WashU Medicine voice and airway surgeon Bharat Panuganti, MD, is adapting a fluorescent imaging technology known as confocal laser endomicroscopy (CLE) to better view cellular detail and optimize laryngeal cancer removal. One of the consistent challenges during surgical removal of any cancer is delineating tumor from surrounding normal tissue. Conservative approaches suggest that to error […]
Hearing researchers from WashU Medicine Otolaryngology contributed a broad spectrum of scientific findings at the annual Midwinter Meeting of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, held February 7-11 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The meeting is the largest assembly of hearing scientists in the world and features basic and applied science related to hearing, deafness […]
Several WashU Medicine Audiology students have submitted their research to be presented at national audiology meetings in the coming months. The scientific efforts reflect capstone projects representative of original contributions to the field of audiology and hearing science. Scientific mentors include faculty from the Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery at WashU Medicine. […]
Adminstrative Assistant Sydnie Smith details her new responsibilities as social media coordinator and shares her love for travel and food. What are your current duties and what do you enjoy most about your work? I am currently an Administrative Assistant III, and I have been with the department for about a year and a half. […]
Two of our chief residents have matched for surgical fellowships to continue their training in specialized areas of otolaryngology. We asked them what inspired their specialty choice, their impressions of the process, and what advice they might give their junior colleagues who are considering similar training. Theresa Tharakan, MD, MSCI Fellowship match: Head and Neck […]
Since its approval in 2005, balloon sinus dilation procedures have increased dramatically among certain providers, causing concern for some medical experts, including WashU Medicine rhinologist Nyssa Farrell, MD, and comprehensive otolaryngologist Jay Piccirillo, MD. Together, they and collaborators recently published a series of articles in the prestigious JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery that document the […]
Head and neck surgeon R. Alex Harbison, MD, and his lab are exploring a novel approach to stopping cancer – starving the tumor of what it needs to defend itself from the body’s own immune system and other therapeutic interventions. Head and neck cancer researchers at WashU Medicine are enlarging their arsenal of weapons to […]
Cecilia K. has undergone two surgeries to correct idiopathic subglottic stenosis, but now that she is primary caregiver for a husband diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s disease, another surgery is at odds with her lifestyle. WashU Medicine laryngologist Matthew Rohlfing, MD, was able to offer her an alternative, with some rather dramatic results. Idiopathic subglottic […]
WashU Medicine researcher Lisa Davidson, PhD, and her lab are exploring ways to optimize speech perception in children with hearing loss. Strangely though, the latest technology may not offer the greatest benefit for all types of hearing loss. According to Davidson, understanding speech requires more than identifying individual vowel and consonant sounds or knowledge of […]
Sidharth V. Puram, MD, PhD, received his undergraduate degrees in Biology and Neuroscience from MIT, then pursued a combined MD/PhD program at Harvard Medical School. He completed a residency in Otolaryngology at Harvard’s Combined Program (Massachusetts Eye and Ear) and a research fellowship at MIT before pursuing fellowship training in Head and Neck Surgical Oncology […]