Washington University Department of Otolaryngology is pleased to welcome Alex Harbison, MD, to its Division of Head and Neck Surgery. Harbison received his MD from University of Colorado – Anschutz Medical Campus and completed a residency in otolaryngology at University of Washington, Seattle and fellowship training in Head and Neck Surgical Oncology at Johns Hopkins […]
Faculty and residents from the Department of Otolaryngology at Washington University School of Medicine shared their expertise and advancements in research and patient care at the recent Combined Otolaryngology Spring Meetings (COSM) in Boston, May 3-7. The annual meeting brings together the membership of the nine COSM societies, otolaryngology residents and fellows in training, medical […]
In a surgical first for St. Louis Children’s Hospital, Division Chief of Pediatric Otolaryngology David Leonard, MD, and a multidisciplinary team of surgeons repaired a rare birth defect and put a young patient back on a path to a normal life. When Hiep Nguyen entered her local Wichita hospital in May 2020, she expected to […]
Cancer patient Nancy Robinson likened her latest treatments to a passage by St. Francis of Assisi: “He who works with his hands is a laborer. He who works with his hands and his head is a craftsman. He who works with his hands and his head and his heart is an artist.” For Robinson, Washington […]
Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia or HHT is a rare bleeding disorder caused by arteriovenous malformations that result in telangiectasias, small widened or broken vessels near the surface of the skin that are often accompanied by bleeding. Although HHT can affect any organ or area of the body, epistaxis or nosebleed is the most common recurring symptom, […]
Miranda Lindburg, MD, is no stranger to the Department of Otolaryngology, having completed medical school and residency at Washington University. She is now equally excited to continue her career here as a faculty member and continue her exploration of the St. Louis food scene. Where are you from originally? I was born in the Seattle […]
For decades, Melissa James woke each morning wondering which of her symptoms would show up that day, a sort of disease roulette as she calls it. A headache was most consistent, but aural fullness or pressure and tinnitus (ringing in the ear) were also very common. A visit to the Washington University Dizziness and Balance […]
The Department of Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery at Washington University in St. Louis is rapidly approaching its sesquicentennial as it continues its mission in academic medicine: patient care, research, training and service. The department is no stranger to excellence in each of these mission areas. The department has flourished behind true innovators in the field […]
Matthew Rohlfing, MD, is the newest member of the Division of Laryngology in the Department of Otolaryngology at Washington University. Here he shares his excitement to return and practice in his home community and his love of gardening. Where are you from originally? I grew up in Kirkwood, MO. And, since everyone will ask, I […]
Washington University Clinical Audiologist Steve Smith and two audiology students, Brynn Gentile and Sarah Goltsman, contributed their skills to a humanitarian effort in Catacamas, Honduras this past October. They provided 126 hearing evaluations and 138 hearing aid fittings as part of a larger ENT effort that saw almost 400 patients and conducted 50 surgeries during […]