Two ORL Faculty Members Receive 2011 Dean’s Teaching Excellence Award
Samer Fakhri, MD, FACS, FRCS(C), a faculty member at the UTHealth Otorhinolaryngology Texas Sinus Institute and Texas Skull Base Physicians and a staff member at Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center, has been recognized with the medical school’s Dean’s Teaching Excellence Award…
Otorhinolaryngologists Named to Best Doctors in America List
Martin J. Citardi, MD, FACS, and Samer Fakhri, MD, FACS, FRCS(C), core members of the Texas Sinus Institute and Texas Skull Base Physicians, have been named to the 2011 Best Doctors in America® list, which includes the nation’s most respected…
Russell Kridel, MD, Reelected to AMA Council Position
Facial plastic surgeon Russell W. H. Kridel, MD, FACS, has been reelected to a second four-year term of service on the American Medical Association’s (AMA) Council on Science and Public Health. The council plays a critical role in helping physicians…
From Bench to Bedside: Physician Researcher Amber Luong, MD, PhD Blends Basic Science with Clinical Care
As a child growing up in a strong, extended family of physicians, Amber U. Luong, MD, PhD, developed an avid interest in medicine and in caring for patients with disease. But it wasn’t until the early 1990s, when she was…
2011 Advanced Rhinology Concepts Scheduled for November
Mark your calendars for the 2011 Advanced Rhinology Concepts (ARC) CME event, scheduled for November 4-6. Sponsored by the Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) Medical School, the continuing…
Michael Byrd, MD Recruited to UTHealth and Memorial Hermann
Board-certified otolaryngologist Michael Byrd, MD, has joined the medical staff of Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center and Memorial Hermann Southeast Hospital from Albany ENT and Allergy Services in Albany, New York. In his new role, Dr. Byrd, who is also assistant…
UT Physicians Opens Facial Plastic Surgery Clinic in Southwest Houston
Southwest Houston’s growing population has prompted UT Physicians to open a new Facial Plastic Surgery Clinic at at the corner of Beltway 8 and Bellaire Boulevard. “We want our services to be more accessible to people in the suburbs, including…
UTHealth Audiology Program Expands
Two new audiologists have joined the staff of UTHealth Audiology, which operates a hearing, tinnitus and balance clinic directed by Nabil Al-Muhtaseb, MB, CHB, MS, CCC-A., UTPhysicians audiologist affiliated with Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital and Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center. Chris…
9 UTHealth Medical Students Match in Otorhinolaryngology
2011 marked the first year the number of successful matches to residency programs for American medical school seniors exceeded 15,000, according to data released in March by the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP). Overall, 80 percent of students matched to…
Residency and Fellowship Update
Three residents and two fellows completed their training in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) Medical School in June 2011, and two new residents will begin their training…