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 […]
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 […]
A retired teacher of 30 years and now a volunteer tour guide at the St. Louis Zoo, Nancy Penrod has had to rely heavily on her voice, a voice that once wasn’t so reliable due to a condition called adductor laryngeal dystonia or spasmodic dysphonia. A multidisciplinary clinic staffed by otolaryngologist Matthew Rohlfing, MD, and […]
The Robert Ebert and Greg Stubblefield Head and Neck Tumor Center at Siteman Cancer Center was officially dedicated at a ceremony April 22. The event was held at the Gary C. Werths Building at Siteman Cancer Center and organized by The Foundation for Barnes-Jewish Hospital. Family and friends of the two courageous cancer patients, as […]
Several hearing specialists from the Department of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery at WashU Medicine offered their expertise and advances in research at the annual ACIA meeting on cochlear implantation in Boston, April 30-May 3. The American Cochlear Implant Alliance (ACIA) is a non-profit organization created in 2010 with the goal to advocate for cochlear implantation […]
Faculty and trainees from the Department of Otolaryngology at WashU Medicine will share their expertise and advancements in research and patient care at the upcoming Combined Otolaryngology Spring Meetings (COSM) in New Orleans, May 14-18. The annual meeting brings together the membership of the nine COSM societies, otolaryngology residents and fellows in training, medical students, […]
Larry Sims was known for his big smile. But a diagnosis of squamous cell carcinoma in his parotid gland – the largest of three salivary glands – would change that forever. Or, would it? A team of surgeons in the Department of Otolaryngology, led by facial plastic surgeon Eric Barbarite, MD, thought otherwise. The multidisciplinary […]
The Midwestern Women in Otolaryngology Symposium, hosted by WashU Medicine on March 10, addressed some of the unique challenges faced by women in medicine. The second annual meeting was held at the Eric P. Newman Education Center. Co-organizers Jennifer Brinkmeier, MD, and Nyssa Farrell, MD, were assisted by a planning committee of fellow WashU Med […]
It has long been said that when it comes to cancer, “the treatment is worse than the disease.” At WashU Medicine, a multidisciplinary team of head and neck surgeons, radiation oncologists and medical oncologists is trying to change that. Treatment of head and neck cancers like squamous cell carcinomas, typically utilizes a multidisciplinary approach that […]