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The physicians of UTHealth Otorhinolaryngology provide treatment for patients with complex diseases

01/23/2026

Barry Ballou Can Finally Breathe

Retired architectural engineer Barry Ballou has endured nearly a an inability to breathe through his nose. A community ENT referred him to Xiaoyang Hua, MD, PhD, a physician researcher and associate professor in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston.

https://ow.ly/Y6QH50XU41J

01/20/2026

Dr. Karim Asi Joins the Otorhinolaryngology Team at UTHealth Houston

Karim Asi, MD, a fellowship-trained laryngologist, has joined the Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston as an assistant professor. He focuses his practice on disorders of the voice, airway, and swallowing.

https://ow.ly/vB1j50XU3tf

01/16/2026

Dr. Vivian Kaul Named Faculty Member of the Year

Otolaryngology residents at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston have recognized Vivian F. Kaul, MD, as Faculty Member of the Year for 2025.

https://ow.ly/6Oss50XU3k0

01/13/2026

Dr. Jane Huang Named Among Houstonia Magazine’s Top Doctors for 2025

Zhen “Jane” Huang, MD, MBA, CPO, associate professor in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, has been named by her peers as a Top Doctor for 2025 by Houstonia magazine.

https://ow.ly/HNXi50XU2X1

12/30/2025

Learn more about Otorhinolaryngology (ENT) at UTHealth Houston in the December 2025 issue of ORL Notes, our departmental newsletter!

• XHANCE Allows a Chronic Rhinosinusitis Patient to Avoid Surgery

• Dr. Luke Burke Named a Castle Connolly Top Doctor

• Dr. William Yao Named to Houstonia Magazine’s Top Doctor List

• Dr. Vivian Kaul Moderates Panel at the 2025 ACIA Meeting

• Managing Temporal Bone Fractures in Patients When the Facial Nerve Cannot Be Examined

https://ow.ly/3QTK50XG1l7

12/23/2025

XHANCE Allows a Chronic Rhinosinusitis Patient to Avoid Surgery

Ken Kaltwasser was well on his way to surgery for chronic rhinosinusitis when Martin J. Citardi, MD, professor and chair of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology at McGovern Medical School, suggested a new medical treatment – XHANCE®, which delivers the nasal steroid fluticasone propionate to sinonasal areas not reached by standard-delivery nasal sprays.

https://med.uth.edu/orl/2025/12/01/xhance-allows-a-chronic-rhinosinusitis-patient-to-avoid-surgery/

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12/19/2025

Dr. Luke Burke Named a Castle Connolly Top Doctor

Luke I. Burke, MD, an assistant professor in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, has been named a Castle Connolly Top Doctor for 2025.

https://ow.ly/tgnN50XBYfX

12/16/2025

Dr. William Yao Named to Houstonia Magazine’s Top Doctor List

William C. Yao, MD, chief of rhinology, residency program director, and an associate professor in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, has been named by his peers as a Top Doctor for 2025 in Houstonia magazine.

https://ow.ly/6KF250XBXOM

12/12/2025

Dr. Vivian Kaul Moderates Panel at the 2025 ACIA Meeting

Vivian Kaul, MD, chief of otology, neurotology, and lateral skull base in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston, was the moderator of a panel discussion on “Hearing Preservation and Electrode Design” at the American Cochlear Implant Alliance (ACIA) meeting held in Boston last May.

https://ow.ly/k8It50XBXny

$Managing Temporal Bone Fractures in Patients When the Facial Nerve Cannot Be ExaminedSkull base fractures typically are ...$

12/09/2025

Managing Temporal Bone Fractures in Patients When the Facial Nerve Cannot Be Examined

Skull base fractures typically are caused by high-impact injuries that may also result in delayed assessment of facial nerve paresis. In a retrospective study of 590 patients, researchers in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology at McGovern Medical School found that facial nerve paresis is more likely to occur in patients with temporal bone fractures who cannot undergo an immediate facial nerve examination.

https://ow.ly/LXOr50XBWUE

11/28/2025

Learn more about Otorhinolaryngology (ENT) at UTHealth Houston in the November 2025 issue of ORL Notes, our departmental newsletter!

• A Patient Benefits from the Carolyn’s Window Approach to Unilateral Frontal Sinus Surgery

• Learn, Connect, and Relax at the 2026 Cancun ENT Colloquium

• Dr. Vivian Kaul Leads Interdepartmental Temporal Bone and Skull Base Didactic Program

• Social Media Analysis of Hearing Loss: A Study on Perception of American Sign Language and Cochlear Implants

• Factors Predictive of Normal Sedated Auditory Brainstem Response Results

https://ow.ly/v2Ym50XpHPH

11/25/2025

A Patient Benefits from the Carolyn’s Window Approach to Unilateral Frontal Sinus Surgery

In 2024, after years of nasal symptoms, bouts of atypical pneumonia, and treatment with antibiotics, 65-year-old Houstonian Lisa Wood developed a bacterial sinus infection that continued to worsen. Her ENT in Cypress, Texas, referred her to Xiaoyang Hua, MD, PhD.

https://ow.ly/E0U150XnZhN

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