The annual temporal bone course provides a week-long, comprehensive otology and neurotology experience for our PGY4 residents. This year’s event, held August 25-29, provided residents with hands-on experience and quality time with their surgical mentors. Instructors for the course included: Andrew Drescher, MD, Nedim Durakovic, MD, Pawina Jiramongkolchai, MD, MSCI, Matthew Shew, MD, and Amit […]
Vocal fold paralysis affects 120,000 people in the US – sometimes with devastating consequences to simple tasks like breathing, swallowing and speech. Professor of Otolaryngology Randal Paniello, MD, PhD, is exploring a novel stem cell treatment that may offer hope for reinnervation of the affected muscles. Vocal fold paralysis refers to the loss of neural […]
As we bid farewell to Lindburg Professor and Chair Craig Buchman and wished him the best in the next phase of his life, we asked him to reflect on his tenure as leader of the Department of Otolaryngology and share his future plans. What do you feel has been the most important change to the […]
On August 15, the Department of Otolaryngology held its annual Town Hall where Lindburg Professor and Chair Craig Buchman, MD, shared highlights of the department’s state of affairs and celebrated service awards for a number of staff members. Buchman shared data that reflected a number of successes throughout the department’s mission areas: Buchman also shared […]
Data for FY24 shows that Otolaryngology at the VA St. Louis Health Care System had the highest productivity of the nearly 100 otolaryngology sections in the nation. WashU Medicine providers that offer comprehensive clinical and surgical care at the VA St. Louis Health Care System include Section Chief Paul Zolkind, MD, Matthew Shew, MD, and […]
The 10th Annual Midwest Otolaryngology Simulation Training course brought together first- and second-year otolaryngology residents from across the Midwest to network and practice essential skills. Hosted July 19 by the Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery at WashU Medicine, the event welcomed trainees and faculty from WashU Med, Saint Louis University, University of Missouri, and […]
Intent on becoming a professional musician, new faculty member Katelyn Berg, PhD, explains how a guest speaker in a science elective course changed her career path and how pizza guides her national and international travel. What inspired you to choose this career path? I never intended to become an audiologist. In fact, I’d never heard […]
Alicia Penning shares her loves for family; the challenge of implementing new university scheduling processes; and building with Legos. What is your current title and how long have you been with ENT at WashU Medicine? I am a Patient Accounts Manager, and I have been with Otolaryngology for two years and WashU Medicine a total […]
Despite numerous amazing success stories of cochlear implant (CI) recipients, it remains near impossible to predict how well any given patient will understand speech following implantation. The reasons why have been largely unexplained. The Division of Otology/Neurotology at WashU Medicine is working diligently to help answer these questions and provide implant recipients with a better […]
The 43rd annual Ogura Lectureship and 38th annual Resident Research Day were held June 27 to a capacity crowd at the Eric P. Newman Education Center. The event, hosted annually by the Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery at WashU Medicine, celebrates progress in research and patient care broadly in the field of otolaryngology. This […]