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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 Otolaryngolgoy 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.
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PGY-2 resident Hunter Skoog, M.D., Associate Professor Kirk Withrow, M.D., Assistant Professor Harishanker Jeyarajan, M.D., Assistant Professor Benjamin Greene, M.D., Assistant Professor Jessica Grayson, M.D., and Department Chair and Professor William Carroll, M.D. published "Tracheotomy in the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic" in Head & Neck Journal of the Sciences of the Head and Neck
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Professor and UAB Voice Center Co-Director C. Blake Simpson, M.D., published his research "Treatment of chronic neurogenic cough with in-office superior laryngeal nerve block" in The Laryngoscope in April 2018.
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The Department of Otolaryngology received 358 residency applications, held 64 interviews, and matched with four new residents. The department is excited to welcome our incoming PGY-1 residents.
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Hear from UAB experts on the differences of COVID-19, flu, alleriges and colds.
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UAB experts provide tips to keep your germs — and everyone else’s — at bay.
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UAB experts provide tips for you to prepare yourself in the event of the spread of COVID-19.
