April 23, 2020

Texas Center for Facial Plastic Surgery Relocates to New Expanded Office Space

The Houston medical community attended an open house last December to celebrate the move of the Texas Center for Facial Plastic Surgery to the 20th floor of the Memorial Hermann Medical Plaza. Led by chief of facial plastic and reconstructive…


March 24, 2020

Saving a Severed Larynx

Alisha Alfred was at work on the Spirit Airlines baggage crew at George Bush Intercontinental Airport as they started to offload luggage from an arriving flight. “I was reaching for a bag and my scarf got stuck in the conveyor…


March 24, 2020

Katherine Kao, MD, Facial Plastic Surgeon, Joins UTHealth & Memorial Hermann

Facial plastic and reconstructive surgeon W. Katherine Kao, MD, has joined the Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth. Dr. Kao received her medical degree at the Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University…


March 24, 2020

Operating Room Collaboration Between Otorhinolaryngology and Anesthesiology

Outstanding outcomes in otorhinolaryngology surgery are the result of close collaboration between the anesthesiologists and surgeons who operate together in a very small, shared space. At McGovern Medical School at UTHealth, otorhinolaryngologists work with a team of anesthesiologists who specialize…


February 16, 2020

New Nonsurgical Treatments for Nasal Polyps Help Patients Breathe Again

Internationally recognized rhinologist Martin J. Citardi, MD, professor and chair of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at McGovern Medical School, does his utmost to help patients with nasal polyps avoid sinus surgery. That commitment has led him to…


February 16, 2020

Five ORL Faculty Members Named Texas Super Doctors

Martin J. Citardi, MD; Amber Luong, MD, PhD; Tang Ho, MD; Ibrahim “Trey” Alava III, MD; and Sancak Yuksel, MD, have been named by their peers as Super Doctors® in Texas. Super Doctors are selected through a rigorous process that…


February 16, 2020

ORL Residents Named Best Emergency Consultants

Residents in the Department of Emergency Medicine at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth named their otorhinolaryngology counterparts the “Best Emergency Consultants” for 2019. The award, instituted this year by graduating emergency medicine residents, recognizes the ER consultants “who are most…


January 26, 2020

The Link Between Chronic Rhinosinusitis and Depression

Katherine Davis* is not sure which came first: her sinus infections or the depression. “It’s a tangled thing beginning in childhood and continuing through my life,” she says.  She had her first sinus infection before she was 10, followed by…


January 26, 2020

Three ORL Faculty Members Named Among Best Doctors

Martin J. Citardi, MD; Amber Luong, MD, PhD; and Soham Roy, MD, have been named among Best Doctors® for 2019. Since 1989, Best Doctors has conducted one of the largest ongoing peer physician polls in health care to identify the…


January 26, 2020

Three ORL Faculty Members Named Texas Super Doctors Rising Stars

Zhen “Jane” Huang, MD, MBA; Kunal Jain, MD; and Zi Yang Jiang, MD, were named by their peers as Super Doctors Rising Stars in Texas. Following an extensive independent nomination and research process, the results were published in Texas Monthly…


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