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Sancak Yuksel, MD Associate Professor   As we all know, normal hearing is binaural. Binaural hearing provides some major benefits: better and targeted hearing in a noisy environment, better localization of sounds, and more natural and balanced hearing quality. If…

Amber Luong, MD, PhD Associate Professor   Johnson & Johnson recently announced its acquisition of Acclarent for over $800 million. This acquisition and the recent survey for new CPT codes for the balloon sinus ostial dilation beg the question as…

Ron J. Karni, MD Associate Professor & Chief   Patients with Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma (PTC) exhibit excellent rates of disease control and survival with total thyroidectomy and post-operative radioactive iodine (RAI) therapy. In the United States, overall survival is greater…

Tang Ho, MD Associate Professor Nasal obstruction secondary to anatomic nasal deformities is a fairly routine problem seen by the otolaryngologists in the office, usually in the setting of someone who has failed medical management. While routine septoplasty and inferior…

Tang Ho, MD Associate Professor The reconstruction of a subtotal to total lower lip defect, whether it be due to trauma or cancer resection, presents a significant challenge for the plastic and reconstructive surgeon. In addition to the clear immediate…

Ron J. Karni, MD Associate Professor & Chief Lip cancer is the most common malignant lesion of the oral cavity, constituting 25-30% of all oral cavity cancer cases. It is the second most common malignancy of the head and neck…

Martin J. Citardi, MD Professor & Chair Every day, physicians rely upon Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) to report their services for payment by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and other third-party payers. Increasingly, CPT coding captures quality…

Ronda Alexander, MD Assistant Professor   The Wall Street Journal reported recently that approximately 650 surgical fires are reported in U.S. hospitals each year, and another three to four times as many are “near misses” or unreported events.1 The risk…

Amber Luong, MD, PhD Associate Professor   As both clinicians and patients will attest, chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyposis (CRSwNP) represents a challenging disease to manage. Functional endoscopic sinus surgery is often required and successful for the initial management, but…

Ronda Alexander, MD Assistant Professor   This March, I had the great opportunity to travel with a mission group to La Habana, Cuba. It was a result of some conversations I shared with my co-fellow over the course of our…