ORL Notes

Surgery is the primary treatment for pituitary tumors and until the last decade, neurosurgeons favored the traditional microscopic sublabial transseptal approach – an incision under the lip, use of a retractor to push away nasal tissue and placement of a…

Seventy physicians and other healthcare professionals attended Otorhinolaryngology Frontiers 2012, which highlighted research endeavors and emerging technology in the diagnosis and management of common otolaryngologic clinical problems. Held on June 23, 2012, at the Brown Foundation Institute of Molecular Medicine…

Ron Karni, MD, has been selected Faculty Member of the Year in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery by graduating residents of the department. The award recognizes Dr. Karni’s commitment to resident education and scholarly activity. “Our mission is…

Internationally-recognized rhinologist Samer Fakhri, MD, FACS, FRCS(C), has received the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF) 2012 Honor Award, presented at the AAO-HNSF’s annual meeting held in Washington, D.C. The award is given to academy members in…

Adelaide Dowell, AuD, CCC-A, and M. Mackenzie Hill, AuD, CCC-A. have joined the UTHealth Audiology team as staff audiologists. Dowell received her bachelor’s degree from Louisiana State University and her Doctor of Audiology from Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center….

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, and two new residents began their training in July…

In 2012, 31,355 applicants vied for 24,034 available first-year residency positions, according to data released in March by the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP). Of the U.S. senior medical students who were matched, 81.6 percent matched to one of their…

Samer Fakhri, MD, FACS, FRCS(C), an associate professor and residency program director in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) Medical School, has been recognized with the medical school’s…

Martin J. Citardi, MD, 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 2012 Texas Super Doctors list…

Toward the end of 2010 and well into 2011, 32-year-old Kurtis White had a persistent runny nose that he assumed was caused by allergies. After trying various over-the-counter medications for nearly six months – without relief – he made an…