Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Archive — Page 6 of 13

Alex Harrison is one of the young patients helped by Children’s Hospital’s Complex Aerodigestive Evaluation Team.
March 3, 2022

Multidisciplinary team helps treat airway, upper GI issues in children

Vanderbilt’s Complex Aerodigestive Evaluation Team focuses on complicated airway and upper digestive issues for chronically ill children.

During the pandemic, Michael Topf, MD, and Amy Whigham, MD, created virtual four-week rotations to help recruit students interested in matching into the Department of Otolaryngology’s residency program.
February 17, 2022

Virtual tours boost Otolaryngology resident recruiting

When the pandemic began, Vanderbilt’s Amy Whigham, MD, MS-HPEd, developed a plan to turn the Department of Otolaryngology’s medical student education and residency recruitment efforts into a virtual experience.

Thanks to the treatment she received at VUMC, Meredith Watson is able to pursue a career as a ‘professional nose.’
January 13, 2022

Treatment sharpens sense of smell for ‘professional nose’

Surgery at Vanderbilt helped 25-year-old Meredith Watson pursue her dream of becoming a professional nose — someone specially trained in combining ingredients to create fragrances.

November 4, 2021

Lecture explores disease that causes windpipe narrowing

Vanderbilt’s Alexander Gelbard, MD, recently detailed the research he and his team completed to better understand idiopathic subglottic stenosis, a rare disease that causes narrowing of the windpipe.

James Netterville, MD, third from left, poses with former residents and fellows, from left, Cecelia Schmalbach, MD, Frank Civantos, MD, Asitha Jayawardena, MD, Christen Caloway, MD, and C. Burton Wood, MD.
October 28, 2021

Netterville inducted into AAO-HNS hall of distinction

Vanderbilt’s James Netterville, MD, has been inducted into the American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery’s (AAO-HNS) inaugural hall of distinction.

October 26, 2021

Lydia Gross is 100. She just piloted a plane for the first time — and she heard every sound because of her cochlear implants.

Performing an elective procedure on an older patient initially raised concerns for her doctor, David Haynes — but the results have been a resounding success