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UTHealth ORL

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

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

11/21/2025

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

The UTHealth Houston Department of Otorhinolaryngology has joined with its counterpart at Rush to sponsor the 2026 Cancun ENT Colloquium, a three-day CME meeting for practicing ENT physicians. The event will be held Feb. 13-15, 2026, at the Barceló Maya Palace in Cancun, Mexico.

https://ow.ly/X2XW50XnYZu

11/18/2025

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

Vivian Kaul, MD, chief of otology in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology, is director of a new temporal bone and skull base didactic course. The course is a new initiative presented in collaboration with the Vivian L. Smith Department of Neurosurgery at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston.

https://ow.ly/szFz50XnYIf

11/14/2025

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

A longstanding divide exists in the deaf community: people who have assimilated into the hearing world through cochlear implantation and those who strictly engage in the non-hearing culture through the use of American Sign Language (ASL).

https://ow.ly/SSlp50XnYiJ

11/11/2025

Factors Predictive of Normal Sedated Auditory Brainstem Response Results

Specific factors can predict the odds of a normal versus an abnormal sedated auditory brainstem response, a test useful in determining hearing status in children. Researchers in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology at UTHealth Houston sought to identify factors associated with normal results.

https://ow.ly/pfbF50XnY3A

10/28/2025

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

• Functional Endoscopic Sinus Surgery During Pregnancy Gives a Medical Student Relief

• Aesthetic Surgery After Massive Weight Loss: Facial Plastic Surgery Team Recognized by ASJ for Best Research Paper

• Dr. Amber Luong Extends the Department’s Global Reach at EROC 2025

• Dr. Ron Karni Recognized for Excellence in Teaching

• A Rare Case of Jugular Foramen Chondrosarcoma Removed in a Multidisciplinary Surgical Approach

https://ow.ly/pCH650X8FiC

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