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Soham Roy, MD,FACS,FAAP Professor, Director   A tremendous amount of media attention has been paid recently to tonsillectomy surgery in children, partially due to President Obama’s comments on tonsillectomy during the pivotal September 2009 speech to the nation on healthcare…

Martin J. Citardi, MD Professor & Chair   The 2011 edition of Current Procedure Terminology introduces several new codes that will likely have a major impact on the reimbursement for procedures of the paranasal sinuses.   The changes reflect the culmination…

Ron J. Karni, MD Associate Professor & Chief   Over the past decade, a rise in the incidence of oropharynx cancer has been associated with HPV positivity.  This shift in the demographics of head and neck cancer may be related…

Ronda Alexander, MD Assistant Professor   It’s not unusual for a treatment that clinicians anecdotally ‘know’ works to remain unpaid by insurers who classify it as experimental.  This is due, in part, to the wait for research that proves the…

Sancak Yuksel, MD Associate Professor   Two years ago a group of French physicians, Leaute-Labreze et al. reported their spectacular results in treating infantile hemangiomas with oral propranolol, an antihypertensive drug.  This very recent and serendipitous discovery seems to change…

In mid-summer 2010, 46-year-old Houstonian Paul Wyett found a found a small lump on his neck that he thought was an ingrown hair.  “It swelled up and then went away but never completely disappeared,” he says. His primary care physician…

Ron J. Karni, MD Associate Professor & Chief   In patients who are referred for surgical management of primary hyperparathyroidism, a successful outcome may be defined as identification and removal of the adenoma with a commensurate drop in post-operative PTH…

Rhinologists at the Texas Sinus Institute of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston and Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center are engaged in research efforts that drive the innovation that provides tomorrow’s…

Rhinologists at the Texas Sinus Institute of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston and Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center are engaged in research efforts that drive the innovation that provides tomorrow’s…

Rhinologists at the Texas Sinus Institute of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston and Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center are engaged in research efforts that drive the innovation that provides tomorrow’s…