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 […]
A pair of courses offered recently by the Department of Otolaryngology at WashU Medicine provided a strong foundation for students and trainees hoping to optimize study design, statistical analysis, reporting, and critical appraisal of medical literature. CREST highlights study design and data analysis Clinical Research Education and Statistics Training or CREST, held October 26-28 on […]
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 […]