Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

October 10, 2019

Walters joins board of global health student association

Sarah Sexton Walters, NP, has been appointed to the board of directors for HOSA, an international student organization dedicated to empowering future health professionals to become leaders in the global health community.

By Kelsey Herbers
August 12, 2019

New Physician Spotlight

Ryan Belcher, MD, has joined Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt’s Pediatric Department of Otolaryngology after completing a yearlong fellowship with the program.

By VUMC News and Communications
June 26, 2019

International conference explores best practices for vestibular schwannoma

Last week, the Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center co-hosted the 8th Quadrennial Internal Conference on Vestibular Schwannoma and Other CPA (cerebellopontine angle) Tumors in partnership with Mayo Clinic.

By Kelsey Herbers
From left, Alexander Gelbard, MD, Suman Das, PhD, and Simon Mallal, MBBS, are among a team of researchers searching for the cause of a rare airway disease that almost exclusively affects adult, Caucasian women.
June 13, 2019

Study seeks to expand treatment options for rare airway disease

Armed with $1.2 million in funding from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI), researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center are searching to understand the cause of a rare airway disease in hopes of developing better treatments.

By Kelsey Herbers
May 22, 2019

VUMC’s Garrett to be Triological Society’s first female president

Gaelyn Garrett, MD, MMHC, was recently inducted as the first female president of the American Laryngological, Rhinological and Otological Society.

By Kelsey Herbers
April 4, 2019

Head and neck cancer screening event set for April 12

Early diagnosis of head and neck cancer greatly increases odds of survival, but its symptoms can be subtle or mimic viral infections, so Vanderbilt Health offers a free screening annually.

By Tom Wilemon
February 28, 2019

Precision health talk

Stanford University School of Medicine’s Lloyd Minor, MD, center, spoke about health care in the era of precision medicine during his recent Flexner Discovery Lecture.
By VUMC News and Communications
February 21, 2019

Discovery points to new cancer immunotherapy option

An international team involving Vanderbilt researchers has discovered that a new “checkpoint” protein on immune system cells is active in tumors, and that blocking it — in combination with other treatments — is a successful therapeutic approach in mouse models of cancer.
By Leigh MacMillan
February 14, 2019

Study aims to change standard of care for laryngeal paralysis

Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s David Zealear, PhD, has received a $3.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for a clinical trial to study the effectiveness of bilateral laryngeal pacing in treating patients with a bilaterally paralyzed larynx.
By Kelsey Herbers
February 14, 2019

Stanford’s Minor set for Feb. 21 Discovery Lecture

Lloyd Minor, MD, the Carl and Elizabeth Naumann Dean of the Stanford University School of Medicine, will discuss “Digitally Driven: Health Care in the Era of Precision Health,” during a Flexner Discovery Lecture on Thusday, Feb. 21.
By Bill Snyder
January 17, 2019

Study finds unique form of chronic sinusitis in older patients

Older patients with a diagnosis of chronic sinusitis — a disease of the nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses that often persists over many years — have a unique inflammatory signature that may render them less responsive to steroid treatment, according to a new study published by Vanderbilt researchers.
By Kelsey Herbers
November 15, 2018

Surgeon helps restore cancer patients’ functionality

Sarah Rohde long had an interest in treating cancer, and her research during her undergraduate and medical school years at the University of Virginia underscored that. What she didn’t expect was to become a surgeon.
By Matt Batcheldor
October 25, 2018

New support group formed for patients with Ménière’s disease

Beginning Nov. 6, Vanderbilt’s Department of Otolaryngology will host a monthly support group for patients living with Ménière’s disease, a disorder effecting the inner ear that is characterized by episodes of symptoms such as vertigo (dizziness), tinnitus (a ringing inside the ear) and hearing loss.
By Kelsey Herbers