Established 25 years ago by neurotology specialist Jacques Herzog, MD, The Center for Hearing and Balance Disorders treats patients with all types of diseases of the ear and related structures – hearing loss, tinnitus, vertigo, and much more. Dr. Herzog founded the center with the goal of providing the best patient experience possible. The tight […]
Neuroscientist Jonathan Peelle, PhD, was awarded a one-year $479,000 grant from the National Institute on Aging to look at the influence of reward and motivation in speech processing. The project, called, “Age-related changes in language processing,” will study whether offering listeners explicit rewards result in greater speech intelligibility among older adults. The study is a […]
When the knives come out, it’s time to rumble. Or in this case, it’s time to carve – pumpkins that is. In St. Louis Magazine’s second annual Pumpkin Wars: Chefs vs Surgeons, local pediatric surgeons compete against local chefs to see who can carve the most creative pumpkin. The Fall festival, which includes an auction […]
St. Louis Magazine recently published the Top Docs list for 2019. The list is compiled by Best Doctors in America and uses a peer review to determine which doctors are most recommended by specialists in their field. Included in this year’s list are 12 faculty members from the Department of Otolaryngology at Washington University: Gregory […]
Drs. Gregory H. Branham, John Chi and Emily A. Spataro are facial plastic surgeons who combine the artistry of cosmetic enhancement with the science of corrective surgery. At the Washington University Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Center, they offer a wide variety of cosmetic facial enhancements, treat complex facial nerve disorders and are leaders in […]
Faculty, fellows and residents from the Department of Otolaryngology at Washington University shared their expertise and presented current research at the recent AAO-HNSF Annual Meeting, held in New Orleans, September 15-18, 2019.
A decade-long partnership between the Washington University School of Medicine Summer Research Program and Meharry Medical College is resulting in an increased interest in otolaryngology. The program gives Meharry medical students the opportunity to engage in mentored research on the Washington University School of Medicine campus during the summer between their first and second years of […]
Diseases associated with motor control and balance represent the most common neurological disorders affecting the world today. To help fight this trend, Pablo Blazquez, PhD, and Tatyana Yakusheva, PhD, study the role of the cerebellum in motor control, balance and spatial navigation. They use a diverse array of experimental techniques, including measures of individual neuron […]
Hidden across the medical school campus are a select group of administrative assistants who serve the physicians in otolaryngology. Collectively, they’ve been serving Washington University for more than 200 years (an average of 20 years each). Their list of duties is almost as long as their years of service, but one thing is certain—they know […]
Washington University undergraduate Heather Chung works with Mark Rutherford, PhD, to test synapse loss. The Rutherford lab studies the smallest parts of the ear called synapses. Synapses are the sites of communication between two neurons or between a neuron and a sensory receptor cell. New biological imaging techniques have made these structures much easier to […]