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

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.

By Jill Clendening
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.

By Emily Stembridge
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.

By Emily Stembridge
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

By Emily Stembridge
A new robot with a flexible camera and three different surgical instruments will allow more targeted surgeries for patients with head and neck cancers.
October 21, 2021

New robot enhances accuracy of head, neck cancer surgeries

By Emily Stembridge
The team studying smell and taste loss associated with COVID-19 includes, from left, Rakesh Chandra, MD, Justin Turner, MD, Timothy Trone, MD, and Nikita Chapurin, MD, MHS.
September 23, 2021

Study tracks smell, taste loss associated with COVID

Vanderbilt researchers are studying ways to better evaluate and predict who is at risk of persistent smell and taste loss after COVID-19 infection.

By Emily Stembridge