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Do-Yeon Cho, M.D., associate professor in the Department of Otolaryngology, won the American Rhinologic Society (ARS) Basic Science Rhinology Research Award Runner Up for his oral abstract presentation, “A novel oxygen-generating biomaterial for CRS therapy,” at the ARS at Combined Otolaryngology Spring Meetings (COSM) 2021 virtual conference.

Carissa Thomas, M.D., Ph.D.. assistant professor in the Department of Otolaryngology, was featured in UAB's CME accredited podcast, UAB MedCast. 

Carissa Thomas, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Otolaryngology, was one of 21 faculty at UAB to receive a grant from the Faculty Development Grant Program.

For Women’s History Month, celebrated annually in March, we are celebrating a woman in Otolaryngology who made history at the UAB School of Medicine and helped shape the future of the specialty.

 World Hearing Day is held on March 3 each year to raise awareness on how to prevent deafness and hearing loss and promote ear and hearing care across the world. 

To help raise awareness, Erika Walsh, M.D., an assistant professor of Otolaryngology, is sharing information about hearing loss.  

Edie R. Hapner, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, professor of Otolaryngology, has been appointed to the George W. Barber Jr., Foundation Professorship in Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery.

The UAB Department of Otolaryngology is the first in Alabama to use the ORBEYE, a 4K 3D exoscope, for microvascular surgery.

The UAB Medicine Office of Patient Experience and Engagement (OPXE) recognized 13 providers from the Department of Otolaryngology in its 2020 list of "Top-Performing Providers." They were rated by UAB Medicine patients as exceptional communicators.

Erin Buczek, M.D., an assistant professor in the Department of Otolaryngology, has been named a fellow of the American College of Surgeons (ACS).

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.

Two Department of Otolaryngology faculty members received promotions earlier this month.

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). 

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.

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.

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. 

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.

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.

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.

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

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.