May 9, 2022

Recap: AAO Panel Discussion on In-Office ENT Procedures

For the past 5 years, Amber Luong, MD, PhD, professor and vice chair for research in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, has organized a panel discussion on in-office procedures at the annual meeting of…


April 20, 2022

Elliott and Elizabeth: Managing Sensorineural Hearing Loss in Siblings

When Elizabeth Maddox failed her newborn hearing screening after an early delivery by cesarean section, her pediatrician referred her to Audrey Taylor, AuD, with UT Physicians Audiology, the clinical practice of McGovern Medical School at UTHealth. This was familiar territory…


April 20, 2022

NSAIDS Prove Effective for Pain Control Following Common ENT Surgeries

Both a non-narcotic and a narcotic pain medication provided the same relief after nasal and sinus surgery in a randomized, controlled study conducted by physician researchers in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth….


April 20, 2022

Aerosol-Generating Procedures Presentation Garners a First-Place HSO Resident Research Award

The Houston Society of Otolaryngology awarded chief otorhinolaryngology resident Bailey LeConte, MD, its first-place research award for her presentation on aerosol-generating procedures (AGPs) at the organization’s annual resident research competition. Her research was published as a letter to the editor…


April 19, 2022

Dr. William Yao Named a Castle Connolly Rising Star

Rhinologist William C. Yao, MD, co-director of the UTHealth Rhinology and Skull Base Fellowship in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, has been named among 2021 Castle Connolly Rising Stars. The awardees are recognized throughout…


March 9, 2022

Reconstructive Rhinoplasty Gives a Young Girl Her Confidence Back

In mid-December 2020, 13-year-old Leighia Robles was crossing the street to get the mail when a pick-up truck approached her head on. She jumped out of the way but was hit in the face by the side-view mirror, crushing her…


March 9, 2022

Endoscopic Surgery for a Large Laryngeal Neurofibroma

Neurofibromas of the larynx are extremely rare in the pediatric population, with few cases reported in the literature. When a five-year-old girl with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF-1) presented with a large laryngeal mass, physicians in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and…


March 9, 2022

Dr. William Yao Named Among Top Doctors by Houstonia Magazine

Rhinologist William C. Yao, MD, co-director of the UTHealth Rhinology and Skull Base Fellowship in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, has been named by his peers as a Top Doctor for 2021 by Houstonia…


March 9, 2022

Dr. Ibrahim Alava Named a Castle Connolly Top Doctor

Ibrahim “Trey” Alava III, MD, associate professor in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, has been named a Top Doctor by Castle Connolly for 2021. The Castle Connolly list covers all 50…


February 1, 2022

Bilateral Cochlear Implants for Severe Sensorineural Hearing Loss in an 8 Month-Old

Nicholas Altong failed his newborn hearing screening. The test was repeated the following day, and he failed again. When his pediatrician learned that he had failed both screenings, she ordered a test to measure brain response to sound and gave…


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