologist and a core…
TLR4 Signaling in the Pathophysiology of Allergic Fungal Rhinosinusitis
Over the last several decades, the model of a unified airway linking the upper and lower airways into one functional unit has emerged to help explain overlapping epidemiologic data between chronic rhinosinusitis and asthma. According to the model, an inflammatory…
Two ORL Faculty Members Named to Texas Super Doctors 2013 List
Martin J. Citardi, MD, a rhinologist, who specializes in the treatment of complicated sinus and nasal diseases and is a core member of the Texas Sinus Institute and Texas Skull Base Physicians, has been named to the Texas Super Doctors…
Transoral Robotic Surgery for the Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea
When the da Vinci® Surgical System was approved by the FDA in 2009 for transoral robotic surgery (TORS) for resection of tumors of the pharynx, otorhinolaryngologists affiliated with the University of Texas Medical School at Houston (UTHealth) and Memorial Hermann-Texas…