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The OHDRC Pilot Program facilitates emerging research ideas, explores new methodologies and approaches and facilitates transdisciplinary research as it relates to obesity-related health disparities.
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The UAB Medicine Office of Patient Experience and Engagement has awarded 13 Department of Otolaryngology faculty and staff for their outstanding patient care. These recipients have been highly rated by UAB Medicine patients as exceptional communicators.
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Erin Buczek, M.D., an assistant professor in the Department of Otolaryngology, has been named a fellow of the American College of Surgeons (ACS).
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The School of Medicine holds a remarkable 193 endowed chairs and 103 endowed professorship positions. These honors contribute to recruitment and retention of premier teachers, clinicians, and researchers. This year, 23 faculty members received endowments.
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A rare brain tumor caused facial paralysis for a local award-winning theater actress, but thanks to UAB doctors she is ready to get back on stage.
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Do-Yeon Cho, an associate professor in the Department of Otolaryngology, has been appointed to serve on the International Forum of Allergy and Rhinology Editorial Board beginning January 2021.
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Two Department of Otolaryngology faculty members received promotions earlier this month.
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Assistant Professor Carissa M Thomas, M.D., Ph.D., received the 2020 American Head and Neck Society/American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Young Investigator Combined Award from the Centralized Otolaryngology Research Effort (CORE).
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Many individuals with hearing impairment, no matter the degree, use some degree of lip-reading while communicating.
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UAB’s Jessica Grayson, M.D., digs deeper into the mysterious phenomenon of losing your sense of smell after becoming infected with COVID-19.
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Kenny Mayfield lost his sense of smell in early March. Months later, it still has not returned, a side effect of COVID-19 that he is working to regain.
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UAB Hospital tops the list of best hospitals in Alabama again, according to U.S. News & World Report.Additionally, the magazine named the Department of Otolaryngology a top program in the nation in the 2020-2021 Best Hospital rankings.
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Research suggests categorizing sinus conditions by inflammatory subtypes of chronic rhinosinusitis can lead to improved delivery and effectiveness of treatment.
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Richard Waguespack, MD, FACS, is retiring after 40 years of serving patients. Dr. Waguespack made the transition from private practice to academic medicine in 2013. He specialized in general otolaryngology, otology, and laryngology.
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Endowed chairs in cancer disparity research and psychiatry were appointed, along with endowed professorships in pediatrics and otolaryngology; all are inaugural holders.
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The Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery is excited to welcome a new group of otolaryngology residents and fellows while saying goodbye to three chiefs and three fellows.
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Patrick and Myra Perault have struggled with sleep apnea most of their lives, but thanks to UAB doctors, restless nights are now a thing of the past.
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Voice specialized speech language pathologist Edie Hapner, PhD CC-SLP shares how she and laryngologist Blake Simpson, MD are effective in serving UAB Voice Center patients through an interprofessional voice telemedicine clinic during the COVID-19 crisis.
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PGY-4 residents Daniel Morrison, MD and Christopher Gentile, MD, Professor Susan McCammon, MD, and Assistant Professor Erin Buczek, MD published "Head and neck oncologic surgery in the "COVID‐19 pandemic: Our experience in a deep south tertiary care center" in Head & Neck Journal of the Sciences and Specialties of the Head and Neck.
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Chief resident Justin McCormick, MD, Harrison M. Thompson, MD, Associate Professor Do-Yeon Cho, MD, Professor Bradford Woodworth, MD and Assistant Professor Jessica Grayson, MD published "Phenotypes in Chronic Rhinosinusitis" in Current Allergy and Asthma Reports.
